Hunting Time: A gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Twist (Colter Shaw Thriller, Book 4)

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Several of Deaver’s stories have been adapted into other venues for consumption. You might be familiar with the movie The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington playing Lincoln Rhyme. Lincoln Rhyme is generally the main male character in his work. Deaver lite: a fleet, irresistible tale with just enough twists to have been imagined by someone else. Briefly, Shaw, who describes himself as a Reward Seeker and Hired to Find investigator, is hired by a corporate CEO to recover a stolen revolutionary industrial component. Having discovered the thief he is then hired by the same person to locate Allison Parker, his Engineer and her daughter Hannah who have gone missing following the release from prison of her violent ex husband Jon. Despite his skills Shaw is led a merry dance by Allison. Two characteristics make this book stand out from other thrillers. One: The author includes rules taught to Cole by his dad on how to survive:

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Deaver's writing is gripping and fast-paced, with "Hunting Time" delivering plenty of "oh no!" surprises and adrenaline-fueled escapes. The author's ability to pull the rug out from under readers' feet multiple times throughout the story is commendable, keeping them guessing and engrossed until the very end. Deaver`s reputation as a master of the corkscrewing plot is well earned... Colter Shaw seems certain to become an enduring series lead. Booklist

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No sooner has Shaw sorted that problem out, Harmon asks him to locate another employee who has gone missing. Allison Parker and her daughter Hannah are on the run following the release from prison of her violent husband Jon Merritt, who has vowed to kill them both. Allison is a brilliant engineer who uses all her skills to evade detection. But can Shaw find her before Merritt or the two thugs he’s hired? She is the chief designer and developer of a new miniature reactor that offers hope for fuel economy into the future.

The only aspect that I found questionable the dangers of the safety of the small modular reactor. I will chalk this up to some stretching of the facts required to make the story flow and not a fatal flaw. Otherwise, I enjoyed how Shaw always prepared no matter what happens. Yes, I know that the author wrote it that way, but I still enjoyed Shaw’s ingenuity. I enjoyed how the author kept the tension and suspense at an ever-increasing level. At the end, the author revealed a possible clue to a future novel in an off-hand remark.

This is a tense and exciting addition to Jeffery Deaver's crime thriller series featuring the reward hunter, Colt Shaw, raised by his late survivalist professor father, Ashton, with his family, mother, Mary Dove, sister Dorian and brother Russell. He travels the country in his Winnebago home, with his unique specialist skills and approach, which includes assigning probabilities to any possibilities which serves him well. Here, he finds himself in the midwest at a once prosperous industrial town, Ferrington, with its toxic river, hired by Marty Harmon, CEO of Welbourne and Sons to retrieve stolen valuable miniature portable nuclear technology. When the irreplaceable senior nuclear engineer, 42 year Allison Parker, goes on the run from her abusive husband, a decorated former FPD detective, Jon Merritt, released early from prison after being convicted of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, Harmon asks Shaw to find and protect her.

This is a high-stakes, life-and-death chess match between multiple individuals, each with the skills and abilities to outwit the others. And, in quintessential Deaver style, full of twists and turns. I also enjoyed the ending, which is the place where many otherwise good books lose me.

As Shaw ventures further into the wilderness, the truth becomes as hard to decipher as the forest’s unmarked trails...and peril awaits at every turn. Hunting Time is the latest book in Jeffrey Deaver's Colter Shaw series..............and the best one so far.