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Hunted
Melbourne is a city living in fear.
A sadistic killer is on the loose.
Policewomen are being targeted and the count stands at seven.
Detective Jake Miller and Criminal Psychologist Brodie Foxx head the task force.
As they race to find the killer, the body count continues to rise, leading them deep into a world of pure evil.
Will they succeed where all others have failed?
Or will the hunters become the hunted?
Will they pay the ultimate price?
A spine-chilling thriller that takes you deep into the mind of a killer.
A sadistic killer is on the loose.
Policewomen are being targeted and the count stands at seven.
Detective Jake Miller and Criminal Psychologist Brodie Foxx head the task force.
As they race to find the killer, the body count continues to rise, leading them deep into a world of pure evil.
Will they succeed where all others have failed?
Or will the hunters become the hunted?
Will they pay the ultimate price?
A spine-chilling thriller that takes you deep into the mind of a killer.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 15, 2015
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May 16, 2016Set in Melbourne, Jasper Wolf's debut crime fiction novel has a serial killer targeting policewomen who all have very similar physical characteristics. Told from two viewpoints - one following the investigation and one inside the mind of a barking mad murderer with a chilling sense of calm and concentration.
Being a frequent reader of crime fiction it will come as no surprise that I've read an awful lot of "in the mind of the serial killer" type scenarios. To the point where they really have to bring something new, original or at least illuminating to the idea for them to stand out as something more than a device for injecting some tension and threat. In HUNTED the difference is that the targets are those normally charged with the responsibility to catch the baddies - a series of policewoman victims not necessarily who you would expect a killer to be targeting at all. On the other side of the coin the pairing of a detective and a psychologist is another fairly well exercised working partnership as well - with the doggedness of your investigator and the insight of the scientific.
Other than the unexpectedness of the victims, however, there is much in HUNTED that is predictable. The increasingly "madness" of the killer, the desperateness of the investigation team, the ramping up of the threat as it gets closer and closer to the good guys. There's not a lot new being bought to the table in relation to those elements, so whether or not this novel is going to work for readers is probably a combination of how they react to the mad bad serial killer cliché and whether or not they believe, and or care that much, about the investigation team.
For this reader there wasn't enough in the victim morphology to carry the rest of the predictable elements. Whilst the novel felt "okay" it struggled to grab attention, frequently seeming too obviously structured, working too hard in places. Overall it never got it's claws into my reader imagination hard enough to make the ride seamless and time disappear.
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Being a frequent reader of crime fiction it will come as no surprise that I've read an awful lot of "in the mind of the serial killer" type scenarios. To the point where they really have to bring something new, original or at least illuminating to the idea for them to stand out as something more than a device for injecting some tension and threat. In HUNTED the difference is that the targets are those normally charged with the responsibility to catch the baddies - a series of policewoman victims not necessarily who you would expect a killer to be targeting at all. On the other side of the coin the pairing of a detective and a psychologist is another fairly well exercised working partnership as well - with the doggedness of your investigator and the insight of the scientific.
Other than the unexpectedness of the victims, however, there is much in HUNTED that is predictable. The increasingly "madness" of the killer, the desperateness of the investigation team, the ramping up of the threat as it gets closer and closer to the good guys. There's not a lot new being bought to the table in relation to those elements, so whether or not this novel is going to work for readers is probably a combination of how they react to the mad bad serial killer cliché and whether or not they believe, and or care that much, about the investigation team.
For this reader there wasn't enough in the victim morphology to carry the rest of the predictable elements. Whilst the novel felt "okay" it struggled to grab attention, frequently seeming too obviously structured, working too hard in places. Overall it never got it's claws into my reader imagination hard enough to make the ride seamless and time disappear.
http://www.austcrimefiction.org/revie...
July 24, 2017
This is a wonderful book. I didn't want to put it down.
I wish I was able to give it more stars.
From the very first page, I knew I would enjoy it.
The writing is so clear it is like watching a movie in your mind. Between pages 186-189 I could almost see the knife flying as I held my breath waiting for it to hit its mark even though I knew where it was going.
There is something for most readers to enjoy. It is action packed,has romance, a psychic's help,and even the horror of the part with the kookaburras.
There are many twists, turns and surprise in just about every chapter especially the last one.
I wish I was able to give it more stars.
From the very first page, I knew I would enjoy it.
The writing is so clear it is like watching a movie in your mind. Between pages 186-189 I could almost see the knife flying as I held my breath waiting for it to hit its mark even though I knew where it was going.
There is something for most readers to enjoy. It is action packed,has romance, a psychic's help,and even the horror of the part with the kookaburras.
There are many twists, turns and surprise in just about every chapter especially the last one.
December 29, 2023
The author used to work for the same company I work for so it was on a recommendation that I took this on.... and constant nagging from co worker to give it back as I continued to bipass it for better options for months on end. She told me she knocked it over in a day and loved it. When I finished it and told her I didnt love it, she admitted she had same feelings as me. I hate being dragged up the garden path by part time readers.
December 27, 2015
I had never heard of this Author before but a few of my friends had read this book, so i thought i would see what all the fuss is about.
Absolutely got me in stayed up until 3am reading it Loved it.
Absolutely got me in stayed up until 3am reading it Loved it.
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