This review is written with thanks to Vintage Digital for my copy of Hunted via Netgalley.

Blurb:

IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, WHAT IF THE GREATEST THREAT WAS YOUR OWN CHILD?

It’s a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall…

In London, armed police storm Heathrow Airport and arrest Sajid Khan. His daughter Aliyah entered the USA with the suicide bomber, and now she’s missing, potentially plotting another attack.

But then a mysterious woman called Carrie turns up at Sajid’s door after travelling halfway across the world. She claims Aliyah is with her son Greg, and she knows where they could be.

Back in the US, Agent Shreya Mistry is closing in on the two fugitives. But the more she investigates, the more she realises this case is far from as simple as it seems.

Hunted by the authorities, the two parents are thrown together in a race against time to find their kids before the FBI does and stop a catastrophe that will bring the world to its knees.

Discover the new TWIST-PACKED thriller from the author of The Shadows of Men.

Review:

I’ve read a few of Abir Mukherjee’s historical novels and really enjoyed them so I was keen to see what this novel, a modern day thriller, would be like. It starts, quite literally with a bang, and doesn’t let go. We meet several characters who are hunting and being hunted – as the title suggests – and the author’s slick writing is fast paced, atmospheric and full of tension. I was hooked from start to finish wanting to know how everything would work out.

Each chapter in Hunted is written from the perspective of a different character. It did take me some time to get used to who was who and how they were connected to each other, but I did appreciate the insight that this approach gave me into the different characters. It also meant that I was never completely sure which characters I could trust and this added a extra element of intrigue.

Hunted is a political novel that deals with some very relevant political issues. Although I am obviously aware that the issues raised in the novel are very real, I actually know very little about it and I was fascinated to learn from the author’s obviously detailed research.

The ending of Hunted is explosive and the tension rises even higher. Abir Mukherjee has plotted this story really well and I was completely gripped following the different directions in which the author took us.

Hunted is available from Amazon.