The Hunt: ‘A great thriller...breathless all the way’ – LEE CHILD

The Hunt: ‘A great thriller...breathless all the way’ – LEE CHILD
T.J. Lebbon

‘A GREAT THRILLER … BREATHLESS ALL THE WAY!’ LEE CHILD*‘A PACY THRILLER THAT HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT!’ SUN*Chris returns from his morning run to find his wife and children missing and a stranger in his kitchen.He’s told to run.If he’s caught and killed, his family go free. If he escapes, they die.Rose is the only one who can help him, but Rose only has her sights on one conclusion. For her, Chris is bait. But The Trail have not forgotten the woman who tried to outwit them.The Trail want Rose. The hunters want Chris’s corpse. Rose wants revenge, and Chris just wants his family back.THE HUNT IS ON …***The cruellest game. The highest stakes. Only she can bring his family back alive***

TIM J. LEBBON

The Hunt

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Source ISBN: 9780008122904

Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780008122898

Version: 2015-09-09

Dedication (#ud1915dbd-74a0-59c7-a83e-f6f10a277af6)

For Dan the Man

Epigraph (#ud1915dbd-74a0-59c7-a83e-f6f10a277af6)

‘Come what may, bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.’

Virgil

‘Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.’

Dean Karnazes

Table of Contents

Cover (#u2d9b1b4c-6da0-58e2-b3f6-58345b1574bb)

Title Page (#uf4ef187e-e569-5a47-b8f9-e84934c8ad96)

Copyright (#uaead2d1f-c44a-56d5-882b-9d1a0e2fdea6)

Dedication (#u5d34cce1-25cd-5376-832d-ad2db01a7115)

Epigraph (#u3a87b2ec-0e30-503a-ae3a-e8efe93f8e6c)

Chapter One: tiger (#u8d1e06fa-1c00-5803-9a61-c775f07928f7)

Chapter Two: chosen (#ubc05ebfe-3fec-5d79-8b55-7e618c7c5aa1)

Chapter Three: fifty minutes (#ud03732cc-9b71-5668-8df4-2afb76cf9a58)

Chapter Four: just begun (#u0aada675-fd29-5cbe-a859-dd97f847868f)

Chapter Five: Chapter three (#u78f057e5-e01d-5cae-b59d-5f09b6750d02)

Chapter Six: please (#u3a3ca117-a754-5042-b076-31630798f0b0)

Chapter Seven: the hills (#u26ece030-95a0-5c5e-b14b-224490a534df)

Chapter Eight: holt (#u74917248-a461-5648-9f19-b138d0f00b66)

Chapter Nine: trail (#uc115751f-384e-55bb-9ba2-097dc993d9ab)

Chapter Ten: vet (#u46c0c80f-b4e5-5ad9-bd4a-d3814451e151)

Chapter Eleven: ambush (#u7b62cead-4d7b-5d4c-aca2-91372cc4db7c)

Chapter Twelve: rage (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: scree (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: lemons (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: broken bones (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: plan (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: change (#litres_trial_promo)