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Bodie the Stalker #1

by Neil Hunter

Bodie was a bounty-hunter, a legalised killer. He was a survivor in a tough world where a gunman's life depended on his ruthlessness and his speed on the draw. For Bodie, killing was a trade and he was on hire to anyone with enough money and desperation. One man tried to take Bodie for a two-bit greenhorn -but Bodie wasn't about to be taken...

Genres: Westerns

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Neil Hunter is a pseudonym of the prolific Lancashire-born writer Michael R. Linaker. As Neil Hunter, Mike wrote two classic western series, BODIE THE STALKER and JASON BRAND. Under the name Richard Wyler he produced four stand-alone westerns, INCIDENT AT BUTLER’S STATION, THE SAVAGE JOURNEY, BRIGHAM’S WAY and TRAVIS. Another western, HIGH KILL, was later published in the SUNDANCE series as BOUNTY KILLER. His western output can also be found under the names ‘Dan Stewart’, ‘John C. Danner’ and ‘Frederick H. Christian’, the latter name employed when he ghost-wrote an additional five titles in Frederick Nolan’s popular FRANK ANGEL series. Mike has written three ‘nasty’ horror novels under his own name, but since the late 1980s has become best-known as one of the most popular contributors to Gold Eagle’s MACK BOLAN series, chronicling the adventures of PHOENIX FORCE, THE EXECUTIONER and STONY MAN, as well as his own action-adventure series, CADE.

Reviews

[Martha Peebles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bodie

Wow! I have never read one of these books. But I must say they are really good. Lots of action , not a book I would let a young person read but a really great read for a adult.. I will be reading more books on Bodie. Thank you Neil Hunter for a great read.

[Kristjan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The narration was solid (run time of 4 hrs); the story was just okay ...

Bodie is a bounty hunter in the Old West with a rep of being the best. The book basically follows Brodie as he rolls up bad guys and occasionally gets worked over before miraculously surviving (not really sure why though). The basic story was decent; however, it was way more graphic than I was expecting, especially the sex scenes. Even some of the expected violence was over the top, obviously gratuitous and generally unbelievable. Over all, Bodie himself was not that likable (even as a quasi anti-hero), so the over all impression was just okay.

I was given this free review copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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[Barry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really did not enjoy the same same plot. Also did not like Bodie, found him to be cold and nasty with no redeaming features. Finished the book but wouldn't have cared if I didn't

[Randy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Piccadilly Publishing has undertaken the task of bringing some of the most popular western series from the '70s into the ebook world for old fans and new. Like the spaghetti western films they owe, these are violent and bloody.

And damn good.

Bodie, an ex-lawman, is now a bounty hunter. He's earned the nickname "The Stalker" because of his relentless attitude when he's pursuing criminals.

He's just returned three dead outlaws that held up a bank in Creel, which earned them $1,000 bounties on their head. They didn't surrender peacefully, so he brought them in dead.

While waiting for the money, he receives another offer. A letter with five hundred dollars, for just listening to a deal worth twenty thousand came from Lyle Trask.

Trask was a businessman, a rancher, a banker, pretty much anything that could make money. Still in his early forties, he wanted a new area in which to succeed: politics.

Planning to run on a law and order platform, his idea was for Bodie to hunt down and kill the Hoyt Reefer gang. Five of them for bounties adding up to ten grand. Bring the bodies to Trask so that he could display them as his aim to bring law and order to these evil criminals and Bodie would get an extra ten grand.

Bodie accepted.

With that will that had earned him his nickname, he went about it with a singular will, tracking, finding clues. Along the way, kept feeling he wasn't alone, but couldn't find any evidence to support that feeling. Each time he got close to someone who might move him closer to Reefer, something happened.

One man a gambler he was following was found shot to death, just after he was clubbed unconscious. Why had he been left alive?

Loved this one. I was a fan of a few of those series back in the day. Most were by English writers, collectively known as the Piccadilly Circus if memory serves, and never saw print in this country. They generally had only one print run and these days command exorbitant prices on the used sites if one can find them at all. The last book in the Edge series, 49 of the 63 only saw print in the States, runs over three hundred.

I'm glad to see this new enterprise and will happily support it.

[Phillip Snyder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just ok

Not a bad book, but not a good book. Many times it left you wondering what was going on. The plot was just average nothing more. Neil Hunter does a great job with another series of his called Brand. Not sure if I will read another Bodie western or not.

[Larrygebert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was a helluva read,going to be a fun series.