The Executioners (MacDonald novel)

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The Executioners

First h/b edition
Author	John D. MacDonald
Cover artist	H. Lawrence Hoffman
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	1957
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	224
ISBN	0449131904

The Executioners is a psychological thriller-suspense novel written by John D. MacDonald, published in 1957.^[1]

The plot concerns a lawyer being stalked and tormented by a criminal he helped put in prison.

It was filmed twice under the title Cape Fear, once in 1962 and again in 1991. The first film adaptation is more faithful to the novel, with the 1991 adaptation being considerably more brutal and violent.^[1]