Nick Petrie has written another hard charging, fast paced thriller. He’s the perfect author to recommend to Lee Child’s fans. The book cover is very fitting to the storyline and really grabs your eye. I for one can not wait to read the next Peter Ash novel.

When Peter leaves the valley to spend some time alone to reflect and retreat how does he end up in Iceland? For Peter things are not about money but about doing right. Can he survive while he hunts for a little boy who holds the secrets that great wealth is seeking at all costs?

Comparisons of Nick Petrie's series hero, Peter Ash, and Lee Childs's Jack Reacher are well-earned at this point in Petrie's scintillating series. With the latest, THE WILD ONE, we find Ash searching for an abducted child in Iceland. The cold, unforgiving terrain is as much a villain as those dogging Ash's trail to keep him from finding the child. This is fun, fearless, fraught fiction that deserves an F-grade; F for "Fantastic!"

War veteran Peter Ash suffers from post-traumatic claustrophobia. He gets on a plane with difficulty to fly to Iceland when a woman asks Peter to find her missing eight-year-old grandson after her daughter was murdered in front of his eyes. The child disappeared with his father who fled to Iceland. Peter immediately encounters difficulties when the authorities want Peter placed on the plane back home the next day. However, Peter won’t be deterred from carrying out his assignment even though it puts him at odds with a very violent and dysfunctional family that is protecting the boy. This actually places his life in extreme danger not only from the family but from the harsh elements of the Icelandic wilderness.
The book is exciting and moves along at a fast clip. Yet, the plot seemed to go on forever and, at times, pointlessly so. Characters are often caricatures and the family is needlessly and inexplicably quite violent. There are lots of repetitive chases and the location of the novel appears to be somewhat random. However, as a thriller, it certainly does manage to provide the necessary thrills. Recommended for the plane or the pool.

Larry Gandle
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

I’ve never read this author before, and was surprised to find it is the fifth in a series featuring veteran Peter Ash. Never mind; this works well as a standalone, and there’s enough of his background woven into the narrative to build a portrait without slowing down the story.

Peter is suffering from PTSD and floundering. When he is hired to find a missing child he jumps at the chance for action — action he’s hungered for to still the white noise in his brain.

The job takes him to Iceland just as a major storm system moves in, and he’s met with violent resistance from day one. Committed and resourceful, Peter fights the weather, the bad guys, and the good guys as well, in his quest to save the boy.

Told with alternating flashbacks that provide the background for the child’s journey to Iceland, Wild One grabs the reader from the first page. One thing’s for sure: author Nick Petrie has killed any inclination I’ve ever had to visit Iceland. (Smile) Highly recommended!

Having recently visited Iceland, and loving this series in general, this was an awesome meeting place for me in this book. I related to the setting, and thought the author did a great job of depicting it. The author's exploration of alternative therapies for PTSD was very interesting. I hope that there is continued research into help for our soldiers.

This is the fifth volume in the Peter Ash series, about a veteran with PTSD that tends to solve problems using his military skills. This time Peter is drawn into a case in Iceland, where he is looking for a missing child whose mother was murdered. The landscape became a part of the story and now I want to go visit. In past volumes, Peter has called on friends to help with the situation, but in this case he is working alone, although does get help with computer research on people that appear to be involved. Highly recommended.

THE WILD ONE welcomes back Peter Ash, our troubled protagonist, with PTSD so severe that he is only ever somewhat relaxed when his life is threatened or he is in the middle of a blizzard. Luckily in this tale, Ash is able to suffer both blizzards and life threatening conditions multiple times and still pursue his mission. Author Nick Petrie has created a character that is engaging and compelling in multiple settings; readers can almost watch him slowly improve bit by bit, even as he doubts that change is possible. Ash is hunting for a father and son in Iceland against great odds, both natural and human. The tale is fast, tense and very chilly. Persons unknown wish him out of the country immediately. A fact that does not line up with his plans in any way. This is a great story that ends too soon. I can’t wait for the next one. I received my copy from the publisher through NetGalley.