When Gordon Reeve gets the phone call from the States about
his brother, Jim, supposedly committing suicide, he's
shocked. Why, he wonders, would a journalist working on a
big story (and possibly the biggest in his career) decide
to off himself? The answer -- he wouldn't.
Reeve served time in the Special Forces and now runs a
weekend survivalist camp with his wife, Joan, in the farm
community of South Uist on the Scottish Borders. His small
son, Allan, and his wife are his constant companions. Upon
hearing of Jim's death, Reeve travels to San Diego to
identify the body and prepare to bring it back to Scotland.
Instead, Reeve begins discovering just how big the story
was that his brother was working on, what Co-World
Chemicals is up to, and why and who was out to murder his
brother for the information he was compiling. In the
process of discovering serious cover-ups on a corporate and
global level, Reeve meets up with an old Special
Forces "buddy" named Jay, who's now working for the very
people who had his brother murdered and covered it up to
make it look like suicide. Reeve's anger management issues
become apparent.
BLOOD HUNT is an excellent example of the suspense genre.
It has a predictable ending, but enough detail and plot-
winding to keep a reader interested and entertained.
Longtime readers of Rankin's work will wonder at the lack
of series, as this is a standalone book, but well-worth the
time.
As a former soldier, Gordon Reeve knows something about
killing. So despite the fact that the death of his brother
Jim has been ruled a suicide, Gordon can't shake the feeling
that someone is responsible. Traveling alone across an
ocean, he arrives in California determined to get answers:
Why was the car Jim's body was found in locked from the
outside? Who would want Jim dead? And now why do the local
cops seem bent on thwarting Gordon's efforts to uncover the
truth? With all the verve and taut pacing that have made Ian
Rankin an internationally renowned suspense writer, Blood
Hunt is a gripping story of one man's dogged pursuit of justice.
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