Release for MOUNTAIN PERIL
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Viking is pleased to introduce Mountain Peril, (Viking; on-sale: 3/28/05; ISBN: 0-670-
03386-3; price:$24.95) another heart-stopping mystery by Tom Eslick set in the breathtaking, but
ominous landscape of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Returning from Eslick's Deadly Kin,
Will Buchanan finds himself trailing a killer after a search-and-rescue mission turns up a
woman's severed arm. When the killer selects Laurie (Will's on-again-off-again romance) and
the local sheriff, as his next target, the suspense rises to a fever pitch.
Will Buchanan-science teacher, avid hiker, and mountain rescue volunteer-uncovers the
second victim of an apparent killer while searching for a boy lost from a school hiking group on
the largest mountain in the northeastern United States, Mount Washington. With Eslick's
gripping depiction, the nature of the killings quickly takes on the looming and dark character of
the mountain. As Will questions the connection between the killings and searches the wilderness
for answers, he discovers that the peril extends deep within the town of Saxton Mills and
threatens those closest to him.
This book, like his previous installment, Deadly Kin released in paperback by Penguin in
February 2005, has all the gripping reality provided by over thirty years of experience hiking in
the White Mountains. Spurred by an actual unsolved case, Eslick creates a chillingly believable
scenario with strong, identifiable characters.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tom Eslick is also the author of Tracked in the Whites, the book that
first introduced Will Buchanan, and SnowKill. An English teacher who has been hiking the
White Mountains for more than twenty-two years, he lives in Andover, New Hampshire. Please
visit his website at www.tomeslick.com.
MOUNTAIN PERIL
By Tom Eslick
On-Sale Date: March 28, 2005
ISBN: 0-670-03386-3
Price: $24.95
Pages: 274
For more information contact:
Sonya Cheuse, Viking Penguin Publicity
212/366-2338
sonya.cheuse@us.penguingroup.com
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