Hunter by name – Hunter by nature.

Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson is a loyal friend and a fair leader.

He is called to the scene of a murder in Edinburgh where the corpse has been fatally shot. He is dismayed to find the victim is his friend and colleague, George Reinbold. Hunter must investigate Reinbold’s murky past in Germany to identify George’s killer.

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At the same time, Hunter is tasked with looking into a previously undetected criminal gang supplying drugs from Peru. There seems to be no connection between the murder and the drug supply until Hunter unexpectedly secures help from inmates of the local jail.

Hunter’s investigations are hampered by distracted members of his team and unobservant witnesses.

Reinbold was not the quiet, old man Hunter believed him to be and his killer bore their grudge for a lifetime.

Hunter’s Revenge is the explosive second book in the DI Hunter Wilson thriller series.

My Review

The story starts off in Germany during the 2nd World War. Eighteen-year-old George Reinbold gets drunk one evening and does the unthinkable. It was supposed to be a prank, but it went terrifyingly wrong. The repercussions were huge and horrendous and he was forced to flee, never to return or see his family again. Until now.

Because George was not the quiet old man his colleagues believed him to be. His past has followed him to Edinburgh – you can tell by the security he had installed in his flat that he was worried about something. Rightly so, because when DI Hunter Wilson is called to investigate a murder, he realises the victim is none other than his friend George Reinbold. George had been shot in the head at point blank range – he never stood a chance.

But who would do such a thing? Someone from his past who blamed him for what happened after he fled his homeland, or someone he helped incarcerate during his career. And how is any of it linked to the drugs that are coming into the country from darkest Peru? And no, it’s not Paddington bringing them in under his hat with the marmalade sandwiches, but every time Peru was mentioned I did a little titter.

We will be reunited with Hunter’s colleagues such as Tim ‘young Myerscough’, whose father Sir Peter was sent to prison in book one, other members of the team including Jane, Rachael, Mel and ‘Bear’, pathologist Meera, plus a few new ones.

We also meet up again with Jamie Thompson, our hapless burglar from Hunter’s Chase, his cousin Frankie, whose girlfriend was killed, leaving him with twins and no sign of his acne improving (the descriptions of zit-popping are just as graphic and revolting as before), and Jamie’s father Ian, also incarcerated at Her Majesty’s pleasure (will it be ‘His’ in the next book), in the same prison as Sir Peter.

We also have some new villains and an interlinked plot which comes together satisfyingly at the end. Plenty of twists, plenty of banter and some dark humour as before. A great series!

Many thanks to @zooloo2008 for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.

About the Author

Val Penny has an Llb degree from Edinburgh University and her MSc from Napier University. She has had many jobs including hairdresser, waitress, banker, azalea farmer and lecturer but has not yet achieved either of her childhood dreams of being a ballerina or owning a candy store. Until those dreams come true, she has turned her hand to writing poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and novels. Val is an American author living in SW Scotland. She has two adult daughters of whom she is justly proud and lives with her husband and their cat.

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