Chet Cunningham (1928–2017)

This is the story of Johnny Utah, a Detroit gangster, and Mark Hardin, popularly know as "The Penetrator," who aims to make up for the law's inability to bring Utah to justice.

Utah's hobby is hunting, especially for big game. His greatest kick is to hunt down people -- kidnapped unfortunate innocents, as well as enemies -- at his lodge in the Canadian wilderness. The lodge is inaccessible, except by air. The victims are kept naked in crude cages at the lodge until released to be hunted down and killed by Utah and his cronies.

Hardin is a vigilante, pure and simple. He works outside the law, and although some in the law enforcement community are sympathetic with his goals, nevertheless he is wanted too, for murder.

Chet Cunningham is a talented writer. The plot is skillfully constructed, character development is good, and the technical quality of the writing is top notch.

Cunningham's plot, however, is something else. If you like blood and gore; murder, torture, and rape, then this is your book. Me, not so much.

IMHO, the author's technical skills rate 4 four stars, the book's plot 0 stars, for an overall average of 2 stars (out of 5). If this were a movie it would be rated R for sexual situations and violence.

I received a free copy of this eBook in exchange for an honest review.… (mehr)