Fellrunner

Great Britain: Severn House Publishers, 1996. BH5 - A first British edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 'It takes legs of steel and armoured lungs... suicide really, unless you've got the stamina for it. They're probably the fittest men alive.' 8.75"x5.25", 250 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Fell-running was a tradition in England's Lakeland; shepherds and farmers racing each other across the mountain peaks. And shepherd Jonas Caudale was their start turn: by the time he was twenty-four he had clocked up six fell-running records. When Jonas decided to run home to Buttermere across Nazi-occupied Europe, nobody knew that he would become an international cause-celebre. But then, neither did anyone know about the sinister mystery hidden within the Lakeland Peaks, or the secret torment eating at Jonas's soul. Least of all Greg Anderson, the American major parachuted into Occupied France to support Jonas, Bruno von Hautle, the SS officer assigned to outwit him, or Susanne Le Gras, the sensual Frenchwoman who used her body to protect him. But then, neither does anyone know why The Official Secrets Act suppressed the extraordinary story of Jonas Caudale's epic run for over fifty years.... First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.