The Hunter was released in July 2013 and is the first in the Hunter series of short stories. The book has received several 5* reviews on Amazon's UK and USA sites. More than 200 copies have been downloaded worldwide.
The Hunter tells the story of a well-established serial killer and follows him as he stalks and ritually kills his latest victim, a waitress in a small town.
The reader gets a small glimpse in to the killer's mind and his twisted reasoning behind his kills and begins to learn a little of his background - his father, we learn, was/is a preacher and we also learn that perhaps at least one of his kills may have been an unfortunate mistake.
The story gives the reader just enough of a hint of the killer's personality and sick sense of morality without giving too much away in the story - presumably because we will be learning more about him in one of the future books in the series.
The ritual of the murder is detailed without being gruesome, allowing the reader to imagine the scene without being repulsed. This I think makes a refreshing change to the usual guts-and-gore we're used to seeing in modern novels and films about murder.
During this story we are introduced to a young boy, the son of the waitress, who becomes centre character in the second book, The Boy.
This short story is well worth a look at, and this looks to be a promising series of stories centering around the killer known as the Hunter and I look forward to reading more. I would rate The Hunter as a well-rounded 4*.
The Hunter tells the story of a well-established serial killer and follows him as he stalks and ritually kills his latest victim, a waitress in a small town.
The reader gets a small glimpse in to the killer's mind and his twisted reasoning behind his kills and begins to learn a little of his background - his father, we learn, was/is a preacher and we also learn that perhaps at least one of his kills may have been an unfortunate mistake.
The story gives the reader just enough of a hint of the killer's personality and sick sense of morality without giving too much away in the story - presumably because we will be learning more about him in one of the future books in the series.
The ritual of the murder is detailed without being gruesome, allowing the reader to imagine the scene without being repulsed. This I think makes a refreshing change to the usual guts-and-gore we're used to seeing in modern novels and films about murder.
During this story we are introduced to a young boy, the son of the waitress, who becomes centre character in the second book, The Boy.
This short story is well worth a look at, and this looks to be a promising series of stories centering around the killer known as the Hunter and I look forward to reading more. I would rate The Hunter as a well-rounded 4*.