The promising future of New York City college student Jeff Converse is destroyed when he is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
After the victim swears Jeff is the man who assaulted her, Jeff is convicted and sentenced, but on his way to the prison, he is abducted and lured to the underground tunnels of New York, where he will become game for a vicious group of hunters who call themselves "THE MANHATTAN HUNT CLUB". Determined to escape alive, Jeff will use all his wits to come out the victor, and clear his name.
Jeff's parents are told he is dead, and only after viewing the horribly burned body, does Keith Converse realize his son is alive. Now, teaming with Jeff's fiancée, Keith and Mary Converse must enter into the labyrinth tunnels below the city to find their son and bring him back alive, and put a stop to the twisted individual heading up this murderous club.
`Manhattan Hunt Club' is an enjoyable suspense novel, fans looking for horror will be disappointed. John Saul has taken the high road to action/suspense, and he does a good job of it. Combining a creepy plot, and his usual cast of likable characters, Mr. Saul goes full steam ahead with an action novel that takes off on the first page, and barrels through twist after twist, leading to a shocking and satisfying conclusion. ( )

Not a bad book by any standards. Saul is a good writer, quick to the point, but leaves you hanging just enough to wonder. This book like many of his others is predicable. That lingering darkness pervades around his sharply edged corners. This book is not as good as Creature and some of his earlier work but the idea is driven home. ( )

A group of wealthy Manhattanites decide to take justice into their own hands. Tired of criminals getting away with murder, they start hunting and killing convicted criminals they feel did not get a harsh enough sentence. The criminals are taken into the sewers and set free. Then the hunt starts. When they go after Jeff, a college student falsely convicted of a horrible crime, they get more than they bargained for.

Jeff is released into the sewers, along with Jagger, a murdering psychotic. Together they form an alliance to try to survive the hunt and get out of the sewers alive. Along the way we also meet many of the homeless population who call the sewers their home.

This book is part thriller (the part with Jeff) and part an attempt to call attention to the amount of homeless people living in and under the city. There was a slow buildup into the final exciting ending. I enjoyed reading this. ( )

Jeff has been falsely convicted of a crime. But when he is “transferred” out of the prison, he is taken… somewhere and locked in a room with another man. It’s not long after that they are released into the tunnels underneath New York and are told that they’ll “win” if they make it to the surface. Meanwhile, his family and girlfriend think he died in a crash.

I really liked this. It didn’t take long to get sucked in, though it takes a little bit to figure out what’s going on in the book. It’s told from different viewpoints, so the reader is partial to things that the characters aren’t as they try to figure out what’s happening, as well. This was one I didn’t really want to put down – I wanted to keep reading. And, there were a couple of twists! ( )

Its been years since I've read this book but from what I remembered of it it was an awesome read that I wouldn't mind revisiting. ( )