This is the third book in this great police procedural series.
The pacing in this book is fantastic. It is so gripping and the short chapters make it so fast paced.
I love this authors work

Book 3 to feature Detective Constable Bailey Morgan. This is the 3rd book i've read in this series and I have to say I have really enjoyed it. Just this minute finished it after starting it while sat in the garden yesterday. This book certainly kept my interest.
Detective Constable Bailey Morgan is working as an undercover officer. She's certainly been put through her paces a time or two. Bailey is awaiting a trial that she is to be witness. But while waiting for the trial to start someone is out to kill her. It's a race against time and a real cat and mouse chase. This made the book really difficult to put down, so much going on and while reading you feel you just can't read the story fast enough. wanting and needing to know what is going to happen. I was sad when the book ended as i could have sat and read for hours longer.
A true gripping page turner, i really can't recommend it enough. A fascinating. read.

Another great read from Caro savage loved this book full of drama and suspense read it you won't be disappointed

I wasn’t aware that this book was part of a series! [this is book 3] That didn’t matter to me as I enjoyed it for what it was…a great read! The characters were easy to get on board with and the writing flowed well. Great author and I now what to read more books that she has written.

I have been a fan of Caro’s work for a while now. ‘Hunted’ is the third book in the series featuring Detective Constable Bailey Morgan. I read and loved the first two books in the series and so I had high hopes for ‘Hunted’. I wasn’t to be disappointed either because I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Hunted’ but more about that in a bit.
DC Bailey Morgan is certainly an intriguing character and not somebody to be messed with. A lot of the time, Bailey works within a normal police team but on occasion she is ‘seconded’ to an undercover department and she has to work deep undercover. Previous operations have been very successful and have led to prosecutions. When the story starts, Bailey is getting ready to testify in a case involving a major drug death. The accused wants to prevent the matter from reaching court and will do anything to ensure that’s the case. Bailey has to protect herself, protect her loved ones and at the same time track down the man, who is trying to kill her. I kept my fingers crossed that she would achieve all that and that the guilty party was punished. What happens? Well for the answer to that question and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out as I am not going to tell you.
Oh my giddy aunt, as soon as I started reading ‘Hunted’ I knew that I was going to find it nigh on impossible to put this book to one side for any length of time and so it proved to be. My Kindle wasn’t exactly glued to my hands but it might as well have been because it travelled everywhere with me. I couldn’t bear to miss a single second of this slightly scary story. The more of the book that I read, the more I wanted to read and the quicker the pages seemed to turn. At one point the pages were turning that quickly that it was almost as if they were turning themselves and the page numbers became a blur. I became so wrapped up in the story that I lost all track of time and just how quickly I was getting through the book. All too quickly I reached the end of ‘Hunted’ and I had to say goodbye to Bailey. I found ‘Hunted’ to be the true definition of an unputdownable, page turner of a read, which kept me guessing and which kept me on the edge of my seat.
‘Hunted’ is superbly written but then I have come to expect nothing less from Caro Savage. The author clearly knows how to grab the reader’s attention and draw them into what proves to be one hell of a story. For me, the story hit the ground running and maintained a fast pace throughout. Reading ‘Hunted’ felt like being on a rather scary and unpredictable rollercoaster ride with several twists and turns along the way. Just when you thought that you could take a minute to gather your thoughts, take a breather and reclaim your stomach then off the action would go again. I have to say that some details of the story are rather gruesome in nature but I didn’t let the gruesomeness put me off the book or affect me.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Hunted’ and I would definitely recommend this book to other readers. I will certainly be reading more of Caro’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

Hunted by Cargo Savage is a fast-paced, enjoyable read. I’ve loved Cargo Savage’s writing since the first book I read, so I was so excited to read this one!

The story is told by a few characters’ perspectives. I really enjoy the the characters. They are realistic and believable. They helped make the story flow.

This is a page turner. It was one of those books where you say, “one more chapter,” every chapter until you’ve finished the book!

Great plot, great characters, great writing…I really enjoyed this story. Overall, I’d recommend giving this one a read!

Thank you to Rachel’s Random Resources for the free review. All opinions are my own and unbiased.

This was my first Caro Savage novel after hearing a lot about her writing and being recommended their novels by numerous people, and I was not disappointed!

I wasn’t aware that this was the third book in the series, but I enjoyed the book so much that I ordered the previous ones!

I found the writing to be very easy to get on board with and it connected me to the characters very quickly. DC Bailey Morgan was a badass and I absolutely loved reading about her.

The author grabbed my attention within the first chapter, and I just kept wanting to read. My chores kept getting pushed back just because I had to know what was happening!

I can’t wait to fully read the series and know more about these characters as this was right up my street!

Hunted is the third book in one of my favourite series of police procedurals and I think Caro Savage's writing keeps getting better and better! If you haven't read the first two books (Jailbird and Villain, both published by Boldwood Books), don't worry, the author provided a brief summary of what exactly happened to Bailey in the past and how it still affects her daily life. Having said that, these are spoilers and, if I were you, I'd start from the beginning and enjoy this very well-written series.

Similarly to the first two books, Caro Savage opens this latest instalment with a bang- a professional killer is trying to get information out of a Senior Crown Prosecutor on the only witness in an upcoming trial. Yes, you've guessed it, the witness is our intrepid undercover police officer Bailey Morgan. Once, the victim is found, it is clear that Bailey's life is in grave danger. The undercover operations department have a bold suggestion for Bailey- she is to become a bait for the fantom killer, nicknamed Rex. The hunt begins...and it isn't immediately obvious who is hunting who or who is going to prevail in the end.

I found all aspects of the book fascinating. Bailey is a complex character, still dealing with the aftermath of her first undercover job. One thing is indisputable- Bailey has a strong moral compass and a kind and comassionate heart. Is it wrong of me to say that I found the character of Rex utterly fascinating?I don't want to give away the twist that took me by surprise and completely changed Rex and Bailey's deadly game of hunt and surival, both mental and physical.

The pace is absolutely fantastic in this book with its short, action-packed chapters. I found it absolutely impossible to put the book down until its gripping, nail-biting climax and epilogue. I dearly love having a peek at the last pages, but this time I wasn't tempted at all- I knew the book is to be savoured, page by page.

I can honestly say that I've become a big fan of Caro Savage and can't wait for her next book to come out. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys a well-written, fast-paced police procedural with a strong female lead.

Bailey Morgan is used to being the hunter. A skilled undercover cop, DC Morgan excels in taking on a criminal personna, infiltrating networks, and taking down serious players in the London crime scene. Her most recent case resulted in the capture of a major drug importer, a man who had made millions of pounds off the misery of others. Large amounts of that money were hidden, some of it in cash, and available to him to solve his problem before trial began. His problem: the testimony of one Bailey Morgan.

The book opens with a crown prosecutor being ruthlessly tortured for information. He is one of the very few people who knows the identity of the undercover officer who cracked the case. Although he soon realizes that he will die, he refuses to give up the name…that is, until the hitman threatens to kill his family. He would willingly die before giving up her name, but he will not sacrifice his wife and children to protect Morgan. Just like that, Morgan goes from being the hunter to the hunted.

We soon learn that the killer is probably a man known only as “Rex.” Tied to at least 9 murders and likely many more as well, “Rex” is known to the police only by reputation. Not even his clients can identify him. No known witnesses have survived. Bailey Morgan, though, is no ordinary victim. She is a hunter herself, a predator capable of bringing down much larger prey. The cat and mouse game gets underway, with it being a very open question as to which is the cat and which is the mouse. The winner lives. The loser almost certainly does not.

Caro Savage is the pen name for an author who turned from bookselling to bookwriting. Years of exposure to books of all sorts does not always translate into skills in writing. In this case it has. Savage creates fascinating characters who are complex and intriguing. Rex is more than he seems. Morgan is both proud of and tormented by her job. As in life, sometimes the plot twists on a dime: a voicemail message heard by the wrong person, a chance encounter that almost happened but did not, an infidelity discovered at a delicate moment. These are things that we may never know changed a life. In this novel, we have the luxury of discovery that may not give us an advantage in our own lives. Maybe that’s just as well. Would we really want to know that we missed our killer by moments? Would we be able to accept that our actions had a butterfly effect that shattered lives? Our psyches may be protected as much by our ignorance as they are by our innocence.

Bailey Morgan is a smart, brave, and determined cop. None of that may be enough when she is being pursued by someone who is also smart, brave/ruthless, and determined. One thing is certain: if a predator is being stalked by a predator, the end is likely to be as violent as it is uncertain.

A fantastic fast-paced whodunit with a strong female heroine. More of this is exactly what the thriller genre needs!

With in-depth character development and a gratifying yet mind-blowing ending, this is a solid recommendation to everyone who appreciates a thriller and a game of cat and mouse.

This one’s available to read for free with kindle unlimited.

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This book was a fast paced page turner based on the storyline of an undercover police officer being hunted by a professional hitman whilst awaiting a trial date to give evidence.

There was tension, drama, trauma, twists and turns and I loved it all!

A 5 star book by Caro Savage that I highly recommend to others and I can't wait to see what she releases next!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book.

Detective Constable Bailey Morgan works as an undercover police officer when required, alternating with her normal CID duties. She has already been involved in a few horrific jobs, once in a car-stealing ring where she was mercilessly tortured when her cover was blown. She has the scars to prove it and she knows she won’t rest until she has tracked down the culprit, and also undercover in a women’s prison and posing as an up-and-coming gangster with fingers in many pies looking to buy a large consignment of arms from a notoriously hard family called the Molloys. Her previous handler DI Frank Grinham is off recovering from injuries sustained in this last case and she is now working for ambitious DI Stella Gates in her undercover roles.
Charlie Benvenuto is an angry and very worried man. He knows that his whole lucrative future is threatened, including the loss of his two daughters and loving wife, if he is found guilty of big-time drug trafficking in his trial in three weeks. And he knows exactly who he holds responsible – DC Bailey Morgan, the undercover officer who posed as a wholesale drugs buyer and who will be the key witness against him. The hitman, known simply as Rex, who Charlie has paid a large sum of money to has already tortured and killed Senior Crown Advocate Jeremy Westerby and now has Bailey in his sights. And Rex’s impressive cv and reputation as never failing in his work means no witness, no trial. When Stella informs Bailey of Westerby’s death and the apparent threat to her own life, Bailey knows hiding in a safe house is not the answer. She needs to catch Rex and they formulate a plan to snare him, knowing there are only three weeks until the trial. Three weeks in which she has to stay alive and where the hunted needs to become the hunter. Then Bailey makes a shocking discovery about Rex, one which no one can quite believe. A game of cat and mouse ensues, Bailey never quite catching Rex and Rex never quite making his hit. But who will make it out of this alive – Bailey with her unshakeable will to survive and catch the killer or Rex with his skill and determination to succeed at any cost?
This was a thrilling ride from start to finish, well told with loads of action and excitement. I liked that it was part police and part Bailey having to go it alone, relying on her wits and training to stay alive, and also involving an intriguing psychological twist that nobody could see coming. Although this is book three and it is great to read these in order getting to know Bailey better, it works fine as a standalone as all the history necessary is explained. I look forward to more Bailey Morgan stories. 5*

I was granted eARC acccess to Hunted by Caro Savage via NetGalley as part of my participation in a blog tour for this title with Bewitching Book Tours. Thank you to all involved in affording me this opportunity! My thoughts are my own and my review is honest.

I don't think I noticed before agreeing to review this book that it's the third in a series but it really didn't seem to matter. This book stood on its own just fine and I didn't feel that I'd missed anything by skipping ahead to this point in the series arc. Hunted is a procedural-style police thriller and the person being hunted is undercover cop Bailey Morgan. Who is this Rex guy on her trail? Why is she a target? Will Bailey figure it out before he catches up with her?

This book is full of fascinating psychology, lots of suspense, and a smattering of lighter beats as Bailey interacts with her stereotypically British mother. It's a real page-turner and I read it in just two sittings.

My only criticism is that some of the ways Rex gets one-up on Bailey just didn't feel like things a seasoned undercover cop like Bailey should let happen. She gets a room at a hotel with zero security when there's a hit out on her? She agrees to dinner at her best friend's house, whose name and address aren't hard to find, when she's not even supposed to be in town? She's goes ALONE to places she thinks Rex might be in hopes of catching him? These are rookie moves and felt a bit like plot conveniences to let the book take longer. It was otherwise well written and entertaining so I didn't mind, but I noticed.

All in all I had a great time reading this book and I think if police thrillers are your thing, this series needs to be on your TBR!

Line of Duty fans are going to be completely gripped by Caro Savage’s latest thriller, Hunted.

Detective Constable Bailey Morgan is about to testify in an upcoming trial. But somebody is determined to do whatever it takes to keep her from stepping onto that witness stand – even murder! Bailey’s life in danger, however, she refuses to hide in the shadows. She is determined to use her undercover skills to help the police catch this ruthless killer – even if it means putting herself in the line of fire!

Up against a dangerous adversary who will do everything within their power to protect their own skin, Bailey needs to keep her wits about her and not let anyone distract her from this mission. However, Bailey needs to watch her step, listen to her instincts and not trust anybody because she has very dangerous enemies who will stop at nothing to keep her from getting to the truth.

As shocking revelations come to light, will Bailey manage to catch the killer and put an evil criminal behind bars? Or will it be game over for her?

Caro Savage’s Hunted is a high-octane and high stakes thriller that will leave readers breathless. Packed with jaw-dropping twist after after, in Hunted the pace never lets up, the tension is nerve-shredding and the suspense will keep readers turning the pages way past their bedtime.

Bailey Morgan is a ballsy, gutsy and fearless heroine who kicks ass and whom readers simply cannot help but admire. She is good at her job and doesn’t hesitate to throw herself in the line of fire to catch the bad guys.

A chilling and gritty thriller that is a struggle to put down, Caro Savage’s Hunted is a must-read.

This fast paced,at times very intense battle of wits is predominantly written from the duel perspectives of Detective Constable Bailey Morgan and her pursuer, a vicious hitman who was known as Rex. Bailey,who is a highly skilled undercover operative was to be the key witness in a upcoming trial but someone was desperate to ensure that she never reached the witness box. After a individual who is connected to the trial is viciously murdered, Bailey is forced to go into hiding but that little inconvenience doesn't stop her from agreeing to help figure out the identity of the killer. With only three weeks until the trial is due to start, Rex is under pressure from his paymaster to complete his allocated task. Could the added pressure cause him to underestimate his quarry or had Bailey finally met her match?

I really liked Bailey, she was a highly intelligent, resourceful individual but that didn't mean that she was perfect, the author had made her heroine more realistic and relatable by allowing Bailey to make bad decisions and tiny mistakes. I loved the fact that Bailey enjoyed listening to music from the 80s and that at one point in the story she had the album Rio by Duran Duran which is one of my all time favourite albums playing in her car. She was also dealing with the effects that the trauma she had suffered during a previous undercover operation had had on her mental health and her feelings of uncertainty about whether she liked her new Undercover Covert Operations Manager or not. Bailey enjoyed her own company but that didn't mean that there wasn't people in her life who she cared about, people who could be view as her Achilles heel and used to bring her down.

One of the tracks on Rio (and my personal all time favourite) is Hungry Like The Wolf, some of the lyrics of which could be a ideal metaphor to describe Rex's character and behaviour. We knew from the chilling (and if you are a male) eye watering opening chapter that he was a cruel and ruthless individual who was prepared to seriously hurt people to get what he wanted. Rex certainly had a high opinion of himself and his abilities as a killer but who was this mysterious, deadly character and what had happened to cause him to follow his chosen path of death and destruction? The answer to those questions were genuinely mind blowing and unpredictable and the conclusion to his story left me with conflicting feelings about his character.

Wow...just wow, Hunted is a fast paced,slick and stylish thriller that had me hooked in and glued to my kindle from the first page I was kept on the edge of my seat with heightened feelings of anxiety every time the author ramped the volume of danger and tension to the max. Although this is the third book in the Bailey Morgan series, it can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone. Intelligently written, gripping, addictive page turner and very very highly recommended by little old me.

Hunted by Caro Ramsey.
She can run, but she can’t hide...
Bailey Morgan is being HUNTED.
Someone is out to murder Detective Constable Bailey Morgan before she can testify in an upcoming trial. Using her undercover skills, Bailey embarks on a dangerous mission to help the police catch this elusive killer before it’s too late.
But it won’t be easy for she’s up against a cunning and ruthless adversary who will stop at nothing to eliminate her. A tense game of cat and mouse ensues, leading to a shocking revelation at the heart of which lies the key to Bailey’s survival.
A very very good read. I do like this author. Great story. 4*.

I give this book 4.5 stars the only reason it’s not 5 is because one bit that happens in the book seemed very familiar and I knew what was going to happen afterwards. That being said I still really liked this book and have throughly enjoyed following Bailey Morgan in this series. I hope there will be more to come from Bailey in the future.

Hunted by Caro Savage was one of the best reads I have read for a long time! Hunted is the third book in the
Detective Constable Bailey Morgan Series and I was gripped from the very first few pages and I did not want this new book down. I was sitting on the edge of my chair throughout this book. It's full of twists and turns and very fast paced throughout.
Detective Constable Bailey Morgan is an undercover officer and due to testify at a major trial in a few weeks time. However, the person who is a big drug smuggler, she is testifying against, wants her dead so she is now being hunted by a hitman who has been hired by them.

Will Bailey Morgan survive and outwit her hunter?

Will the big trail happen?

WoW!!!!!

This book was a 5 star read and great for a holiday read, especially it will keep you on your toes throughout. One of Caro's best books.

I highly recommend this series of books. Fantastic read.

Big Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood books for the ARC

WOW..........What a page turner, thanks to netgalley for letting me review it. Having never read anything before by this author, caro savage has been added to my list. Dc bailye morgan is an undercover policewoman, there is a contract out on her as she is the main witness in an undercover operation previously. She has been moved to a place of safety awaiting the trial which is 12 days away, the hitman has other ideas, Does bailey make it to the trial????? Read it, highley recommended

Detective Constable Bailey Morgan went undercover to get the goods on a major drug dealer in London, and now in just a few weeks' time, she'll be a key witness in his trial. This guy doesn't want to spend the next twenty years in prison, though, so he's hired a hitman--a topnotch hitman, who always gets his target.

Bailey's supervising officer for undercover operations wants to put her in a safe house until she testifies at the trial. Bailey, though, decides, and convinces her boss, Stella, that it's a better plan for her to go undercover to hunt the hitman who's hunting her. A chance to catch the guy!

I wasn't convinced it was actually sensible, but that's the kind of not-quite-sensible decision you can easily accept for the sake of the story.

Bailey sets herself up in a dump of a hotel in a skeevy section of town, and starts looking for any information that could give her a lead on the hitman, "Rex." One of those possible leads comes from a previous hit believed to be Rex's work, and a waitress at a club owned by the man believed to have hired that hit.

Meanwhile, we are also getting Rex's viewpoint, and learning that he's coldblooded, thorough, and that his episodic memory only goes back about three years--to about the time that that particular killing occurred. That's when "Rex," the hitman, apparently came into existence.

As we follow the two through their hunts for each other, I really got to like Bailey and some of her colleagues. We do learn that Bailey has some serious trauma in her past, too. The characterization of Bailey, her colleagues, friends, and family seems realistic. If Rex comes off as a bit of a supervillain, it's not beyond what I can accept for helping to make this the exciting story it is.

But.

There are also some stupid mistakes that seem just sloppy.

Emma, one of Bailey's fellow cops but one who has never worked undercover, keeps bugging Bailey to get together with her for lunch (in a restaurant she and Bailey are known to favor), and finally Bailey actually agrees to go to dinner at Emma's home, an address not that hard to track down.

Neither Bailey nor Stella pick up on the fact that the front desk clerk at Bailey's cheap hotel readily tells Stella the room number of the woman with the scar on her face means that Bailey has not even the most basic security in this cheap hotel. Bailey went a little too cheap, this time. The correct thing for her to do is to find a safer place, but neither she nor Stella twigs to that.

Meanwhile, Rex, the ever thorough and careful hitman, makes his own questionable mistakes. His business manager (yes, he has one) keeps needling him about his secret that only she knows; even he doesn't know, because it's from further back than his memory goes. This is really not someone he should be trusting. And when he gets a call alerting him to Bailey's likely location, he rushes off, in a way likely to produce oversights and mistakes.

Despite these complaints, though, the story is fast-paced, mostly well-plotted, and the characters, even when, as in the case of Rex, or the drug dealer who hired him, they're not really likeable, they are really interesting.

Overall, an enjoyable read.

Recommended.

I received a free electronic galley from the publisher, and am reviewing it voluntarily.