The Hunt

In the book "The Annual Hunt," a serial murderer uses a small-town Easter tradition to find prey, but Nell Holcomb has a painful memory of her brother's death and must face her past and the danger as the event escalates.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 351 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2023
Publisher: Amazon Publishing

From the author of Real Bad Things and Cottonmouths, a Los Angeles Review Best Book of 2017, comes the darkly suspenseful tale of a small-town Easter tradition and its murderous secrets. For seventeen years, a serial murderer has used the Presley, Arkansas, Annual Hunt for the Golden Egg to find prey. Or, at least, that's what some people believe. Others, like the town's devoted "Eggheads," relish the tradition and think the deaths are just unfortunate accidents. But for Nell Holcomb, the town's annual Hunt dredges up a particularly painful memory: her brother's death, long believed to be "the Hunter's" first kill. Nell has been caring for her nephew since then, trying to keep him safe and trying to conceal the role she played in his father's death. Most importantly, she's been trying to avoid the Hunt—despite the clashes that erupt in town over the event and her best friend's obsession with winning the big prize. As Easter draws near and the town's frenzy escalates, Nell must face her past and the Hunt as the danger once again veers close to home.

From the author of Real Bad Things and Cottonmouths, a Los Angeles Review Best Book of 2017, comes the darkly suspenseful tale of a small-town Easter tradition and its murderous secrets.

For seventeen years, a serial murderer has used the Presley, Arkansas, Annual Hunt for the Golden Egg to find prey.

Or, at least, that's what some people believe.

Others, like the town's devoted "Eggheads," relish the tradition and think the deaths are just unfortunate accidents.

But for Nell Holcomb, the town's annual Hunt dredges up a particularly painful memory: her brother's death, long believed to be "the Hunter's" first kill.

Nell has been caring for her nephew since then, trying to keep him safe and trying to conceal the role she played in his father's death.

Most importantly, she's been trying to avoid the Hunt—despite the clashes that erupt in town over the event and her best friend's obsession with winning the big prize.

As Easter draws near and the town's frenzy escalates, Nell must face her past and the Hunt as the danger once again veers close to home.

Weight: 362g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781662500107