Hunted

Eddie Malloy #2

by Richard Pitman, Joe McNally

Hunted Eddie Malloy, trying to get his career back on track, finds himself in the gunsights of a cunning killer who is maiming and murdering racing personalities with a zeal and purpose which terrifies the racing world and mystifies the police. Eddie is convinced the killer has a definitive hit list for these ritual slayings and when he discovers he is high on that list, Eddie knows he has to become the hunter not the hunted. ......................................................................................................... Hunted was first published by Hodder & Stoughton. Here is a flavour of the press reviews from the print 'It’s a neat plot, very well developed … and the climax is as good as anything Dick Francis has come up with.’ Racing Post ‘There is plenty of well-written racing action and weighing-room atmosphere in which Richard Pitman’s expertise as a former top jockey shines through and the tension, so important in a thriller, is kept going from start to finish. Thoroughly recommended.’ Horse & Hound ............................................................................................................. Written by ex-top jockey and BBC commentator Richard Pitman and racing journalist Joe McNally, Warned Off is the first in the series of six mystery crime thrillers by the duo. Hunted is the second of the Eddie Malloy series. Eddie features in five of Richard and Joe's novels. Hunted has been rewritten and moves along at an even faster pace now. We hope you enjoy Hunted which also contains an excerpt from book one in the Eddie Malloy series, Warned Off. Richard and Joe

241 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Gary Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Winner!

Another great Eddie Malloy book ends - I think that I have read them all! A great horse racing story in the tradition of Dick Francis. Lots of adventure and intrigue, and a good ending. An enjoyable gallop!

[Gary Vassallo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable book in the Eddie Malloy series. Grabs you on the first page and keeps you guessing until the end.

[Judith Trail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good premise but at times the story went off track or slowed down. The supporting characters were not well defined, but rather cliched. A good summer read.

[Marie Prentice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good page Turner keeps you quessing

[Jan Strnad · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the start I could tell I was in good hands with Hunted. The writing was surefooted and I was immediately drawn to the character of jockey Eddie Malloy.

In another life, Eddie would have been a tough-guy detective right out of Raymond Chandler. He's a good-hearted guy who's been pushed to the edge, and now he's pushing back.

Somebody is murdering jockeys, and Eddie is the prime suspect. Just when his side-railed career is getting back on track, he finds himself hounded by a pair of knucklehead detectives who've already decided on his guilt, harassed by another jockey, despised by a steward's secretary, and pretty soon it looks like he's next on the killer's hit list.

Hunted kept me engrossed throughout. I sneaked out of work for lunch on my own a couple of days just so I could sit and read my book. This is good stuff. I plan to go back and catch the first Eddie Malloy book, Warned Off, though somehow I don't see Eddie being successfully "warned off" anything!

[Claire Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah how I enjoyed this. I received a copy for proofing from Joe, as I'm working with him on the ebook rerelease, and hoo boy was it a fantastic read.

I absolutely loved the racing chapters. So very tense and wound up... If you read this and don't feel on edge when the horses take off, then there's something seriously wrong.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second book in the Eddie Malloy series. I hate to keep comparing to Dick Francis but he was my favorite author and this series is reminiscent of the best of his books. The main character had grown and this book is even better than the first.