Book of the Week: Hunting Time by Jeffrey Deaver (A Colter Shaw Novel)

One of my favorite current television shows is "Tracker" on CBS. It's about a man named Colter Shaw who is a "rewardist," that is, someone who tracks and finds lost people for a reward. Since we first saw the show, we really love the character. It's all based on a series of books by author Jeffrey Deaver, and I finally read one in the series called "Hunting Time." The book was awesome. It's over 400 pages (hardcover) and I read it in a week and a half! It was hard to put down. In this book, Colter doesn't have the team that he has on the TV show, though. Instead, he works with various others to accomplish his mission. - About three quarters of the way into the book, the reader is thrown for a loop when something unexpected happens. It really made the book incredibly memorable, and a 5 of 5 star book for me.. - Rob

ABOUT THE BOOK:

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CBS ORIGINAL SERIES TRACKER 

In New York Times bestselling master of suspense Jeffery Deaver's riveting thriller, reward seeker Colter Shaw plunges into the woods and races the clock in a case where nothing is quite what it seems.

Allison Parker is on the run with her teenage daughter, Hannah, and Colter Shaw has been hired by her eccentric boss, entrepreneur Marty Harmon, to find and protect her. Though he's an expert at tracking missing persons--even those who don't wish to be found--Shaw has met his match in Allison, who brings all her skills as a brilliant engineer designing revolutionary technology to the game of evading detection.

The reason for Allison's panicked flight is soon apparent. She's being stalked by her ex-husband, Jon Merritt. Newly released from prison and fueled by blinding rage, Jon is a man whose former profession as a police detective makes him uniquely suited for the hunt. And he's not alone. Two hitmen are also hot on her heels--an eerie pair of thugs who take delight not only in murder but in the sport of devising clever ways to make bodies disappear forever. Even if Shaw manages to catch up with Allison and her daughter, his troubles will just be beginning.

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.