The Wild One

By Nick Petrie

The Wild One - Nick Petrie
  • Release Date: 2020-01-14
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 901 Ratings

Description

War veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer and his criminal family through the most forbidding and stark landscape he has ever encountered, in the latest thriller from the bestselling author of The Drifter.

Losing ground in his fight against post-traumatic claustrophobia, war veteran Peter Ash has no intention of getting on an airplane--until a grieving woman asks Peter to find her eight-year-old grandson. The woman's daughter has been murdered. Erik, the dead daughter's husband, is the sole suspect, and he has taken his young son and fled to Iceland for the protection of Erik's lawless family.
     Finding the boy becomes more complicated when Peter is met at the airport by a man from the United States Embassy. For reasons both unknown and unofficial, it seems that Peter's own government doesn't want him in Iceland. The police give Peter two days of sightseeing in Reykjavik before he must report back for the first available seat home. . . and when they realize Peter isn't going home until he accomplishes his mission, they start hunting him, too.
     From the northernmost European capital to a rustbound fishing vessel to a remote farm a stone's throw from the arctic, Peter must confront his growing PTSD and the most powerful Icelandic snowstorm in a generation to find a killer, save an eight-year-old boy, and keep himself out of an Icelandic prison--or a cold Icelandic grave.

Reviews

  • The Wild one. Nick Petrie

    5
    By Wet again
    Peter Ash is asked by a man he served with in the Marines to locate a small boy and his son in Iceland.The father is suspected of killing his wife. Peter agrees to help and the Childs grandmother has given Peter unlimited resources. In Iceland Peter is meet with one obstacle after another. In the end though suspicious of Peter at first his Fathers Icelandic family come to his aid. An excellent read which I enjoyed immensely!!! My highest recommendation!!
  • Incredible

    5
    By RGR1963
    I love Peter Ash can’t stop reading his character.
  • The wild one

    5
    By brians song
    Uh…the best story ever. This Ash character is a young and Just as tenacious as Jack Reacher. The use of Iceland for a backdrop was so clever. The Land scape there made the story so intriguing. The assorted characters throughput the book were absolutely perfect. Scary, scary, sometimes due to the inclement weather and the bad guys. An excellent, excellent read. Do t stop here, read the first book as well, best, BEST stories ever.
  • Unnerving

    3
    By CaptGlen
    The author says it was difficult to write. I believe him because it was difficult to read. Not Like the other books. I put it down several times. I did finish only because I was on an island and couldn’t get anything else. I am unsure wether to finish the series.
  • Different from usual

    4
    By Myzkyla
    Wasn’t excited about location at first but was educated quite a bit about Iceland and the people. Ended up enjoying storyline as well as challenging location.
  • Equalizer

    5
    By guido luciano
    Our all too human American hero is a veteran, compassionate, and a definite enemy of all evil doers. Watch out dudes...he’s coming for ya!
  • A return to form

    4
    By iheartjoo
    This book was an unexpected return to quality, after the sub-average 4th in the series (and its wholly unnecessary flirtation with side characters blessed with woke superhero powers). I’m glad to see the author get back to grit, and to break with some of the conventions he’d built up in the previous four novels, which were getting tired faster than his main character does chasing bad guys through the snow barefoot. Keep it up.