Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore survived the horrific
attack of a serial killer. After two years of putting her
life back to some semblance of normal with the help and
support of FBI agent Quincy Peterson, she joined Quantico
with the intention of becoming a field agent. On the eve of
graduation, her dreams are shattered when it's recommended
she stay another year and is not allowed to graduate. Hurt
and bitter at Quinn's betrayal, she returns to Montana to
lead a search-and-rescue squad.
When yet another victim of The Butcher turns up, Sheriff
Nick Thomas requests FBI help with the investigation. Quinn
heads the investigation, and Miranda finds herself
reluctantly working with the man she hasn't seen in years,
the man she once loved.
Clues to the identity of the killer are few as Nick, Quinn
and Miranda slowly begin piecing together the final moments
of the latest victim. Quinn agonizes as their investigation
forces Miranda to relive her own attack again, and he
marvels at the strength and determination of the woman he
still loves. Miranda tries to keep Quinn at an emotional
distance, focusing all of her time and energy on the search
for the killer. When another university student disappears,
a race against time begins.
Allison Brennan has a winner in THE HUNT, her follow-
up to THE PREY (January 2006). This stark thriller
terrifies as it allows the reader inside the mind of a
madman. Miranda displays vulnerability in her strength
that's touching, and Quinn is her perfect foil. I felt the
characters' sense of urgency as the victims disappeared and
enjoyed the many twists and turns of the plot. This book
will have readers eagerly anticipating Brennan's next book,
THE KILL, coming in March.
Touched by a killer, she feels the fire of
revenge.
Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore miraculously
survived the torture of a serial killer who was never
caught. Since then, Miranda, a former FBI trainee and now a
member of a local search-and-rescue squad, has witnessed
with horror the recovery of the mutilated bodies of seven
young women, all victims of her tormentor, known as The
Butcher. When another beautiful Montana college student goes
missing, the Feds get involved, and an agent, a man Miranda
once trusted with her heart, arrives to take over the
investigation–forcing her toward a painful
choice.
Now, while Miranda battles her demons, while
friends, lovers, and traitors are caught up in a frantic
race against time, a killer hides in plain sight–waiting to
finish the one hunt he has left undone.