Hunted

Eddie Malloy #2

by Richard Pitman, Joe McNally

When champion jockey Tommy Gilmour fails to turn up for the big race at Haydock Park, it seems like a golden opportunity for Eddie Malloy to ride the favourite. And to secure his comeback as a jump jockey.
Then Tommy is found with a bullet through his head. And Eddie is arrested as the prime suspect.
It is only when a second jockey is discovered dead, with a sinister note attached to his body, that Eddie is released—into the hunt for the killer. And he knows his own name is on the hitlist.

329 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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.