Book description
Marlowe Higgins is a hard man; a wanderer. Since being dishonourably discharge after a tour in Vietnam, he's been in and out of prison, moving from town to town, going wherever the wind takes him. He's not really the kind of guy who can stay in one place too long.…
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2 authors picked The Wolfman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is perhaps my favorite book of all time. Marlowe Higgins is a werewolf who uses his monthly change to hunt and kill the worst of criminals. The setting mostly takes place in 1993 with a few flashbacks including some time the main character spent in Vietnam during the war. There’s a serial killer targeting young women and Marlowe is hunting for him. He needs a scent or a name before the wolf can find them. And some people suspect Marlowe is the serial killer. The real tragedy of this story is the author died a few months before the…
From James' list on where real-life horror meets the supernatural.
An interesting twist on a vigilante story that makes you wonder if all monsters are really bad. Marlow Higgins is a Vietnam vet who eventually settles down in a small town only to have his solitude disturbed by a serial killer. The killer didn’t anticipate a werewolf joining the hunt and things go from bad to worse.
From Janet's list on that make you think ‘what if…’.
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