The Snake

On a steamy night in Central Park, a sailor returning from South Africa gets mugged. What the mugger doesn’t know is that the sailor is carrying a deadly Black Mamba—the most poisonous snake in the world. The sailor is murdered, the mugger is bitten, and the snake slithers off into the underbrush—and becomes the terror of Central Park.

John Godey’s fast-paced, no-frills prose keeps the action intense as the city authorities rush to capture the snake—and the populace tries to stay out of its way. With all the heart-pumping action of Jaws, but set in the center of one of the world’s most populated urban centers, this book guarantees you’ll never look at Central Park the same way again.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Godey is the alias of Morton Freedgood (1913–2006), an American novelist born in New York City. While working in public relations for 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and other film companies, he published numerous short stories in magazines such as Esquire and Cosmopolitan. He published more serious novels under his own name, and used the alias “John Godey” to write crime novels.

It was under his alias that his writing saw the most success. Some of his most successful works include A Thrill a Minute with Jack Albany, a series that later became a Disney movie; and The Taking of Pelham 123, a 1973 best seller later made into a blockbuster motion picture.