I am delighted to share my review today for Hunted by Abir Mukherjee. This is the first time I have read a book by this author and I will be looking at reading more in the future.
My huge thanks to Vintage Books for accepting my request to read this title via NetGalley.
In London, the police storm Heathrow Airport to bring in a father for questioning about his missing daughter.
In Florida, a mother makes a connection between her son and the bomber, fearing he has been radicalized.
And in Oregon, an unknown organization’s conspiracy to bring America to its knees unfolds…
On the run from the authorities, the two parents are thrown together in a race against time to stop a catastrophe that will derail the country’s future forever.
But can they find their kids before it’s too late?
MY REVIEW
This is a book about family, dilemmas, manipulation,
conspiracy, and connections and it is done in a wonderful way. It is one of those books that is complex when you want to explain anything about it, but while reading it flows wonderfully.
The story starts with a dramatic opening and the ramifications are felt from the US to the UK. A mother is searching for her son and connects to a man in the UK. He discovers his daughter did not go on the trip he thought she had, instead she went to a different destination. Together these two parents must use what they know of their children to discover the reasons and also where they may go to try to save them.
The synopsis for this book is brief and does not really go into any detail about what this book is about. So I am not going to go into it either, that way you can discover the plot for yourself.
The author has created a story that involves family and how a parent cannot always know what their child is doing. As children get older they form their own opinions and they may think what they are going to do is the right thing, but are they fully aware of the consequences of their actions? In some ways, the author takes the naivety of the teens in this story to manipulate by using other characters to use them for their own end.
The tension is evident throughout the story as there is a race against time for all of the characters. They seem to pair up naturally and you find yourself wondering who will reach who first. A wrong decision could be catastrophic but then there is an FBI agent who has a bit more savvy to her and starts to read between the lines. The race is one that is against time and against others and this makes the pacing of this book very good indeed.
I am well aware that this is a very disjointed review but I am so reluctant to give anything away. So I will say that this is one that is complex but well laid out, it is tense and dramatic and the author has done a very good job of bringing sensitive subject matter into a different focus of sorts. Yeah, still vague I know! If you are a fan of crime, thriller and mystery stories with politics, manipulation and one that is full of action then this is one to have on your list. I enjoyed it a lot and would happily recommend it.
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