Hunted

Written by Abir Mukherjee

Narrated by Mikhail Sen, Stefan Trout, Amber Rose Revah and 2 more

In this action-packed thriller from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, two parents facing catastrophe must find their lost children before the unthinkable can happen.
  In London, the police storm Heathrow Airport to bring in a father for questioning about his missing daughter.
 
In Florida, a mother makes a connection between her son and the bomber, fearing he has been radicalized.
 
And in Oregon, an unknown organization’s conspiracy to bring America to its knees unfolds…
 
On the run from the authorities, the two parents are thrown together in a race against time to stop a catastrophe that will derail the country’s future forever.

But can they find their kids before it’s too late?  
For fans of The Chain and I Am Pilgrim, this ground-breaking, blockbuster thriller is unlike any other thriller you will listen to this year.  Featuring the voices of 
Nikki Patel (Yasmin), Amber Rose Revah (Shreya), Stefan Trout (Greg), Mikhail Sen (Sajid), and Sophia Roberts (Rehana). 


 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Release date: May 7, 2024
• ISBN: 9781668641446

Abir Mukherjee

Abir Mukherjee is the author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in Raj-era India. He has won the CWA Historical Dagger and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, the HWA Gold Crown, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. His novels include A Rising Man, A Necessary Evil, Smoke and Ashes, and Death in the East. Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey, England.

Reviews for Hunted

[infjsarah · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This thriller has got some hype but sadly it just didn't work for me. It started off well but the further in it went I just lost interest. I never cared about what would happen or felt "thrilled". Sorry AM.

[thiscatsabroad · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I really like Abir Mukherjee´s writing, so I cracked open "Hunted" with great expectations. Having said that, I was really disappointed with the novel which broke my heart a little bit. I found it neither "flawless" nor "enthralling" (as promised), but rather longwinded & pedestrian. I didn´t even like the characters particularly much (apart from the parents). It started out with great promise, but like a squib (rather than a bomb), it just fizzled out in the end - an end that felt forever to arrive at.

[katiekrug · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Maybe I've outgrown thrillers? I had high expectations for this one, and it started off well enough but it quickly went off the rails and there were plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. I also didn't like the ending. I think Mukherjee was keeping things open for a sequel, but I won't be reading it, if it ever appears.

2.75 stars

[hccpsk · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have never read Abir Mukherjee, but his newest thriller, Hunted, makes me want to go look at his other work. When a bomb explodes days before the Presidential election, FBI agent Shreya Mistry refuses to obey her boss's orders and the agency’s reassignment and continues to investigate the crime. Weaved through Shreya’s story are the narratives of two people caught up in a group they didn’t understand, and grieving parents trying desperately to find their children before it’s too late. Hunted certainly contains some unbelievable situations, but if you’re willing to let that go, Shreya represents an excellently flawed character, and the pages fly by as the story unfolds making for an enjoyable contemporary, political thriller with themes of race.

[pgchuis · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this in one sitting on a plane and enjoyed it, but I much prefer the Sam Wyndham series by this author. There was no humour here and too much action - it was one of those books where characters repeatedly bounce back from injuries which would put most of us in the hospital. The chapters from different perspectives slowed things down for me - I think they were supposed to make us sympathize with Greg and Sajid in particular, but I would have been happy with more Shreya. I didn't really understand the motivation behind the whole set-up and I didn't feel this was explored sufficiently. Also, I often land at YVR and catch the Sky Train and that whole section seemed geographically dubious to me (although geography isn't really my thing...).

[vanessacw · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Set during a presidential campaign, a bomb is detonated in a shopping mall in LA, killing many people including the bomber herself, British born Yasmin Alik. FBI agent Sheyra Mistry starts to investigate whilst in London two parents decide to set out in pursuit of their missing errant children, leading to a race against time.

This is quite the rollercoaster of a thriller, taking the reader on an exhilarating ride
with an exciting cat and mouse chase at its heart. It’s definitely a page turner with plenty of twists and turns. I read this via the Pigeonhole app, stave by stave, and I was gripped throughout. Action packed and well written, I can well imagine this edge of your seat nail-biter being adapted into an entertaining film/movie. Audiences would be glued to the screen.

[eyejaybee · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This story marked a major departure for Abir Mukherjee. I had enjoyed his earlier novels which had followed the investigations of Captain Sam Wyndham, the former soldier served policeman serving in Kolkata in the 1920s. This book, however, is completely different, set in present day America against a backdrop of terrorist strikes.

While his novels featuring Wyndham had developed fairly slowly, with a detailed invstigation of emerging evidence, this is a fast-paced thriller. With the story told from several different characters’ perspectives, and the action moving all around the USA. But although the story moves very quickly, Mukherjee does not neglect to let his characters evolve throughout the story. I was hooked pretty much right from the start, and am looking forward to more of the same in future books.

[eyes92c · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Powerful thriller!

Abir Mukherjee has served up a fast paced thriller exploring many of the challenges of our society today. Racism, religious tensions, the everyday working class feeling disenfranchised, refugees in despair, ideological conservatism on the rise, Government organizations gone rogue. Citizens feeling their dreams and hope lost, the rise of populist demigods “peddling simple answers to complex situations.”
It takes talent to roll all those factors into your storytelling. Mukherjee does it with ease.
I was disturbed and yet enthralled by the determination of FBI agent Sheyra Mistry as she defied bosses and protocols in her hunt for terrorists who were multi racial, multi religious, and angry. Their actions are being steered by an unknown enemy with contacts at the highest levels.
What follows is a complex, gut wrenching chase that serendipitously is helped by the stubbornness and brilliance of Agent Mistry.
I found the author’s notes extremely enlightening.
Brilliant and heart stopping. I couldn’t put it down. I was enthralled and read into the wee small hours!

A Mullholland ARC via NetGalley.
Many thanks to the author and publisher.
Please note: Quotes taken from an advanced reading copy maybe subject to change