Hunter
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Hunter
Things happen in the Irish backwoods. The men of the village are possessed by a gold rush!
No sooner have the residents of Ardnakelta got used to their new neighbour in the form of a retired Chicago cop, than there is already another commotion in the village. From bustling London, the renowned flunky Johnny Reddy has returned to his summer-heat-dried hometown, unstoppable even by his wife and a bunch of kids. Not surprisingly, he's not exactly welcomed with open arms at home, especially by his fifteen-year-old daughter Trey, who has since found the missing paternal authority in the soft-spoken but kind and patient Cal Hooper. The eloquent returnee has a slightly easier time with the men in the pub, on whom he unloads unexpected news after a few rounds and shirtless stories from the big city. A wealthy Englishman with Irish roots, for whom he works, is said to want to prospect for gold in the area, about which a few stories circulated long ago. And he hatched a plan to make sure everyone could cash in on the gullible millionaire, even if he didn't happen to find any wealth with them. Eventually Cal joins the profiteering old-timers, fearing Johnny's influence on his ward, and Trey herself, who is again driven by a desire for revenge. Will fortune smile on any of them, or will they all cry over their earnings?
The sequel to the successful Stalker brings another story with a burnt-out American detective who, although he didn't get the peace he wanted in the West of Ireland, found a new home there. And loved ones he'd do anything for...
They wrote about the book:
A compelling crime story.
- Kirkus Reviews
It is a pleasure to spend time with such carefully drawn characters.
- Publishers Weekly
Tana French
(* 1973) Born in the USA, she also lived for a long time in Ireland, Italy and Malawi as a child. She studied acting at Trinity College Dublin, where she has also made her home since the 1990s. She has already achieved success as a writer with her debut novel In the Woods (2007), for which she won several genre prizes, including the Edgar Award for Best Debut. Later she followed the story with a series of other crime fiction - The Appearance (2008), On Fidelity (2010), Lost Harbour (2012), A Place for Secrets (2014), The Intruder (2016) - linked by the persons of investigators from the Dublin Mordor Party. Her novels Into the Woods and The Lookalike have been made into the BBC television series Dublin Murders (from 2019). Following her standalone novel, The Dark Garden (2018), the author embarks on a new detective series about former investigator Cal Hooper, who has moved from Chicago to the Irish countryside. In 2020, the opening volume, Stalker, will be published, and in 2024, the sequel, Hunter.
