"Hunted" by Alex Knight

Although I’ve got a couple of thriller series I follow from Steve Cavanagh and Tony Kent, my preference more generally is for standalone books. I often find the “hook” of a book part way through the series is the one that grabs my attention leaving me to determine if I should then go back and read from the start. But occasionally I’ll read a one-off and be left wishing for more of the same. "Hunted" is very much one of those.

San Francisco police officer Jake Ellis finds his girlfriend’s daughter Molly banging on his door just as he receives and text alert for a missing child - Molly - naming him as the suspected abductor. Realising he’s being set up, we are treated to an adrenaline fuelled race around the SF area as he tries to prove his innocence and find out who shot his girlfriend.

Knight throws in a few twists along the way, but essential this is one long chase sequence, so for it to succeed it has to rely heavily on the quality of the characters and the writing. Having created characters that work so well, it seems such a pity to discard them.

Could we have some more please?
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