# The Deadly Percheron

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- Book: [The Deadly Percheron](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-franklin-bardin/the-deadly-percheron) ([The Deadly Percheron.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-franklin-bardin/the-deadly-percheron.md))
- Authors: [John Franklin Bardin](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-franklin-bardin)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4168-702-4
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2024-06-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Who stole George Matthews’ life? ‘Doctor, I think I’m losing my mind…’ When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews’ office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory – and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity. With its unique atmosphere of threat, secrets and madness, The Deadly Percheron is a great New York noir novel. The extraordinary climax — in an abandoned Coney Island Fun House — has to be read to be believed.