Book Review: The Hunt

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Hunt     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Christie Rose
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Romantic Suspense
Oak Tree, Feb 2003, $11.95

In Booker Bend, Oregon, schoolteacher Susan Ryker waits at the airport to give a ride to fellow teacher Casper Rickert when she witnesses a murder. The killer looks right at Susan, knowing she might be able to identify him. He plans to clean up this nuisance later.

The FBI and local police interrogate Susan in hopes she will provide a description of the murderer, but she insists she cannot. Susan learned a recent lesson of what happens to a good Samaritan when she gave a statement to the police identifying a thief only have the cop shout out her address. However police officer Gene Udell knows she is hiding something, but will risk his life to keep Susan safe beyond the call of duty as he has fallen in love with her.

THE HUNT is a solid police procedural romance that will keep the audience on the edge of the seat as Susan finds avoiding her responsibility fails to protect her. The "Assassin" is an intriguing protagonist as he is a cold-blooded killing machine treating murder like a day at the office. Though the FBI acts like the stereotype of the old image and not the "improved" model as related to Congress, Christie Rose’s tale is a fine novel that will spur readers to desire more romantic suspense novels from this budding star.

Harriet Klausner

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