- Nightwing (novel)
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1st edition (publ. Norton)
Nightwing is a 1977 thriller novel by Martin Cruz Smith, who adapted it for a 1979 film with the same title directed by Arthur Hiller.
Plot summary
The body of a telephone lineman, covered with bleeding scratches, is discovered in the Southwestern United States desert. Investigators must determine what provoked an apparent attack by vampire bats and if there are more victims.
The book has many elements: part thriller; part Native American case study; part supernatural exploration.
The novels of Martin Cruz Smith The Romano Grey Series Gypsy in Amber (1971) • Canto for a Gypsy (1972)The Inquisitor Series
(as Simon Quinn)The Devil in Kansas (1974) • The Last Time I Saw Hell (1974) • Nuplex Red (1974) • His Eminence, Death (1974) • The Midas Coffin (1975) • Last Rites for the Vulture (1975)The Arkady Renko Series Gorky Park (1981) • Polar Star (1989) • Red Square (1992) • Havana Bay (1999) • Wolves Eat Dogs (2004) • Stalin's Ghost (2007) • Three Stations (2010)Other novels The Indians Won (1970) • Analog Bullet (1972) • Inca Death Squad (1972) (as Nick Carter) • The Devil's Dozen (1973) (as Nick Carter) • The Human Factor (1975) (as Simon Quinn) • The Wilderness Family (1975) (as Martin Quinn) • Nightwing (1977) • Ride for Revenge (as Jake Logan) • Stallion Gate (1986) • Rose (1996) • December 6 (2002)Categories:- 1977 novels
- Thriller novels
- Novels by Martin Cruz Smith
- Native American novels
- Novels adapted into films
- Novels set in the United States
- Thriller novel stubs
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