The Hunt Club

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Summary: Great novel. Highly recommend.
Review: I loved this book. I thought the book was exceptionally well-written with a lyrical quality about it. I could visualize the scenes in my mind as I was turning the pages. I found it difficult to put the book down and finished it in two nights. I hope there's a sequel in the works.

Rating:
Summary: An excellent, fast-reading mystery
Review: I've read all of Bret Lott's books and it's always fun to see somebody stretch their wings. This is, to my knowledge, Lott's first whodunit and I was on the edge of my proverbial seat.

Now, I'll admit I don't read a lot of mysteries. But Lott's interesting speech pattern for the book's hero, Huger Dillard, was so unique, it was like you were reading the transcript of a tape recording and when I did have to put the book down I felt like I was being cheated. There's a movie here, you can just feel it.

Unlike some of the people who have reviewed this book on this website, I didn't see the end coming for a minute. But then again, maybe that's because I don't read mysteries much.

This book just proves what I've known for a while now--Bret Lott is a hell of a good writer and I would say that even if I hadn't known the guy since high school.

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Summary: A mystery with heart
Review: Too many times I read mysteries where the main character gets tangled in a pretentious retread of a relationship only to provide the author and publisher with a romance angle. These novels never come close to plucking any kind of a heart string, let alone touch on real human issues. Bret Lott succeeds where others fail. Obviously, he is not a typical wystery writer. But, wow, how refreshing was it to read a book that was on one hand engaging as a twisted whodunit and on the other a heart-felt story of growing up and dealing with an imperfect world filed with flawed people. Mystery fans as well as human interest fans will enjoy this novel.