# Stronghold

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- Book: [Stronghold](https://www.bookquiver.com/stanley-ellin/stronghold) ([Stronghold.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stanley-ellin/stronghold.md))
- Authors: [Stanley Ellin](https://www.bookquiver.com/stanley-ellin)
- Publisher: the_murder_room
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7190-323-6
- Published: 2012-09-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

James Flood, just released from a Florida prison, has a desperate scheme. He and his recruits, all hardened criminals, will move in upon a prominent upstate New York family, holding the Hayworth women as hostages while awaiting delivery of a four-million-dollar ransom. Marcus Hayworth, a leading member of the Quaker community, is convinced he can subvert Flood's plan. Instead of going to the police, he asks the Quaker community to back him in non-violent opposition. Subsequent events isolate both hostages and captors within the Hayworth house, waging a war of nerves that involves more than a clash between good and evil. For Flood has an urgent and specific need for revenge. And Hayworth's principles have never been put to the ultimate test.