[close]
[The Hunt Club] by John Lescroart (pronounced less-kwah)
Wyatt Hunt Series Book #1
4.5★'s
From The Book:
At first, The Hunt Club had a membership of one: private investigator Wyatt Hunt. Since then, others have joined with a common interest in obtaining justice. One member, inspector Devin Juhle, has just caught a major case: the shooting of a sixty-three-year old federal judge and his twenty something mistress...
While Juhle works, Hunt plays, hooking up with TV star and legal analyst Andrea Parisi. But before Hunt knows it, Juhle's case will be of great interest to the members of The Hunt Club. Especially to Hunt himself-as Andrea's card is found in the wallet of one of the victims.
My Thoughts:
I was surprised that this was actually considered a part of an individual series since all the characters including Wyatt Hunt has been incorporated into the Dasmas Hardy series. It was fun to learn about private investigator Wyatt Hunt's early days before joining the Hardy law firm as Dasmas Hardy's investigator.
The case that he and his partner were investigating involved so many possible suspects. In addition to the death of the federal judge and his young mistress it seems that the disappearance of a popular TV personality and lawyer who is an acquaintance and hopeful new girlfriend of Wyatt's...is also very closely tied to the shooting. As a result of the numerous suspects and the fact that the hunt for the missing woman went into so much detail and took so much of the story line...you almost forgot what started the entire case off to begin with. The reader is presented with good solid material for speculation but no real evidence to help you select a killer and believe me when I say you will never in a million years guess the killer and how this saga turns out. Good job keeping us guessing Mr. Lescroart.
