Amazon The Hunter Inside Amazon Category:  Action/Thriller Type: Fiction Pages: 278 Copyright: Apr 12, 2012 The Hunter Inside presents a mix of psychological horror, suspense and the supernatural. You can lock your windows and your doors, but you cannot lock your mind from The Hunter Inside. Paul Wayans and Bill Arnold have something in common. They are being stalked by a vicious killer. Sandy Myers, rushing from home with her 7 year-old twins in tow, grabs a letter from the mailbox. It is addressed to Sandy Carson. Her maiden name. Contained within the plain manila envelope is a photograph. A photograph of a corpse. The past has caught up with them, and now their lives are in jeopardy. A monster more fearsome than any the world has ever seen is hunting them, bringing with it echoes from the past and threatening the future of civilisation. Should they run, or should they stand and fight? FBI Special Agent Sam O’Neill will fight desperately to solve a case that he could not solve ten years before. Then, he had no clues as to the identity of the vicious killer. This time, it’s different. But can he find them before it’s too late? And if he does not, will ANYONE survive? The Hunter Inside is a psychological thriller with a twist. It is a page-turning roller-coaster of a novel that you won’t be able to put down until all of its secrets, twists and turns have been revealed. Packed full of gruesome murders, fear and suspense, it harbors a monster so fearsome it will give you nightmares. Shimasou is here – and no-one is safe.

The Human Condition
A blistering debut from a promising author, McGowan, to me, has captured the 'human condition' perfectly within this book, or my understanding of it. It teases you with fear, it hammers you with love, it leaves you all but defeated, but more than anything it fills you with hope. All aspects that every thriller should have! (A super natural/psychological/thriller at that). As human nature prescribes, despite the danger, despite the fear, you will follow the characters to their destiny or doom!

McGowan builds his characters with ease, giving enough of each person to inspire the connections that we need in such books, allowing us to warm to the protagonists who are easy to like (Bill being my personal favourite!). Three people are stalked by an unseen terror, unseen but never unfelt. The threat is tangible, your own pulse will quicken with the characters', your skin will tingle and hairs on your neck will rise as the mystery unravels at a perfect pace.

The read is compelling, the dialect between characters is smooth, the narrative relentlessly pushes you towards a goal that simply put, you will NOT see coming.

All-in-all, McGowan has a debut to be proud of, and I very much look forward to the next book! 'The Hunter Inside' will leave you feeling a parallel with the nemesis that stalks it's prey, as the author stalks your emotions, teasing them, tempting them, fulfilling them, destroying them, and building them in equal measure.

Thought provokingly real
David McGowan has just shot to the top of my favorite authors list with the very powerful The Hunter Inside.
The story was told as if by a master of the genre, David sucked me into the terrifying world of Shimasou, without possibility of escape.
I cannot say to much about the story without giving it away, so I will say this: READ IT NOW !
I look forward with excitement for David's next novel.

Must read
A fast paced thriller with a twist. This book will drag you along with the characters at break neck speed towards a climax which will decide not only the fate of the characters but the fate of mankind. The main character Sandy Myers is a strong woman who will face her fears to protect her family. The reader is taken on her journey from victim to heroine in ways the reader can not anticipate. A real page turner than is a wrench to put down.