The Hunter by Tana French
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher comes a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside. The Hunter by Tana French picks up two years after The Searcher — though it can stand alone — and takes readers on a twisting ride that will stick with them until the next French novel appears.
“French avoids the fireworks of conventional crime fiction, instead taking a classic setup — the lone outsider revealing the dark side of a small town—and imbuing it with simmering menace. There’s also an unexpectedly moving friendship and storytelling so atmospheric you can practically smell the peat bogs,” praises People magazine.
The story began in The Searcher when Cal Hooper left Chicago PD to settle into a peaceful life in rural Ireland. Soon, he is forced to come to terms with the darkness that lurks behind the facade of the beautiful landscape. When a local kid’s brother goes missing and asks for Cal’s help investigating the disappearance, he uncovers dangerous truths sheltered by the small town.
Nuanced and Atmospheric
Two years later, Cal has built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. In The Hunter, it’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.
When Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge.
From the writer who is “in a class by herself” (The New York Times) comes a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.
About Tana French:
Tana French is the New York Times bestselling author of eight previous books, including In the Woods, The Likeness, and The Searcher. Her novels have sold over eight million copies worldwide and won numerous awards, including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.
