His latest assignment is to dispose of an actress named Millie LeCour, the darling of London theatre, who is currently playing at Covent Garden in a new production of Othello.īeautiful, clever and talented, Millie’s ability to convey real emotion during her performances has quickly won her a reputation for excellence and the hearts of the city’s theatre-goers. Trained in martial arts by a kung-fu “sifu” while in prison, he eventually put his talent for killing to use at Blackwell’s side and continues to do so when necessary while also accepting contracts for assassination from those that can afford him. When he came of age, he was released and quickly had to learn to make his own way in the world or starve. Born in Newgate Prison to a mother serving time for thievery and prostitution, Christopher was guilty of nothing but being her son.

Like Blackwell’s, Argent’s past is full of pain, darkness and horror, something brought home in the prologue, which is one of the most emotionally charged things I’ve listened to in quite some time.

A cold, ruthless assassin, listeners encountered him briefly towards the end of the previous book in the series, The Highwayman, where he was revealed to be a long-time associate of Dorian Blackwell, and his right-hand man in the war they fought some years ago for the control of the criminal underworld. Christopher Argent ( The Hunter of the title) is widely known to be one of the deadliest – if not THE deadliest – men in all of the British Empire. In this second book in her Victorian Rebels series, Kerrigan Byrne delivers another dark, lushly romantic tale featuring a deeply flawed hero who is most ably brought to life by Derek Perkins in another accomplished and engaging performance.

The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne