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    The Manhattan Hunt Club

    Written by John Saul

    Narrated by Lee Meriwether

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The acknowledged master of psychological suspense and heart-stopping terror, New York Times bestselling author John Saul now invites you to descend to chilling new depths of darkness--and discover a secret, savage world that exists beneath our very feet.

    The promising future of New York City college student Jeff Converse has suddenly been shattered by a nightmarish turn of events. Falsely convicted of a brutal crime, Jeff sees his life vanishing before his eyes. But someone has other plans for Jeff, in a far deadlier place than any penitentiary. He finds himself beneath the teeming streets of Manhattan, in a hidden landscape of twisting tunnels and forgotten subterranean chambers. Here, an invisible population of the homeless, the desperate, and the mad has carved out its own shadow society.

    But they are not alone. The pitch-dark tunnels and abandoned subway stations are haunted by the unmistakable sounds of predators in search of game. Someone has made this forsaken civilization beneath the city a private killing ground . . . and the hunt is on.

    Trapped in a treacherous underground maze, cut off at every turn by ragged gangs of sinister "gamekeepers," and stalked relentlessly by unseen hunters, Jeff faces overwhelming odds in the race to reach salvation and elude capture. With no weapon but his wits, and an unimaginable threat lurking around every dark corner, Jeff must somehow move heaven and earth to escape from a living hell.

    The Manhattan Hunt Club is the most thrilling and suspenseful novel yet from the ingenious mind of John Saul.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 31, 2001
    ISBN9780553755343
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    The Manhattan Hunt Club
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    John Saul

    John Saul’s first novel Suffer the Children became an instant bestseller, as have many of the thirty-three novels of dark suspense he has published since. Amidst this busy writing schedule, he divides his time between Seattle, Washington and Hawaii.

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    • 4/5
      A group of wealthy Manhattanites decide to take justice into their own hands. Tired of criminals getting away with murder, they start hunting and killing convicted criminals they feel did not get a harsh enough sentence. The criminals are taken into the sewers and set free. Then the hunt starts. When they go after Jeff, a college student falsely convicted of a horrible crime, they get more than they bargained for.

      Jeff is released into the sewers, along with Jagger, a murdering psychotic. Together they form an alliance to try to survive the hunt and get out of the sewers alive. Along the way we also meet many of the homeless population who call the sewers their home.

      This book is part thriller (the part with Jeff) and part an attempt to call attention to the amount of homeless people living in and under the city. There was a slow buildup into the final exciting ending. I enjoyed reading this.
    • 4/5
      First novel by John Saul, and I liked. Will read another.
    • 4/5
      This is one of my favorite reads from Saul. He takes the horror of the real (ie other people) and turns it into the almost absolute dark. I cringed most of the way through and while the ending is a little on the "happy" side- I can forgive that for the ride it provided.
    • 3/5
      A somewhat unbelievable story, but still fascinating and full of action. The subway tunnels and underground city are terrifying. I look down the subway tracks with a different eye now! A good read.
    • 3/5
      MHC doesn't really cover any new ground with it's 'hunting humans for sport' approach. What is does do though, is add a new twist on the hunting ground (i.e. under a city), ensure there are several entwined plot-lines and pop in a few twists to keep you on your toes. MHC is an enjoyable action horror tale, lacking in the suspense of Saul's supernatural works of his early career, yet offers a compelling enough tale of one man's terror, against an undefinable enemy. It's easy going and keeps your interest right up until the end. Recommended, although it's lack of originality won't make it a book to remember.
    • 4/5
      Was entertaining and listened to it in one day. Great storyline. Now for a second!
    • 3/5
      Entertaining, but not my favorite John Saul book.
    • 4/5
      Jeff has been falsely convicted of a crime. But when he is “transferred” out of the prison, he is taken… somewhere and locked in a room with another man. It’s not long after that they are released into the tunnels underneath New York and are told that they’ll “win” if they make it to the surface. Meanwhile, his family and girlfriend think he died in a crash. I really liked this. It didn’t take long to get sucked in, though it takes a little bit to figure out what’s going on in the book. It’s told from different viewpoints, so the reader is partial to things that the characters aren’t as they try to figure out what’s happening, as well. This was one I didn’t really want to put down – I wanted to keep reading. And, there were a couple of twists!
    • 4/5
      Not a bad book by any standards. Saul is a good writer, quick to the point, but leaves you hanging just enough to wonder. This book like many of his others is predicable. That lingering darkness pervades around his sharply edged corners. This book is not as good as Creature and some of his earlier work but the idea is driven home.