The Hunter
by Tana French
☆ Shortlisted for the 2025 CWA KAA Gold Dagger
The Hunter by Tana French is the second book featuring Cal Hooper, a Chicago cop who has retired to the Irish countryside (the first book was The Searcher, which you will need to read first). This is an extremely slow-burn mystery, as much about the relationships between various characters in a small Irish village as it is about the crime that gets committed. The audiobook, narrated by Roger Clarke, is superb. The plot of The Hunter revolves around an Englishman who comes to the village, apparently on a quest for gold he heard about from an elderly relation.
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“The Hunter, the sequel to The Searcher, is another beautiful book, set in a small village in Ireland, where a divorced American cop has retired” Read more...
The Best Mystery Books of 2025
Sophie Roell, Journalist
“Among my favourite crime novels this year was The Hunter by Tana French, a sequel to her book The Searcher (which it’s probably best to read first). The main protagonist, Cal Hooper, is a retired Chicago police detective who ends up living in the Irish countryside” Read more...
Sophie Roell, Journalist
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