Why am I still alive?
That is the question John, a trauma doctor, asks himself over and over as he mourns the death of his wife. Lost and alone, he wanders the streets of a glamorous Mediterranean resort trying to escape the pain.
He drifts from bar to bar until he meets Jasna, a captivating hostess. She teases him out of his suffering and, against their better judgement, they fall in love.
Then tragedy strikes, and John is pitched into a ruthless world of drugs, prostitution and murder, where life is cheap and nothing is as it seems.
In this all-new edition, Escape: The Hunter Cut takes the classic tale of L.A. Davenport’s debut novel Escape and retells it through John’s eyes, as he battles with himself and the events that threaten to overwhelm him.
Book page: https://p-wavepress.co.uk/fiction/escape-the-hunter-cut/
My Review:
It’s the first book I read by L.A. Davenport and the blurb attracted me as there’s was elements of thriller, spy story and the story of a man facing loss and mourning his wife.
It’s a slow burning story that takes some times to introduce us to John, his world and how he’s sinking having his action driven by sorrow.
The moment the action starts it’s an adrenaline fuelled story that keeps you on the edge and turning pages.
Jana is the enigmatic and unreliable character that makes John fell in love. She’s described with light touch and is never judged.
The gritty and twisty story is intriguing and I appreciated the storytelling and the character development.
I appreciated the travel into John’s mind and his path to move on and win his battle.
Recommended.
Many thanks to L.A. Davenport and Heather Fitt for this digital copy, all opinions are mine.
The Author:
L.A. Davenport is an Anglo-Irish author and journalist based in Stamford, Lincolnshire. He has been writing stories and more since he was a wee bairn, as his grandpa used to say.
Among other things, he likes long walks, typewriters and big cups of tea.
He has written the novels Escape, The Hunter Cut, The Nucleus of Reality, or the Recollections of Thomas P–, and Escape; the collections Pushing the Wave 2017–2022, No Way Home, Dear Lucifer and Other Stories and The Marching Band Emporium; and the memoirs My Life as a Dog and More Life as a Dog.
To learn more about L.A. Davenport and his writing, visit Pushing the Wave.