The Huntress: A Novel

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"...compulsively readable historical fiction...[a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity." - Kristin Hannah, The Washington Post

One of Marie Claire's Best Women's Fiction Books of the Year

One of BookBub's Biggest Books of the Year

"If you enjoyed "The Tattooist of Auschwitz," read "The Huntress," by Kate Quinn." The Washington Post

From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America.

In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted...

Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her alive.

Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.

Growing up in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancรฉe, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother's past--only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family . . . secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.

In this immersive, heart-wrenching story, Kate Quinn illuminates the consequences of war on individual lives, and the price we pay to seek justice and truth.

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576 pages

Average rating: 8.19

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BookClubAddict
Dec 15, 2024
8/10 stars
Finally finished The Huntress by the same person who wrote The Alice Network. It is about Nazi hunters after WWII. Goes back and forth between several people's stories in the post-WWII present and during the war past: a young woman whose widowed dad remarried an immigrant socialite; a Russian woman pilot; a former WWI photographer and also a writer who are the Nazi hunters; and the Huntress who is the evil mistress of a German officer. Slow to set up, but all the plot lines come together in a fast paced finish.
RenSaid
Oct 25, 2024
9/10 stars
My favorite historical fic novel so far!
AnneMercer
Sep 22, 2024
10/10 stars
Excellent! Kate Quinn does it again. Canโ€™t wait to read more by this author. Her characters and plot are always enthralling. The various storylines all came together nicely. I read 4 or 5 books at a time but once I start reading one of hers I have a hard time picking up one of the others. Love this one and would highly recommend, and have, for a personal or book club read.
Jayne M Frank
Sep 19, 2024
8/10 stars
Intriguing.
kayla.parsons
Mar 23, 2024
8/10 stars
WOWZIE! I was obsessed with this book. The female leads were so well done in this book. This book felt so personal without being personal; what I mean by this is that you can truly feel all the wins and losses of the characters throughout. This book speaks to the trials and tribulations of being a woman during the war.

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