Due to a sudden, unexpected passing in the family a few years ago and another more recently and my subsequent (mental) health issues stemming from that, I was unable to download this book in time to review it before it was archived as I did not visit this site for several years after the bereavements. This meant I didn't read or venture onto netgalley for years as not only did it remind me of that person as they shared my passion for reading, but I also struggled to maintain interest in anything due to overwhelming depression. I was therefore unable to download this title in time and so I couldn't give a review as it wasn't successfully acquired before it was archived. The second issue that has happened with some of my other books is that I had them downloaded to one particular device and said device is now defunct, so I have no access to those books anymore, sadly.

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The Hunter is a enjoyed ride that I think the fans of Jack Reacher will enjoy. I found it a easy read that wasn't too taxing. A.great holiday read.

This was just ok for me. A quick and easy read that doesn't take much thinking about once you get past the slightly confusing beginning and lack of back story for characters.

I wont go into detail about the story as i dont want to spoil the book, but i will say that I wouldn't normally read this kind of book but I fancied a change of genre and i can honastly say this surprised me. I enjoyed the story and i felt connected with the characters. Pleaseantly surprised and brilliantly written, a must read for sure.

Fast paced chaser thriller with some interesting futuristic plots. I struggled to keep interested in this and found myself speed reading it. Ok read but I’d not hurry back for a sequel

Different books suit my differing moods and sometimes what I’m looking for is an all-out-escapist rollicking read. Andrew Reid’s The Hunter provides all that and more.

Our protagonist is Cameron King, known in the cage fighting world as The Hunter. She fought her way back to health after her brother Nate deliberately crashed the car they were in and leaving her trapped and injured, fled the scene, never to be heard from again.

Now Cameron is working in the skip trace field – a sort of technological bounty hunter, when she discovers a dead body – and beside that body, her own gun. As the police arrive she receives a call from Nate telling her to get out because “They’re coming”.

So begins a non-stop roller coaster ride which takes the reader through the murky and philosophically dubious world of private military contractors and the motifs of privacy and data mining, will chill any reader as they consider the parallels between a sinister corporation with a plan for total control, and organisations to which we hand over our data every day.

The action is fast paced and tension-fuelled as Cameron and her at first reluctant sidekick, cop Ray Perada, are forced into working together. As their lives are threatened every time they turn a corner, they must learn to work together for their own safety and gradually they come to realise what a good team they can make.

Reid neatly plays with the brother/sister instinctive relationship; Cameron wants to know she can trust Nate, but didn’t he leave her to die? And as he leads her into more danger, she is constantly having to ask herself how much she really knows about Nate and whether she can really trust him?

The fight scenes are gloriously depicted; the reader can her Cameron’s thought processes as she decides which moves to make next and why. The scenes are filmic in quality and I could picture these characters and their surroundings as I read my way through the action packed pages.

Neat plotting and tight writing make this a great conspiracy theory driven thriller, made all the better by contemporary events, lots of hi-tech chicanery and a female protagonist who literally kicks ass.

The Hunter by Andrew Reid is definitely an explosive thriller that brings you non stop action from the first page to the last.

The story is basically a race against time with many twists & turns.

If you like action packed thrillers then this is the book for you

Highly recommended

I like to add variety to my reading choices and when I heard about this book it sounded gripping and with similar themes, conspiracy and power, to other books I’ve read before but not similar in other ways which made it different enough to interest me.

The book starts off with a bang and the reader is thrown into something they, and the main character Cameron, didn’t see coming. As the story continues the pace starts off fast and speeds up, once things start moving in this book they don’t let up until the end. It’s a full-on rollercoaster ride of a read which I really enjoyed. I felt there could have been a bit more depth to some of the plot, but having said that it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of the story. This is one of those books you pick up and lose yourself in, there is so much happening in the book that the outside world disappears for an while and then when it does come back you’re surprised at how quiet and calm it is in comparison to the book world you’ve just been immersed in.

I liked Cameron, once I got over the surprise that she was a she, given the name I was expecting her to be male. However, initial surprise over, I genuinely liked her, she stuck up for what she believed in and showed remorse when it was appropriate. It was nice to have those human aspects in there given she seemed almost invincible sometimes. I also liked Ray, good, solid and dependable even in situations that are out of his comfort zone. I feel like these two could make a good partnership.

All in all this is a really good debut novel, fast-paced and gripping, perfect if you want some action but only from the safety of your sofa!

A non-stop action story that has very interesting characters who help you get sucked into the story and then no be able to put the book down. Plenty of surprises in the story kept me gripped and i did not expect some of the surprises at all. Intense action and fight scenes that where easy to read so in turn great images of the scene in my head led to high octane action story well worth a read

As some one who strangely enough has worked within the MMA Industry since 2000 this book portrayed a female MMA fighter beautifully. Drama, action and fast paced PI-ing- I can see this being produced on the big screen and being EPIC

Let me just start by saying that this story is non-stop action from the beginning until the end. Reid has created a strong female lead, who is a force to be reckoned with and an adversary to be feared. Cameron thinks on her feet, fights with a cold brutality that often turns into a burning rage, and is obsessively driven by a need to know why her brother Nate betrayed her.

Simultaneously she struggles with the emotional turmoil of loving her brother and her gut instinct. At least part of her thinks she can trust him to act in her best interest. She believes all of that, despite the fact he is known for thinking only of himself, and of course he is the reason she can no longer enter the ring and continue her career as a celebrated fighter.

What makes this read so captivating to me are the fight scenes, specifically those with the main character. They are extremely well-researched, described and delivered. You can almost feel Cameron flexing her muscles, rolling her shoulders and accessing her opponent. My favourite element is the way she chooses to do the least expected move in the middle of a conflict. Instead of running in the opposite direction she will lunge headfirst into the onslaught.

Reid keeps it popping and the reader on their toes with this gripping crime action novel. Cameron King is the kind of female action protagonist the book world needs. We need more strong characters girls and women can identify with. It’s okay to be emotional, approachable and independent, but it is equally okay to be a strong and physically capable woman too.

I really enjoyed meeting Cameron King and her accidental sidekick Ray. It’s a read that captivates from start to finish and never fails to surprise. The only thing wrong with this incredibly good debut novel is the fact there isn’t a second book I can read straight away, and that I now have this unnatural desire to kick the hell out of people and become a kickboxing cage fighter.

Thrillers are one of my favourite genres to read and I am always on the look out for books which are full of action, intriguing plot lines and characters who you can really root for (or against - I'm not fussy). When I was given the chance to read The Hunter I jumped at it and I am so very glad I did as it gave me all of that and so much more besides.

When Cage Fighter Cameron King's future is irreparably changed in a car accident, she seeks out an alternative career, one which challenges her and allows her to use both her intelligence and her strength. As a bounty hunter or 'skip-tracer' Cameron hunts down targets across the country while all the time having half an eye on finding the one person who seems able to elude her - her own brother. Following a lead on a suspect all the way across the country, Cameron finds herself caught in the middle of a huge operation in which she is being targeted, but as to who by and why, it will take all of her mental and physical strength to find out.

I loved this book, especially the central characters of Cameron and Ray Perada, a San Francisco cop who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and in every bit as much trouble as Cameron. There is a brilliant chemistry between the pair and although Cameron has the edge in terms of physical strength, in terms of street smarts and intuition, Ray is every bit her match. The way in which the author has them bouncing off each other is brilliant, and I really found myself believing in the duo and their unconventional camaraderie.

Now this is a book which is heavy in both tech and action. For fans of a good old fashioned action thriller there are a plethora of high octane scenes which will keep you smiling from shoot outs to a really tense and edge of the seat scene near to the end of the book. It certainly ticked all of my boxes. Set against this though you have a really futuristic (at least I hope its only futuristic) element of storyline which takes it away from a straight forward shoot out into something far more complex and, quite frankly, disturbing. It really makes you think about the control of big business and the application of science and technology in modern society and, while not yet grounded in reality, it didn't seem all that far fetched either.

All in all this was a brilliantly entertaining, compelling read which had me hooked from the very first page. I needed to know what was going on, how Cameron and her brother, Nate fitted into it all and how they would defeat the bad guys, for there are some truly vicious people involved in this whole set up. I found myself fascinated by the whole concept, including all the little details like the dead drops across the city that Cameron and Ray had to follow to try and find vital evidence. In terms of characters you couldn't ask for better and I have to be honest and say I grew quite fond of Ray, even if he wasn't the all action hero he would like to be. Cameron is a brilliant protagonist, in the mould of characters like Steph Broadribb's Lori Anderson and I could see her developing a great following if there was any chance of this book having a sequel. She's a kick ass (literally) no-nonsense warrior of a woman which is always great to see.

Fast paced, full of action, mystery, thrills and inventive plotting, this book is one of the best action novels I've read in a while. I'm a fan. More please.

This was a decent enough concept, although the tense of the writing was a bit jarring at times. In the main, it's a chase story and at times I wondered who the bad guys were as it seemed that everyone was a bad guy apart from Cameron and Ray.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the ARC.
Cameron King, a champion cage fighter, is now a skip-tracer on the trail of a fraudster. A car crash ended her career; her brother Nate, a brilliant computer and technical wizard was driving but managed to disappear from the scene.
The story weaves through police cover-ups, involvement of hi-tech organisations, private security forces and an ultimate goal of technologically controlling populations and collection of data through bio-chips - a bit like 1984 in 2084.
How and why is Nate mixed up in all this; the brother she adored? With the help of Officer Perada , electronic wizardry, guts and determination, Cameron discovers the shocking truth.
If you are a fan of all-action, lengthy book passages detailing every possible close-quarter fighting technique, and subsequent graphic description of human tissue damage, then this is definitely for you. It was well-written per se, with good dialogue and concluded very well. Just not the kind of thing I enjoy reading so it gave my skim-reading skills a particularly good workout.

Complex crime thriller keeps you guessing

Cameron King is badly injured when her brother Nate crashes the car they are in, but no one knows how Nate is because he has disappeared.

As a professional cage fighter, Cameron’s career is finished but she builds a living by tracking down people who have skipped town to avoid jail. Her latest case is a high deal fraudster who has, probably, constructed many alternative identities. When she does find him, she gets more than one shock, especially when she crosses swords with Police Officer Ray Perada.

Out of the blue, she receives a call from Nate, two years after he disappeared, and from that point, it soon becomes obvious she is in desperate danger.

Unlikely as it might seem Cam and Perada team up against a formidable foe, but who is really pulling strings?

This novel will have you turning pages at the speed of an express train as you try to keep up with the sub-plots and misdirection. The suspense doesn’t exactly build; it goes from 0 – 60 in so many seconds! The last 10% of the book had me struggling to keep up, but the story just kept delivering.

Reid’s characters are real, albeit with incredible luck; that is if you are on the right side. Cam and Perada make a brilliant team, and the stage is set for a sequel.

It isn’t all happy endings, but everyone gets what they rightfully deserve.

Extremely enjoyable.

Pashtpaws

Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.

Loved this book, was hooked from the start. Lots of plot twists and turns which kept you on your toes. Great to find a book that kept you wondering who were the real good guys.

Well written and would reccommend others to read.

An enjoyable mixed-genre book. Sci-Fi meets detective meets suspense meets action, with a few surprises alomg the way.

An intriguing plot and you can't quite ignore the fact that possibly that day maybe getting closer. Don't like to give to much away because some reviews basically give you the potted book and negate the need to read it!
A familiar combo albeit heroine and sidekick take on the baddies but with a family twist in a techno age. Point is, who are the real baddies? Enough action from end to end keeps you locked in though personally in parts I had to suspend belief and go with the flow. For me a good read, but not a keeper.

Kept my interest throughout. Had to complete this in 24 hours as I felt an intense need to know. Well written characters that you can relate to which is a must for me in any book.

Wow!! Im breathless. I loved every page and the action, pace and characters kept them turning at regular speed.
The story is food for thought in our technology driven world and the detail of fight scenes was graphicly descriptive yet believable.
There was no down time to let the story stagnate nor allow the reader a chance to get off the juggernaut. An absolute must if you likè a fast paced page turner.