Cape Fear
John D. MacDonald
Fawcett
<p>An insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them.<br>For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free -- free to track down and destroy the man who had put him behind bars.<br>Murder was merciful compared to what Cady had in mind -- and what Cady had in mind was Bowden's innocent and lovely teenaged daughter . . . .<br>"A powerful and frightening story." -- The New York Times</p>From the Inside Flap<p>An insane criminal threatens to destroy a family, and the police are powerless to protect them.<br>For fourteen years convicted rapist Max Cady nursed his hatred for Sam Bowden into an insane passion for revenge. He lived only for the day he would be free -- free to track down and destroy the man who had put him behind bars.<br>Murder was merciful compared to what Cady had in mind -- and what Cady had in mind was Bowden's innocent and lovely teenaged daughter . . . .<br>"A powerful and frightening story." -- The New York Times </p>