BOOK SYNOPSIS
Someone is out to murder Detective Constable Bailey Morgan before she can testify in an upcoming trial.
Using her undercover skills, Bailey embarks on a dangerous mission to help the police catch this elusive killer before it’s too late.
But it won’t be easy for she’s up against a cunning and ruthless adversary who will stop at nothing to eliminate her.
A tense game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to a shocking revelation at the heart of which lies the key to Bailey’s survival.
This fast paced,at times very intense battle of wits is predominantly written from the duel perspectives of Detective Constable Bailey Morgan and her pursuer, a vicious hitman who was known as Rex. Bailey,who is a highly skilled undercover operative was to be the key witness in a upcoming trial but someone was desperate to ensure that she never reached the witness box. After a individual who is connected to the trial is viciously murdered, Bailey is forced to go into hiding but that little inconvenience doesn't stop her from agreeing to help figure out the identity of the killer. With only three weeks until the trial is due to start, Rex is under pressure from his paymaster to complete his allocated task. Could the added pressure cause him to underestimate his quarry or had Bailey finally met her match?
I really liked Bailey, she was a highly intelligent, resourceful individual but that didn't mean that she was perfect, the author had made her heroine more realistic and relatable by allowing Bailey to make bad decisions and tiny mistakes. I loved the fact that Bailey enjoyed listening to music from the 80s and that at one point in the story she had the album Rio by Duran Duran which is one of my all time favourite albums playing in her car. She was also dealing with the effects that the trauma she had suffered during a previous undercover operation had had on her mental health and her feelings of uncertainty about whether she liked her new Undercover Covert Operations Manager or not. Bailey enjoyed her own company but that didn't mean that there wasn't people in her life who she cared about, people who could be view as her Achilles heel and used to bring her down.
One of the tracks on Rio (and my personal all time favourite) is Hungry Like The Wolf, some of the lyrics of which could be a ideal metaphor to describe Rex's character and behaviour. We knew from the chilling (and if you are a male) eye watering opening chapter that he was a cruel and ruthless individual who was prepared to seriously hurt people to get what he wanted. Rex certainly had a high opinion of himself and his abilities as a killer but who was this mysterious, deadly character and what had happened to cause him to follow his chosen path of death and destruction? The answer to those questions were genuinely mind blowing and unpredictable and the conclusion to his story left me with conflicting feelings about his character.
Wow...just wow, Hunted is a fast paced,slick and stylish thriller that had me hooked in and glued to my kindle from the first page I was kept on the edge of my seat with heightened feelings of anxiety every time the author ramped the volume of danger and tension to the max. Although this is the third book in the Bailey Morgan series, it can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone. Intelligently written, gripping, addictive page turner and very very highly recommended by little old me.
AUTHOR BIO
Caro Savage knows all about bestselling thrillers having worked as a Waterstones bookseller for 12 years in a previous life. Now taking up the challenge personally and turning to hard-hitting crime thriller writing,
Jailbird was published by Boldwood in October 2019.
Purchase Link -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunted-Caro-Savage-ebook/dp/B08WYQ615Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OYCDA8E0SK12&keywords=caro+savage&qid=1642559423&s=books&sprefix=Caro+%2Cstripbooks%2C919&sr=1-1
THE BAILEY MORGAN SERIES
1: Jailbird
2: Villian
3: Hunted
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