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The marksman
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311 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1987
About the author
Hugh C. Rae
20 books5 followersHugh Crauford Rae, aka James Albany, Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Caroline Crosby, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar), Jessica Stirling (with Margaret M. Coghlan)
Hugh Crauford Rae was a son of Isobel and Robert Rae. His father was a riviter. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met his future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel The Shooting Gallery was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when The Wind from the Hills
Hugh Crauford Rae was a son of Isobel and Robert Rae. His father was a riviter. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met his future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel The Shooting Gallery was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when The Wind from the Hills
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December 19, 2014
Recommended by one of my favourite authors (Tony Black) as a classic.
The plot fizzes along as Weaver returns home to investigate and avenge the killing of his estranged son, Gordon.
The characters are well written.....hard-bitten criminals and coppers, exactly as you'd expect in a 70's thriller. Some of the scene-setting descriptive work is extraordinarily poetic.
Thanks for the rec, Tony. A great book
The plot fizzes along as Weaver returns home to investigate and avenge the killing of his estranged son, Gordon.
The characters are well written.....hard-bitten criminals and coppers, exactly as you'd expect in a 70's thriller. Some of the scene-setting descriptive work is extraordinarily poetic.
Thanks for the rec, Tony. A great book
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