The story takes a flying start in a luxurious private safari lodge back in Kruger National Park, Africa. In the absence of Nick Roberts who had disappeared mysteriously, Detective Sergeant Tom Furey a veteran himself gets appointed as a protection officer to Britain’s Assistant Minister of Defence, Robert Greeves. Tom Furey plays a central character in this fiction and steers Tony Park’s Silent Predator with great ease. Once Mr Greeves gets kidnapped by what appears to be a criminal conspiracy, things get too hot to handle for Furey and his counterpart in the mission, Sannie Van Rensberg. And especially when the kidnap happened when Tom was busy eyeing a pretty girl, he dug his own grave! And in an attempt to set things right Furey and Rensberg go against official orders in the hunt for the suspected group of terrorists through the Kruger Park to the coastal waters of Mozambique. This very attempt to find Mr Greeves puts them on a high-octane chase covering a dozen of African countries and straight into the tunnel of troubles!
As the story unfolds slowly, Mr Furey discovers a lot of predators in Africa, even more than what he found in the lodge. Things fall short of expectations for Furey and Rensberg and they get to battle for their lives. It gets even tougher when you have nobody to pose your trust on especially when the unknown predator is waiting to get his hands on you!
Though Tony Park is a native of Australia, he indeed had given us a complete African package with his racy storyline with a lot of detailing. After five months of intense research and also having been an army reservist, Park’s fifth book, The Silent Predator will go well with his fans and readers. The story has it in all the essential ingredients – the African landscape, lots of fights, his tough heroes, and of course the sassy smart heroines you expect.
The Silent Predator could send a chill down your spine and it is one of the best ways to spend a cold evening and I bet once you start flipping the pages of this book, you would be transported to somewhere warm and exotic and into the thickest forests of Africa. So get ready for it all and I would rate this better-than-average thriller for its good write and for the exciting scenes in the real fresh African setting! A Strong plot base, unexpected twists human trafficking, kidnap, betrayal, and romance – quite satisfying!
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