- Hardcover: 262 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition edition (Jun 1 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385467788
- ISBN-13: 978-0385467780
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
An unsavory bunch indeed, the members of The Hunting Club are five former college chums who take a regular boys' night out to indulge in sophomoric antics. The quintet salutes the pending wedding of the Club's last bachelor by hiring a topless dancer whose favors they will share during a night of carousing. John Payne, the last in line, passes out and wakes up next to Yolanda's cold corpse. Incited to a cover-up by group leader Glen Morrow, the guys pack Yolanda's bags and drop them with her body into the Atlantic from Payne's traffic helicopter, then go home to their suburban wives. They seem to be off the hook until Candy, a dancer from Yolanda's club, figures out what happened and threatens blackmail. Morrow and Payne deal with Candy and her pimp, only to discover that another dancer, Susan, knows all. Payne, who seemed unfazed by the deaths of a Puerto Rican and a black woman, suddenly experiences qualms when the proposed victim is a white college student and daughter of an ex-cop; he takes off with Susan, pursued by Morrow in a convenient second helicopter. Although Sandom's newest thriller (after Gospel Truths ) is reasonably effective on the page, the chase scenes, predictable showdown and 30-something angst will work better on screen. Film rights to Warner Brothers.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Sandom's second suspense novel, after the intriguing Gospel Truths ( LJ 1/92) takes the hackneyed subjects of male bonding and identity problems and attempts to give them a new spin. Five former college friends, all now successful yuppies, hold a bachelor party for one of the group. Chemical excess leads four of them into trouble--a young prostitute ends up dead, and the four close ranks to protect the ostensible killer. Soon relationships disintegrate, and the conspiracy of silence is threatened from both inside and out. The pace is fast, and the story suspenseful, though seasoned mystery readers may well anticipate several of the plot twists. Not an essential purchase for mystery collections, but appropriate where such thrillers are popular.
- Dean James, Houston Acad. of Medicine/Texas Medical Ctr. Lib.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Dean James, Houston Acad. of Medicine/Texas Medical Ctr. Lib.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic, gripping psychological thriller, equal with Turow,
By Ceri (London England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Hunting Club (Hardcover)
Five young men, wealthy, privileged, successful. Time-honoured friends. They call themselves The Hunting Club. Now the remaining bachelor amongst them is to marry. But when the stag night ends in murder their bonds of friendship tighten to become chains of secrecy and psycological blackmail....... The Hunting Club are hunting each other! - This is a superb thriller, with all the added extras, keeps you guessing, very cleverly written, a must for all thriller fans!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic, gripping psychological thriller, equal with Turow,
By Ceri - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hunting Club (Hardcover)
Five young men, wealthy, privileged, successful. Time-honoured friends. They call themselves The Hunting Club. Now the remaining bachelor amongst them is to marry. But when the stag night ends in murder their bonds of friendship tighten to become chains of secrecy and psycological blackmail....... The Hunting Club are hunting each other! - This is a superb thriller, with all the added extras, keeps you guessing, very cleverly written, a must for all thriller fans!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Chilling to the Bone,
By Johnny B. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hunting Club (Hardcover)
Sandom's writing is crisp and clean, often disturbingly poetic. The characters are so vivid, I found myself looking over my shoulder. This is one creepy thriller that captures the 80s to a T. It's a mixture of Bright Lights, Big City and Deliverance. The plot drives forward relentlessly, forcing you to watch, like a car crash observed from a traffic helicopter -- the protagonist's profession! You can see it happening but you can't stop it, you can't touch it, you can't do a damned thing . . . but watch and brace for impact. Superb. Made me run out and read Gospel Truths, Sandom's first . . . and I wasn't dissapointed.
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