"In The Hunter, author Tana French weaves a complex mystery involving the protagonist, Cal, who we were introduced to in French's previous novel, The Searcher. Cal and his closest friends, Lena and Trey, now find themselves in a new situation involving Trey's father who returns from London in an attempt to scam the people of the bucolic Irish village of Ardnakelty. With magnificent prose and complex plot, this novel will delight loyal French fans, and inspire a new following."
Publisher Viking
Publication Date 2024-03-05
Section New Hardcover - Fiction / Mystery / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Michael R.
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9780593493434
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by the Washington Post, TIME Magazine, BBC, TODAY, Elle, CrimeReads, and more
"Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French spins a taut tale of retribution, sacrifice, and family."—TIME
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.
It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.
Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He’s found it, more or less: he’s built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he’s gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places. But then Trey’s long-absent father reappears, bringing along an English millionaire and a scheme to find gold in the townland, and suddenly everything the three of them have been building is under threat. Cal and Lena are both ready to do whatever it takes to protect Trey, but Trey doesn’t want protecting. What she wants is revenge.
From the writer who is “in a class by herself,” (The New York Times), a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we’ll do for our loved ones, what we’ll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.
