
The Hunter
A Novel
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 3, 2024
“Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French spins a taut tale of retribution, sacrifice, and family.”—TIME It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland.
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- Who it’s for
- A dark, immersive thriller with sharp edges and a confident, controlled pace.
- Genres
- International Crime Fiction, Suspense, Crime Fiction
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, December 3, 2024
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“Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French spins a taut tale of retribution, sacrifice, and family.”—TIME 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. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace.
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He’s found it, more or less: he’s 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. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, and 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), 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.
Sharp Tension
A dark, immersive thriller with sharp edges and a confident, controlled pace.
Come here for
- Edgy psychological tension
- Crime-fiction atmosphere with literary polish
Expect
- Sustained suspense
- A crime read with more interior pressure than procedural clutter
Where it sits
| International Crime Fiction | 49% |
|---|---|
| Crime Fiction | 25% |
| Suspense | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Police Procedurals
- Suspense
- Authors
- Tana French
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- December 3, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction