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The Rider from Hell: The Sobering Story of a Psychopathic Cyclist
When Carl Coulton is finally released from prison his kindly probation officer suggests cycling as a form of therapy. Carl needs to let off steam, and how better to do it than by pounding the pedals on the leafy Lancashire lanes close to his home? Therapy it proves to be, but of a kind that no-one but Carl could have imagined. In a story which will cause motorists to give those dratted bikes a wider berth and allow harassed cyclists to live out their wildest fantasies, we follow Carl’s progress from rehabilitated ex-con to the most perilous man on two wheels in living memory. With Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales soon out of bounds for our short-tempered hero, the wilds of Scotland provide the perfect setting for the culmination of Carl’s elusive quest for peace, quiet and comprehension.
139 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 28, 2018
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January 3, 2026
[Amazon.co.uk] (2018). SB. 133 Pages. Purchased from Amazon.co.uk.
Another shoddy POD offering. The covers bow outwards on first reading and have a foul texture.
Entertaining.
The scenarios depicted - wherein cyclists are recklessly and contemptuously endangered - mirror my own experiences.
The protagonist’s rationalisation of his misconduct also rings true. The sanctimonious tone has a darkly comical aspect.
Surveillance technology is oddly downplayed.
I would have expected a far lower success rate for Carl in his attempts to apprehend ‘offending’ road users with the evasive advantages afforded by motorised vehicles.
A few errors slipped through proof checking.
On the whole, the writing’s of a good standard and the novel’s well executed. It’s somewhat in the Jason Starr (1966-) mould.
Another shoddy POD offering. The covers bow outwards on first reading and have a foul texture.
Entertaining.
The scenarios depicted - wherein cyclists are recklessly and contemptuously endangered - mirror my own experiences.
The protagonist’s rationalisation of his misconduct also rings true. The sanctimonious tone has a darkly comical aspect.
Surveillance technology is oddly downplayed.
I would have expected a far lower success rate for Carl in his attempts to apprehend ‘offending’ road users with the evasive advantages afforded by motorised vehicles.
A few errors slipped through proof checking.
On the whole, the writing’s of a good standard and the novel’s well executed. It’s somewhat in the Jason Starr (1966-) mould.
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