Quarry

by C. Terry Cline Jr.

It is a movie -- but not make-believe. The horror is real, and the viewers know without a shadow of a doubt that their idyllic Colorado mountain resort of Gatlin Pass is both the hunting ground and the hiding place for a ring of snuff film makers who prey on tourists to feed an underground video appetite for the ultimate in porno depravity.

Newspaperman Gary Colter watches the film to its bloody finale -- but his interest is not prurient. His own daughter is mysteriously missing, and a group of hikers have dropped out of sight, possible victims of rape and murder. When a vicious renegade mountain man is captured, Colter’s search for the monsters who are doing these things does not end. For he is sure that there is another man still at large -- a man holding his daughter in nightmare bondage.

Thus the stage is set for the most gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller of the decade.

With his acclaimed novels Missing Persons and Prey, C. Terry Cline, Jr., established himself in the first rank of spellbinding storytellers. Now with this blood-chilling exploration of human violence and the forces that shape it, he achieves a new high in tension and action.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 1987

About the author

C. Terry Cline Jr. had an extensive career, producing works that included a number of suspense novels, a children’s play and an unconventional late project titled “The Return of Edgar Cayce,” which he presented as a channeled communication from the spirit of the early 20th-century psychic.

C. Terry Cline was born in Birmingham, Alabama, "on a train going out," he always said, because his family moved often during his youth. He was married to author, Judith Richards. They lived in Fairhope, Alabama.

Reviews

[Elaine Nickolan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. The action starts right at the beginning, and I found myself reading until I was bleary eyed. I didn't want to put down the book, it was just that engaging.
A killer has been discovered, and it comes out that he was making "snuff" films. How many victims were there? The story rocks the tiny, tourist down where the killer had made his home. When it is thought that he wasn't the only possible filmmaker of this type of movie the race is on to find the possible second person. Things get even more complicated when a famous true-crime author comes to town and seems to be always a step ahead, through his "sources" of finding out information about the killer.
Super good book and I will definitely look at this authors other books.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a thriller that had a gripping plot that involves snuff films.

[Ranjana · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent thriller!

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished this book and wow...I'm a bit surprised this isn't a more popular book. Sometimes you wonder just how raunchy a story like this is going to get, and I felt the author did a good job of never going over the top. Don't get me wrong, there are things in this book you would not mention in polite company, but it doesn't overshadow the plot. I could see someone not liking the writing style, because it is mostly dialogue. There were a few spots where more description of what the characters were actually doing would have been nice, but all the dialogue sat fine with me for the most part. This is one of those books that just affirms; for suspense and mystery 80's is where it's at.