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Joe Hunter #9
The Lawless Kind
Ex-counterterrorist soldier Joe Hunter has been called to Mexico to bring an end to a cartel that preys on the people they smuggle across the US border. Once the mission's ended, however, Joe's mission leader and mentor, CIA Black Ops director Walter Hayes Conrad, confesses that the bloody mission is not the real reason Joe has been summoned south of the border. For years, Walter has kept the details of his private life - especially his family - secret from everyone, even his closest friends. But disaster has his great-grandson Benjamin has been abducted, kidnapped by Walter's sworn enemy, the leader of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels. Walter will do whatever it takes to get the boy back. And he know Hunter is the man for the job.But there's one complication -- the drug boss just happens to be Benjamin's father.
336 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 30, 2014
About the author
Matt Hilton
96 books242 followersMatt Hilton worked for twenty-two years in private security and the police force in Cumbria. He is a 4th Dan blackbelt and coach in Ju-Jitsu. He lives in Cumbria with his wife and son.
Matt is the author of the best-selling Joe Hunter thriller series, as well as standalone horror thrillers and short stories that have appeared in a number of collections and anthologies. Matt's first novel - Dead Men's Dust - was a Sunday Times best-seller and was shortlisted for the ITW New Novel Award 2009.
Matt is the author of the best-selling Joe Hunter thriller series, as well as standalone horror thrillers and short stories that have appeared in a number of collections and anthologies. Matt's first novel - Dead Men's Dust - was a Sunday Times best-seller and was shortlisted for the ITW New Novel Award 2009.
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August 22, 2021
Walter Hayes Conrad has a great grandson who is taken by his mexican father across the border, so what you think. Walter works for the CIA and the kids father is a cartel boss, that's one problem. Walter has a solution, he once had Joe Hunter as an employee, maybe he can bring the child back? The Lawless Kind is another suspenseful thriller from Matt Hilton. Now I only have four more books in my tbr pile in this series so I'll take a little break. But I do recommend that you try this author and this series, it's great.
October 5, 2023
Number 9 in the ongoing series re Joe Hunter Ex-counterterrorist soldier no freelance, to be honest it was good for a very similar premise on each book as we move along, story may have changed, injuries stay the same, enemies are easy to spot, a few bloopers in this one where our experienced group or mercenaries don't realise the cop shining a bright light into their eyes might be a trap ! maybe they were a bit sleep at the time. I hope book 10 picks up for me, 12 in the series which stopped in 2017.
February 5, 2018
It pains me to say this, but...This one really annoyed me. Seriously, badly, however you want to describe the level of annoyance.
It was all going so well. Up to page 61 in fact, before this happened:
A quite clearly fake cop has waved them over, at night, with a huge flashlight, in the middle of the night. Not long after their suspicions about someone having been tipped off about them have been raised crossing the border. As the incident starts, I guarantee the only ones not thinking ‘fake cop!’ are Joe Hunter and mates. Indeed, Hunter is at least second to realise all is not as it should be:
“I swung my SIG to cover him but was loath to shoot him. Despite firing on us, he was still a cop and out of bounds where my codes of practice were concerned."
That is the kind of thing that absolutely does not need to be written. As said, the only one who now still thinks, after being fired on, while slowing to a stop, then again when stopped, that it’s a legit cop, is Hunter. Everyone reading this knew before it happened - and whilst it was happening - that it was a fake cop. If Hunter had (Reacher-esque) "said nothing," we'd have thought him as clever as, if not more, us. But, after his pathetic "look, I've got codes" outburst, we're not thinking "what a bad ass," we're thinking "you dumb fuck!" And that sort of feeling doesn't go away. Not even if Rink punches his lights out, and bangs his head off an anvil several hundred times. Hunter, from now on in, is a lilly-livered, accountant. So to recap kids; all you need to do to kill Hunter, is wait until it’s dark, wear gear that maybe, possibly, if you screw your eyes nearly shut, might look to Stevie-bloody-Wonder like a police uniform - and you can drill Hunter full of lead at your leisure. Because he’ll give you the benefit of the doubt even after you’ve unloaded a Uzi up his backside. His last croaking words will be "he might be a cop and...my rules...”
That one completely unnecessary passage ruined an otherwise promisingly good start and unfortunately it's back downhill from there on.
A page or so after, he’s still the only one not convinced that the cameras and shootings and pick-up trucks coming at them from all angles, are not related.
“Even though the cameras at the checkpoint had observed us, it didn’t follow that an ambush should have been laid for us up here.”
Yes it does! Screams every reader who ever read this. You don't need to write that!
“This had to be random: robbers lying in wait for the unwary.”
Sweet Jesus!
Probably as well he’s only thinking this shit, not saying it out loud. If he did and Rink heard it, you gotta hope he’d punch Hunter into next week for such sissy shite.
Even allowing for the above, there’s too much stopping you in your reading tracks here. We're rushing head-long into danger, when “Rink concentrated on driving. He had a gun in a shoulder rig, but to go for it now would compromise his control of the car.”
Stop! What?! ‘Compromise’? Really?!
“Thankfully it was a glancing blow and the shot didn’t embed itself in my cranium.”
What?! ‘Embed’?! ‘Cranium’?! Whilst American thriller writers might all be over-dependent on characters 'punching in' telephone numbers (even, one suspects on rotary-dial phones), none of them would ever use 'cranium' or 'compromise' in those taught, tense, situations! Even though the publishers have pitched this, and Matt Hilton has written this, to compete with, take a share of, the Lee Child market, you can’t imagine Lee Child writing that.
But then, as I pointed out last time, the problem is partly Matt Hilton’s decision to have Hunter as narrator. By being inside his head, we have to go through all that. It could well be that Reacher is that sort of wailing ninny inside, but we don't hear that and consequently he is a hard-headed, decisive bad ass.
Another problem in from the start of the series, has been too much emphasis on making sure, every couple of chapters, we know Hunter is a conscientious killer. No women, no children, no ‘innocents.’ Which all women are (discuss). When threatening one of the bad guys, a former colleague, with shooting in the head - the we all know Hunter won’t do it, as does the baddy. There's no doubt, no 'oh shit, maybe Hunter will do it, he's so unpredictable!' So the threats are meaningless. A waste of space, ink, time.
To further put the icing on the non-existent cake, On page 109, he says “But, recalling the crimes these men were responsible for, I’d no qualms about dropping a few of the sadistic butchers.”
That made me laugh. Because by now we know ‘no qualms’ from Hunter is utter nonsense. He has qualms on every page! If there is one thing he does have, it's qualms! He doesn’t know who is inside, it’s a ‘rushed plan,’ he doesn’t know who committed the atrocities he’s referring to. Man, or heaven forbid for his stomach ulcer, woman. So, if it’s two people, a woman and a man dressed as a cop - Hunter and his team are dead as disco. Because, as Rink is bleeding out after being chopped in half by bullets, Hunter will console him and himself by saying "but my conscience is clear, Rink; it was a woman and a bloke dressed as a cop, and I can’t shoot either.” "Fair enough Hunter, stop wittering, I just need to die here..”
Then, just four pages later, P113. “Neither of us was prepared to hurt a civilian.”
Yes, yes! We got that the other billion times you said it. Don’t need to say it again. What are you worried about?
Five pages after that, the bullshit about ‘no qualms’ about killing the men inside is proved bullshit. P118, as they’re making their escape: “I didn’t intend to kill the guard, only to show him he’d best get the fuck out of my way.” So no qualms didn’t last long. Nine pages at my count.
But we still have to sit through Hunter's total lack of self-awareness. He still thinks he's a hard-headed killer. Other characters occasionally say things like "Fleetingly, she thought of Joe, and how she’d seen in him a man who did have the necessary cold edge to kill a man in combat."I'm thinking "is she on about Hunter?" I'm flicking back a few pages to see if it's someone else I've missed. But, we're being told it, I will suggest, because Matt Hilton knows he's weakened Hunter by all the "but what if..." stuff, and so has to add in that Hunter is total bad-ass. But then, has to add in that Hunter isn't total bad-ass. But then he needs to add in something that says Hunter is total bad-ass...
A couple of books back, the series finally looked like it was where it should be. But now, I really don't know. If he wants to be Lee Child, he needs to come out of Hunter's head. If he wants to be his own man, he needs to have Hunter's attitude more "Fuck it! Let's do this!" The scenarios, the writing in between the Women's Institute stuff, is there, and the background characters are good enough to elevate this over Lee Child, Hunter though, as he stands, isn't. Hunter has a problem. And it's Matt Hilton.
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It was all going so well. Up to page 61 in fact, before this happened:
A quite clearly fake cop has waved them over, at night, with a huge flashlight, in the middle of the night. Not long after their suspicions about someone having been tipped off about them have been raised crossing the border. As the incident starts, I guarantee the only ones not thinking ‘fake cop!’ are Joe Hunter and mates. Indeed, Hunter is at least second to realise all is not as it should be:
“I swung my SIG to cover him but was loath to shoot him. Despite firing on us, he was still a cop and out of bounds where my codes of practice were concerned."
That is the kind of thing that absolutely does not need to be written. As said, the only one who now still thinks, after being fired on, while slowing to a stop, then again when stopped, that it’s a legit cop, is Hunter. Everyone reading this knew before it happened - and whilst it was happening - that it was a fake cop. If Hunter had (Reacher-esque) "said nothing," we'd have thought him as clever as, if not more, us. But, after his pathetic "look, I've got codes" outburst, we're not thinking "what a bad ass," we're thinking "you dumb fuck!" And that sort of feeling doesn't go away. Not even if Rink punches his lights out, and bangs his head off an anvil several hundred times. Hunter, from now on in, is a lilly-livered, accountant. So to recap kids; all you need to do to kill Hunter, is wait until it’s dark, wear gear that maybe, possibly, if you screw your eyes nearly shut, might look to Stevie-bloody-Wonder like a police uniform - and you can drill Hunter full of lead at your leisure. Because he’ll give you the benefit of the doubt even after you’ve unloaded a Uzi up his backside. His last croaking words will be "he might be a cop and...my rules...”
That one completely unnecessary passage ruined an otherwise promisingly good start and unfortunately it's back downhill from there on.
A page or so after, he’s still the only one not convinced that the cameras and shootings and pick-up trucks coming at them from all angles, are not related.
“Even though the cameras at the checkpoint had observed us, it didn’t follow that an ambush should have been laid for us up here.”
Yes it does! Screams every reader who ever read this. You don't need to write that!
“This had to be random: robbers lying in wait for the unwary.”
Sweet Jesus!
Probably as well he’s only thinking this shit, not saying it out loud. If he did and Rink heard it, you gotta hope he’d punch Hunter into next week for such sissy shite.
Even allowing for the above, there’s too much stopping you in your reading tracks here. We're rushing head-long into danger, when “Rink concentrated on driving. He had a gun in a shoulder rig, but to go for it now would compromise his control of the car.”
Stop! What?! ‘Compromise’? Really?!
“Thankfully it was a glancing blow and the shot didn’t embed itself in my cranium.”
What?! ‘Embed’?! ‘Cranium’?! Whilst American thriller writers might all be over-dependent on characters 'punching in' telephone numbers (even, one suspects on rotary-dial phones), none of them would ever use 'cranium' or 'compromise' in those taught, tense, situations! Even though the publishers have pitched this, and Matt Hilton has written this, to compete with, take a share of, the Lee Child market, you can’t imagine Lee Child writing that.
But then, as I pointed out last time, the problem is partly Matt Hilton’s decision to have Hunter as narrator. By being inside his head, we have to go through all that. It could well be that Reacher is that sort of wailing ninny inside, but we don't hear that and consequently he is a hard-headed, decisive bad ass.
Another problem in from the start of the series, has been too much emphasis on making sure, every couple of chapters, we know Hunter is a conscientious killer. No women, no children, no ‘innocents.’ Which all women are (discuss). When threatening one of the bad guys, a former colleague, with shooting in the head - the we all know Hunter won’t do it, as does the baddy. There's no doubt, no 'oh shit, maybe Hunter will do it, he's so unpredictable!' So the threats are meaningless. A waste of space, ink, time.
To further put the icing on the non-existent cake, On page 109, he says “But, recalling the crimes these men were responsible for, I’d no qualms about dropping a few of the sadistic butchers.”
That made me laugh. Because by now we know ‘no qualms’ from Hunter is utter nonsense. He has qualms on every page! If there is one thing he does have, it's qualms! He doesn’t know who is inside, it’s a ‘rushed plan,’ he doesn’t know who committed the atrocities he’s referring to. Man, or heaven forbid for his stomach ulcer, woman. So, if it’s two people, a woman and a man dressed as a cop - Hunter and his team are dead as disco. Because, as Rink is bleeding out after being chopped in half by bullets, Hunter will console him and himself by saying "but my conscience is clear, Rink; it was a woman and a bloke dressed as a cop, and I can’t shoot either.” "Fair enough Hunter, stop wittering, I just need to die here..”
Then, just four pages later, P113. “Neither of us was prepared to hurt a civilian.”
Yes, yes! We got that the other billion times you said it. Don’t need to say it again. What are you worried about?
Five pages after that, the bullshit about ‘no qualms’ about killing the men inside is proved bullshit. P118, as they’re making their escape: “I didn’t intend to kill the guard, only to show him he’d best get the fuck out of my way.” So no qualms didn’t last long. Nine pages at my count.
But we still have to sit through Hunter's total lack of self-awareness. He still thinks he's a hard-headed killer. Other characters occasionally say things like "Fleetingly, she thought of Joe, and how she’d seen in him a man who did have the necessary cold edge to kill a man in combat."I'm thinking "is she on about Hunter?" I'm flicking back a few pages to see if it's someone else I've missed. But, we're being told it, I will suggest, because Matt Hilton knows he's weakened Hunter by all the "but what if..." stuff, and so has to add in that Hunter is total bad-ass. But then, has to add in that Hunter isn't total bad-ass. But then he needs to add in something that says Hunter is total bad-ass...
A couple of books back, the series finally looked like it was where it should be. But now, I really don't know. If he wants to be Lee Child, he needs to come out of Hunter's head. If he wants to be his own man, he needs to have Hunter's attitude more "Fuck it! Let's do this!" The scenarios, the writing in between the Women's Institute stuff, is there, and the background characters are good enough to elevate this over Lee Child, Hunter though, as he stands, isn't. Hunter has a problem. And it's Matt Hilton.
More rubbish like this: Speesh Reads
March 25, 2014
The great thing about Matt Hilton’s incarnation – Joe Hunter – is that you know exactly what to expect, to coin a well-used phrase – it does what it says on the tin. Joe Hunter is back for his ninth adventure and he’s as determined and stubborn as ever and although he’s starting to creak a little, the bones aren’t as young as they used to be, he can still dance with the best of them.
Interestingly for me, although I’ve read the majority of Matt’s books, on reading the book jacket I struggled to pick this one up and it remained on my to be read shelf for quite some time. You see I’m not a lover of – and this is totally a personal taste issue – Mexican dramas or books based on crossing the border, coyotes and cartels. I have absolutely no idea why, I’ve just never taken to that part of the genre. In the end of course I went for it, purely on the strength and enjoyment I’ve experienced with his previous novels, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this review and I wouldn’t be writing it!
Although not my favourite Joe Hunter adventure, partly due to where the book is set as I’ve explained previously, this is a fun read. The Lawless Kind is one of those books you can pick up and be thoroughly entertained. Like I’ve said, the books follow a similar pattern where we see Hunter called to help Walter Conrad, a father figure, and dispatch a few baddies into the never never. That part never gets old!
Comparisons between Joe Hunter and Jack Reacher will always be there and I’d be interested to see which protagonist would come out smiling, I daresay both would appreciate each other’s skills but for me Reacher would come out on top! Just!
A very quick read, the action remains at the forefront of the novel and doesn’t let up until the dramatic conclusion. It’s the high octane page turning and explosive confrontations that gives Hunter his longevity. A likeable character who is both moralistic and deadly, a heady combination, Hunter takes no prisoners as he sets about handing out his own brand of justice.
Another entertaining and enjoyable read, I’m glad I pushed my own misgivings to one side to read Hilton’s latest adventure and long may he continue!
Interestingly for me, although I’ve read the majority of Matt’s books, on reading the book jacket I struggled to pick this one up and it remained on my to be read shelf for quite some time. You see I’m not a lover of – and this is totally a personal taste issue – Mexican dramas or books based on crossing the border, coyotes and cartels. I have absolutely no idea why, I’ve just never taken to that part of the genre. In the end of course I went for it, purely on the strength and enjoyment I’ve experienced with his previous novels, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this review and I wouldn’t be writing it!
Although not my favourite Joe Hunter adventure, partly due to where the book is set as I’ve explained previously, this is a fun read. The Lawless Kind is one of those books you can pick up and be thoroughly entertained. Like I’ve said, the books follow a similar pattern where we see Hunter called to help Walter Conrad, a father figure, and dispatch a few baddies into the never never. That part never gets old!
Comparisons between Joe Hunter and Jack Reacher will always be there and I’d be interested to see which protagonist would come out smiling, I daresay both would appreciate each other’s skills but for me Reacher would come out on top! Just!
A very quick read, the action remains at the forefront of the novel and doesn’t let up until the dramatic conclusion. It’s the high octane page turning and explosive confrontations that gives Hunter his longevity. A likeable character who is both moralistic and deadly, a heady combination, Hunter takes no prisoners as he sets about handing out his own brand of justice.
Another entertaining and enjoyable read, I’m glad I pushed my own misgivings to one side to read Hilton’s latest adventure and long may he continue!
August 4, 2014
I confess to being a bit worried before reading the latest instalment of the adventures of Joe and Rink,as it felt so long since I read Matt Hilton's previous release. I really should not have worried, less than a page into the book I was back in the Joe Hunter moment
Another grand tale of multi layered adventures for the two former colleagues from Arrowsake.A total thrill-a-minute ride.These books seem to improve with each book and I cannot wait for the next one
Another grand tale of multi layered adventures for the two former colleagues from Arrowsake.A total thrill-a-minute ride.These books seem to improve with each book and I cannot wait for the next one
September 10, 2014
Joe Hunter does what he does best and sets out to rescue a damsel in distress, or, in this case, her young son.
Getting tangled up with drug cartels in Mexico leaves our hero in a precarious position. Is he about to meet his end or take on all the bad guys and kill them all?
A really enjoyable read, great for a beach or just taking your mind off your day-to-day humdrum life.
Getting tangled up with drug cartels in Mexico leaves our hero in a precarious position. Is he about to meet his end or take on all the bad guys and kill them all?
A really enjoyable read, great for a beach or just taking your mind off your day-to-day humdrum life.
May 8, 2014
move over Jack Reacher there is a new hero in the town. Joe Hunter and his trusty sidekick Ty are about to kick butt in the 9th of the series. well done Matt you have a hero for the age. This is a book series worth checking out and this is the best adventure to date.
August 21, 2018
I left reading this for a few months to give Joe Hunter a break. I mean, how many times can one guy go through near death experiences and massive bodily trauma? I had to take a rest or the poor thing would still be in group therapy. Awesome quick read and the change in pace that I was looking for. Less nuanced than others like him but refreshing for it. NEXT!!!!
July 14, 2017
Fast and Furious.
February 20, 2019
A great action thriller
I am constantly amazed that these Joe Hunter novels get better and better. The characters get more developed each time and the stories more thrilling.
I am constantly amazed that these Joe Hunter novels get better and better. The characters get more developed each time and the stories more thrilling.
April 14, 2019
I found this to be another easy Joe Hunter thriller read. If you have enjoyed them to this point then you should enjoy this one too.
January 7, 2021
Gave up after 150 pages im afraid . All action and not enough story to keep me interested .
January 2, 2015
Matt Hilton's Joe Hunter series is one of the best thriller series currently being written, along with Sean Black's Ryan Lock series. If Matt and Sean ever teamed up to write a novel, it would be off the scale. I feel though that Matt is massively underrated, as whenever I ask thriller fans if they have read his books, the answer is almost always no which baffles me. Matt's books read like an action movie script, and play out in my head like a Hollywood blockbuster. The excitement I feel at starting one of Matt's books is immeasurable as I know that I'm in for one hell of a ride, and The Lawless Kind was definitely that.
The Lawless Kind is the ninth Hunter novel and whilst it could be read as a standalone, this series is so good you really should go back to where it all began with Dead Men's Dust. In The Lawless Kind, Hunter's mentor Walter Hayes Conrad has once again called upon him for help, his great-grandson Benjamin has been abducted by Walter's sworn enemy, the leader of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels, a man that Walter is determined to take down. Not only that but the drug boss just so happens to be Benjamin's father. If anybody can get the boy back, it's Hunter, but at what cost? And just how much can Hunter trust Walter? Hunter works with a partner, Rink. Rink isn't Walter's biggest fan, having still not forgiven him for past events so the book starts with a little bit of tension.
This time around and we see Hunter really questioning the man he is becoming, questioning his actions and his behaviour. No stranger to death, or murder, he feels very uncomfortable with what is being asked of him by Walter. Hunter is a killer, but there's almost always a justification behind the murders that he carries out. Underneath it all he's a good person, and he's definitely somebody I would want on my side. Rink says that Hunter has a St George complex, one that drives him to seek out and slay the dragons of the world which I think describes him perfectly. The relationship he has with Rink is very believable, and I love their friendship. Together they are pretty much unstoppable, and with this being the ninth book, are their nine lives about to run out?
As with all of Matt's books, I pretty much knew I was in for a late night once I started reading this book. After a little bit of scene setting in the beginning, it wasn't long before the action started and the book became very exciting indeed. All the old cliches apply here, but in a completely positive way. Relentless is probably the best way to describe it, I could almost hear my heart beating in my chest. Hunter always manages to find himself up against some nasty individuals, and how he is still alive I don't know. Realism is perhaps stretched with these books, but isn't that where the enjoyment comes from? Hunter's next adventure is out very soon, hard to believe it's going to be book ten but I really hope Matt has no plans to retire Joe just yet, after the events of this book there's still so much to explore with this character and so many places he could go. Fans of Lee Child yet to read Matt Hilton, what are you waiting for?
The Lawless Kind is the ninth Hunter novel and whilst it could be read as a standalone, this series is so good you really should go back to where it all began with Dead Men's Dust. In The Lawless Kind, Hunter's mentor Walter Hayes Conrad has once again called upon him for help, his great-grandson Benjamin has been abducted by Walter's sworn enemy, the leader of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels, a man that Walter is determined to take down. Not only that but the drug boss just so happens to be Benjamin's father. If anybody can get the boy back, it's Hunter, but at what cost? And just how much can Hunter trust Walter? Hunter works with a partner, Rink. Rink isn't Walter's biggest fan, having still not forgiven him for past events so the book starts with a little bit of tension.
This time around and we see Hunter really questioning the man he is becoming, questioning his actions and his behaviour. No stranger to death, or murder, he feels very uncomfortable with what is being asked of him by Walter. Hunter is a killer, but there's almost always a justification behind the murders that he carries out. Underneath it all he's a good person, and he's definitely somebody I would want on my side. Rink says that Hunter has a St George complex, one that drives him to seek out and slay the dragons of the world which I think describes him perfectly. The relationship he has with Rink is very believable, and I love their friendship. Together they are pretty much unstoppable, and with this being the ninth book, are their nine lives about to run out?
As with all of Matt's books, I pretty much knew I was in for a late night once I started reading this book. After a little bit of scene setting in the beginning, it wasn't long before the action started and the book became very exciting indeed. All the old cliches apply here, but in a completely positive way. Relentless is probably the best way to describe it, I could almost hear my heart beating in my chest. Hunter always manages to find himself up against some nasty individuals, and how he is still alive I don't know. Realism is perhaps stretched with these books, but isn't that where the enjoyment comes from? Hunter's next adventure is out very soon, hard to believe it's going to be book ten but I really hope Matt has no plans to retire Joe just yet, after the events of this book there's still so much to explore with this character and so many places he could go. Fans of Lee Child yet to read Matt Hilton, what are you waiting for?
October 15, 2016
I've read all the Joe Hunter books and enjoyed them to various degrees (somehow never got to review them on Goodreads) but I didn't think this was one of the best.
Joe Hunter and his merry men are tasked by Walter Conrad, their former Arrowsake handler, to undertake a personal task for him with great discretion. Walter has a secret family, secret to protect them from his enemies. His great grandson, 5 year old Benjamin, was taken to Mexico by his father 18 months ago. The boy's mother and Walter's granddaughter, Kristie, had exhausted all legal avenues to have the boy returned to her. Walter wants Joe and his team to rescue the boy. The only trouble is, his father is a brutal and feared drug lord with many men under his control and many police and other authorities in his pocket.
As you can imagine, the action is fast and furious and Joe, Rink, Harvey and others are in extreme danger and must fight their way out against amazing odds.
Joe Hunter and his merry men are tasked by Walter Conrad, their former Arrowsake handler, to undertake a personal task for him with great discretion. Walter has a secret family, secret to protect them from his enemies. His great grandson, 5 year old Benjamin, was taken to Mexico by his father 18 months ago. The boy's mother and Walter's granddaughter, Kristie, had exhausted all legal avenues to have the boy returned to her. Walter wants Joe and his team to rescue the boy. The only trouble is, his father is a brutal and feared drug lord with many men under his control and many police and other authorities in his pocket.
As you can imagine, the action is fast and furious and Joe, Rink, Harvey and others are in extreme danger and must fight their way out against amazing odds.
April 27, 2014
I am a big fan of the entire Joe Hunter series, but it is only fair to judge each book as an individual work, and this is the weakest of the series. There is no shortage of action here, but the story doesn't draw you in as well as previous adventures of Joe and the gang. The writing isn't as strong, even a bit cheesy at some points, and there are grammar errors and weak sentence structure, something unacceptable in publishing via any medium. Despite this, I liked the book, and there was plenty of action and violence. Without the grammar issues, I'd maybe give it 3 1/2 stars. I'll still read the next in the series, but I'd be hesitant to pay full price after being let down slightly by this one.
May 1, 2014
Not one of his best. Seemed really rushed at the end which was disappointing. I know Hunter and Rink are unbelievable rouges but this in parts was a step to far. I don't believe anyone could survive what they went through. Need to get back to keeping it almost believable.
February 22, 2014
Another good book by Matt Hilton. I love the JH series of books
March 6, 2014
MUCH MUCH better than his last one. Cant wait for the next instalment
March 13, 2014
I wanted to like this book but simply couldn't be drawn to it. Finished this book for the sake of it.
Characters of Hunter and Rink are good but for me the rest were dull.
Characters of Hunter and Rink are good but for me the rest were dull.
May 20, 2014
Another page Turner from Matt Hilton. Ok It's goodies v baddies but isn't it always? Enjoyed the chase. Great detail offering the best pen pictures.
May 25, 2015
I have read most of Matt's novel and this still a great genre very exciting and full of violence. LOVERLY
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