Hunting Down Amanda

by Andrew Klavan

Book Overview

After his wife's brutal murder, Lonnie Blake becomes obsessed with the woman who fulfilled his fantasies for one night and sets out to find her, only to learn that a team of ruthless killers are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688168957
• ISBN13: 9780688168957
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great book for newcomers to recreational auto mechanics

Although not up-to-date with all the fancy computer parts in today's auto's. this book is a great intro to young adults on the basics of auto engines, brakes, etc. A great gift for a niece/nephew/son/daughter/grandchild...

Klavan does it again

I became an Andrew Klavan fan after reading True Crime. Hunting Down Amanda is another great book that keeps you guessing from beginning to end. Great story and characters. Klavan makes it very easy to get to know the characters. The opening chapter grabs you and refuses to let you go.

the best thriller of the year

Hunting Down Amanda is a brilliant novel for its almost perfect coincidence of idea and story. The work is a modern retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice story from Greek mythology (complete with a disgruntled Classics professor who retells the famous myth for those who might not otherwise know the story). At the same time, the level of suspense is maintained: will this modern story end tragically as the Greek myth does?

Klavan's most readable novel, one of the summer's best!

I found this book delightful. Whether you are a Klavan fan (as I am) or simply a genre-shopper out for a great, fast read from an author you haven't read before, you should find something enjoyable in "Amanda." It sizzles along like the best thriller bestsellers, but it has the depth of character and plot that few summer potboilers ever achieve. Granted, like many thrillers it is necessary to suspend your disbelief occassionally, but one of Klavan's strengths is his ability to make you willingly suspend it. And maybe Klavan has written more seamlessly plotted novels in the past, but none as accessible. I strongly recommend it to anyone who loves Klavan's work, but also to fans of Thomas Harris, Jeffrey Deaver, early Dean Koontz or later Robert McCammon.

An exciting occult thriller

Eighteen months have passed since his beloved wife was murdered. Musician Lonnie Blake still mourns his loss as if it was yesterday. He no longer cares about living. His life hits rock bottom until he meets Carol Dodson, who pleads with him to take her into his apartment in order to keep her temporarily safe from a stalker. She pretends to be a prostitute and acts the role of Lonnie's deceased spouse for a night. However, when the night ends, she vanishes and Lonnie remembers the passion that Carol, not his wife, aroused in him. Carol is not a hooker as Lonnie thought. Instead, she worries over her five year old daughter Amanda, who has special healing powers that a pharmaceutical firm wants to own at any cost, including murder. Carol and Lonnie soon join forces trying to keep a special little girl, one who can heal cancer and raise the dead, safe from villains who want to exploit her for profit. Anyone who has not read Andrew Klavan (see THE UNCANNY) is missing the works of one of the top thriller writers in the last few years. Mr. Klavan's current novel, HUNTING DOWN AMANDA, is a great work that starts with a bang, never lets up, and closes with an incredible climax. The plot twists and turns in a plausible, action-packed manner. Carol and Lonnie are a soulful couple seeking atonement for alleged sins they believe they committed. Amanda is a delight who revels in her power, even as she cannot understand the fuss. Though much darker than the best selling TRUE CRIME, HUNTING DOWN AMANDA will send readers hunting down the classical works of Mr. Klavan.Harriet Klausner