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The Hunter

Victor the Assassin, Book 1

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The Hunter

By: Tom Wood
Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
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Forget James Bond. Forget Jason Bourne. Forget Jack Bauer. Meet Victor. He's an assassin - a man with no past and no surname. But when a Paris job goes spectacularly wrong, Victor finds himself running for his life across four continents, accompanied by a woman too beautiful to trust, pursued by enemies too powerful to escape.

©2011 Tom Wood (P)2014 Oakhill Publishing Action & Adventure Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Assassin Fiction Exciting

Critic reviews

"Jack Reacher meets Thomas Crown in this electrifying thriller." (Simon Kernick)
"A nonstop, breathless, trimmed-to-the-bone thriller with action sequences that are absolutely state-of-the-art. It's the best chase novel I've read in years." (Joseph Finder)

"An impressively intricate thriller.... The scenes are vivid and the plot revelations parcelled out at expert intervals.... Exciting." (New Yorker)

"A superlative debut... Thriller fans will be eager to see more from this bright new talent." (Publishers Weekly)
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Would you try another book written by Tom Wood or narrated by Daniel Philpott?

Probably would not try another book by this author, but the narrator was good overall.

Would you recommend The Hunter to your friends? Why or why not?

Not really. Whilst the writing is good and the plot reasonable, if not startlingly original, I felt that there is just too much action and not enough intrigue to maintain interest. In fact, the almost constant gun battles and chases are unrelenting and, eventually, terribly tedious. I gave up completely about an hour out from the end when yet another fight and chase broke out in exhaustive and exhausting detail and I lost interest in the outcome of the story and the fate of the main character.

Which character – as performed by Daniel Philpott – was your favourite?

The narrator played the various parts without overdoing the accents, but the characters were hardly engaging enough to choose any favourite performance from Mr Philpott.

Did The Hunter inspire you to do anything?

Luckily, I'm not given to indulging in murderous rampages with automatic weapons, so no.

Any additional comments?

I love a good action story - Frederick Forsyth, Gerald Seymour etc. - and the action scenes in this book were certainly well written and finely detailed, but for me (an ex-Army Officer) it was just a bit too wearing in the end.

Overkill

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Hunter to be better than the print version?

Don't know

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Hunter?

The action started from page 1

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Many

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Kept me on tenterhooks the whole time

Any additional comments?

great book, loved it.

The Hunter Kept me on edge from page 1

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Liked it Fast moving. Action. Twists. What's not to like, Five stars from me on this

Good book

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good narrator like the plot story if u like jason bourne you like these tom wood books

really my type of book exciting action

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couldn't stop listening, excellent narration too. Reacher was getting stale after all these years . Give Victor a try

Read it you will love it

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