Gabriel Hunt's sister secretly contacts him to bail out a friend, Michelle, who is being charged with her sister's death; thus saving Gabriel from the boring responsibility of writing an account of his latest escapades and acquisitions. Once Gabriel does, he learns that a man named Cheung killed Michelle's sister because she knew about his plans for some "ethnographic Chinese antiquities," something right up Gabriel's alley.

When Michelle decides to confront Cheung on her own and skips to China, Gabriel's sister, Lucy, begs him to save Michelle. Not able to turn his sister down, Gabriel jets off to China under his brother's identity. He arrives just as Michelle is about to shoot Cheung. A woman named Qingzhao beats her to it, but misses and chaos erupts. Gabriel grabs an injured Michelle and runs with her right off the boat into the river. Gabriel reaches the surface without Michelle and Qingzhao, who shoots Gabriel and gives him a superficial head wound, allowing him to accompany her to her hiding place. Gabriel soon learns that the very treasures Cheung is seeking are located in the leaning pagoda that Qingzhao calls home.

Gabriel agrees to help Qingzhao take on Cheung. After several attempts, betrayal and double-crossing among thieves, Gabriel must show Cheung where the treasure he seeks is hidden and make a trade as Cheung has captured Gabriel's brother, Michael.

HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN has a little less of the regular Gabriel Hunt charm I usually find through dialogue. However, while I did miss his charming and quippy comments, it is so packed with action, you can forgive him and root for him just as much, if not more, for the pain he endures. The story as always moves quickly through the action to the culmination. Gabriel Hunt books are a most entertaining series for sure!

Book Summary

A killing in New York sends Gabriel Hunt on a mission to the wharves and alleyways of Shanghai, where he finds himself on the trail of a mad Russian who believes he's the reincarnation of an ancient Chinese warlord. Original.

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