The Hunter

Victor the Assassin, Book 1

By: Tom Wood

Narrated by: Daniel Philpott

Forget James Bond. Forget Jason Bourne. Forget Jack Bauer. Meet Victor. He's an assassin - a man with no past and no surname. But when a Paris job goes spectacularly wrong, Victor finds himself running for his life across four continents, accompanied by a woman too beautiful to trust, pursued by enemies too powerful to escape.

©2011 Tom Wood (P)2014 Oakhill Publishing

Critic reviews

"Jack Reacher meets Thomas Crown in this electrifying thriller." (Simon Kernick)

"A nonstop, breathless, trimmed-to-the-bone thriller with action sequences that are absolutely state-of-the-art. It's the best chase novel I've read in years." (Joseph Finder)

"An impressively intricate thriller.... The scenes are vivid and the plot revelations parcelled out at expert intervals.... Exciting." (New Yorker)

"A superlative debut... Thriller fans will be eager to see more from this bright new talent." (Publishers Weekly)

Loved it

Fast paced right from the go and kept me on the edge of my seat.

Will definitely buy the next one in the series.

A great read.

Thrilling and inventive. This story takes a new perspective and leaves you wondering whose side you’re on.

Hunter and Hunted. Good action story.

Have you listened to any of Daniel Philpott’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This was the first one. His accents and characters are very good.

Any additional comments?

Though its not all that this book is about, but Tom Wood has a good grasp of depicting hand to hand combat, he either researched well or has experience - either way the story is richer for it. Looking forward to the next book.

Incredible first story from this author.

What did you love best about The Hunter?

The dark side. There is no hero, he is no hero.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The British assassin. Because he is a slightly twisted fellow.

Which scene was your favorite?

The beginning

Superb Story Line

An action packed story with descriptive close quarter combat sequences. An interesting & different to normal storyline with a very interesting main character. I’ve already downloaded the next story in sequence.