Another fantastic romantic suspense by Iris Johansen. I have read or listened to all of her Eve Duncan stories and this was an offshoot of that series as we had seen Kira and her talented dog Mack in some of the Eve Duncan books. This time though was all about Kira and her story. It is another wild ride that Ms. Johansen is known for as she provides great villains, a true heroine, and terrific plot

Iris Johansen is one my favorite authors from years ago and this book definitely does not disappoint. There is thriller and suspense but a touch of romance too! Excited for this series and looking forward to what comes next!!

Thank you NetGalley & Grand Central Publishing for the advanced reader copy!

I have read and enjoyed many books by this author, but this one missed the mark for me a bit. I had a hard time staying engaged, and I found it very predictable. This is the start of a new series. I did like Kira and her dog Mack a, but I just didn't connect with them as I had hoped. Some of Mack's actions were hard to believe. This had a New Adult feel to it. The mystery wasn't what I've come to suspect with Johansen's books. Characters and dialogue lacked depth. Just "meh" overall.

Excellent new series by Iris Johansen. The pace and styling of this book reminds me of the Kendra Michaels series which is one of my favorites. The people and locations here held my interest as the story moved seamlessly along. I’m now looking forward to book number 2.

“On the Hunt” by Iris Johansen is an adventurous 4-star read. We are introduced to Kira Drake and her highly trained golden retriever, Mack, while they are investigating a bombing in Paris that killed over 200 people. While searching for the bomber, she is approached by Jack Harlan to work together in the investigation. From there, the story takes off on a wild ride around the world.

This story started out great and captured my interest, but then it bogged down, and there were parts that moved extremely slowly. There is a heavy focus on training both dogs and horses throughout the book, which I found interesting. However, several interactions between the two main characters were confusing due to unnatural dialogue used solely to create tension. There is also a scientific aspect to the story because of some of the technology used by both sides during the hunt. Overall, I thought this was a great book, and I look forward to the next installment in the Kira Drake series.

Thanks to Grand Central Publishing, Iris Johansen, and NetGalley for providing me with the opportunity to read this ARC and share my honest review.

Rounding up from 4.5 stars

As usual, I thoroughly enjoyed this book in Iris Johansen's most recent series. This is a new thriller series following a tracker and her search dog.

It's action packed and has a fast moving plot. The reason I deducted half a star is that this is panning out to be very similar to some of the other series that she has written. It has an enemies to lovers trope with the main female character being hard headed and very independent and the main male character being equally headstrong and extraordinarily wealthy.

On it's own it's a great book and has the promise of being a good series to look forward to. I just happen to have read all of this author's other books and I feel like I'm reading the same stories, just with different characters.

Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Release date 9/3/24

Kira Drake and her search and rescue dog, Mack are in Paris to investigate the bombing of a museum. Jack Harlan has an abundance of money. He is looking for the man thatt killed his brother and who he believes is responsible for the bombing.
Kira and Mack are always in demand, but Jack has convinced Kira to help track this man down. Is it justice or revenge. Thanks netgalley for another Iris Johansen novel.

Really wanted to finish this one out of respect for the author and their amazing career, but her writing style has changed so drastically and the characters so wooden that it was easier to just to stop. Hope this one finds a home with her legions of fans, it just wasn't for me this time.

Kira Drake is smart, driven and has learned to depend on herself and her talented dog Mack. Jack Harlan is a genius billionaire who is used to being in control. When these two have to work together you know there is going to be clashes.
On the Hunt is a thrilling race to survive a psychopath. I was enthralled from page one.

Kira Drake and her special golden retriever dog, Mack, decide to help Jack Harlan track down his nemesis, Joseph Taylor. She’s doing it for justice while Jack is in it for revenge. Seems like a simple enough task for Kira and Mack, but when danger comes to herself and those she cares about, things change, and she’s determined to bring him in.

I enjoyed the story, but it reminds me a lot of her Eve Duncan series, which I loved, but the main female characters seem to have a lot of the same characteristics. I love the dogs and the horses.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I know the author from reading her popular Eve Duncan series. This is the beginning of a new series featuring Kira Drake. Kira is a strong heroine. In her downtime she focuses on dogs, creating a serum helping them live two and three times a regular lifespan. How I wish that was real. When she is called she takes her specially trained golden retriever Mack to find things. He is crossed trained to find people, bodies, explosives etc. It makes them excellent trackers.

In this book she is hired by a wealthy tech mogul Jack Harlan to find an almost super villain named Joseph Taylor. He recently bombed a new art museum in Paris killing many. Part of the group is Fiona, Harlan’s ward, who he has raised since she was seven. She is a horse whisperer and I really enjoyed her scenes.

The pace of the book starts off quickly in the aftermath of the bombing. Characters are introduced while the plot races forward. It isn’t till half way through the book do you get more background on the leads. The adventure travels from Paris to Colorado to the Caribbean and Egypt. There is a will they wont they build up between Kira and Harlan that isn’t quite answered in this book.

Overall it was an exciting and fast paced adventure. But I wasn’t really caught up by the leads. I would need to read another before I knew if this is a series I’d want to commit to reading.

Introducing Kira Drake and her wonder dog Mack, this book seems like the start of a new series which is a refreshing change of pace even though I have enjoyed every single Eve Duncan book that I've read.  
Jack Harlan, billionaire inventor, scientist and entrepreneur is searching for his brother's killer who continues to elude him even as he poses a threat to Jack and all he holds dear. When a bombing in Paris has the footprints of this killer, Jack convinces Kira to take on a hunt for this man along with her dog Mack.  They both find themselves in the US with the killer in their scope but their lack of trust in each other gets Mack shot and the killer in the wind.
 Fiona, Jack's niece, his brother's daughter is his ward and a horse whisperer.  She wants Kira to use the techniques that she has used to train and prolong the life of her dogs on horses. With that in mind they all head off to the Kira's island, but Fiona is kidnapped even as Jack and Kira head off to an island nation ruled by her friend who has the finest horses and buried treasure in caves around his island. 
The story winds through some cool toys and scientific inventions, and treasure even as the chase between the good guys and bad guys continues with some kidnappings and killings. As usual, Ms. Johansen delivers a great story that sweeps her readers in.  I hope we see more character development for Jack and Kira in forthcoming stories and Fiona of course is a delight and I hope a key part of the series to come.

Wow! Great start to a new series! I'm looking forward to seeing how Harlan, Kira and Fiona work together in future books. A bit of romance, thriller, and suspense all in one book, and what a creative way to deal with the bad guy! I won't give it away, you have to read the book to find out what happened!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This review is based on an ARC from NetGalley, courtesy of the publisher.

On the Hunt is the first book in a new series by Iris Johansen. I was excited to read this new book, as I’ve read the entire Eve Duncan series by Iris Johansen as well, and loved everything about that series. While I had high hopes for On the Hunt, it didn’t deliver the same experience for me as her other books. The story was interesting, the action scenes were well-done, and of course I loved anything surrounding Mack. However, I just couldn’t connect to anything else in the book. Everything seemed high-level to me, for example, the concept of extending the life of dogs was so intriguing, but it was continuously just glossed over or just passing references made to it. Even the characters to me fell flat, except for Fiona. She brought a bit of spark to the book and seemed to be the most authentic character. In all, I was just disappointed. When I love a book, I can finish it in about 2 days, but this one took me 6 days because I just wasn’t that invested or excited to read it.

Thanks to Grand Central Publishing (via NetGalley) for the Advance Reader Copy in exchange for my honest review.

I was very excited to hear of a new series by Iris, as I have loved her Eve Duncan and Kendra Michaels series. This book was kind of a disappointment however. While I felt the story was good in whole, the writing was very stilted, and there were multiple times I felt like I missed something, to the point where I went back and read a few times to make sure I didn't. This turned out to be quite tedious. I am hoping future books will bring satisfaction, but this one was kind of a miss for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are my own.

This was my first book by Iris and I enjoyed the overall plot very much. The idea of treasure hunting and running from the bad guys made for a great story. Some parts felt a bit draggy but others were quite fast paced. I enjoyed the characters, especially Fiona who was a bit of a wild card. Overall a good read

The beginning of the new series features Kira with her rescue dog Mack. Kira has come a long way since being rescued as a child from a volcano. Now a talented veterinarian, she improves the lives of dogs through a specialized serum. Her side job is helping to find bad guys by using her amazing skills along with Mack. Reluctantly she agrees to help billionaire Harlan track down his brother’s killer and so the hunt begins. Enjoyable read although predictable at times and a bit long winded. Glad the author included some of the characters from previous books. Not my favorite by this author but a good story.

Iris can do no wrong in my book! Everything she writes, I devour in one sitting. I was on the edge of my seat with this one and looking for a book hangover cure stat!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Novel Suspects Insiders Club. I received a copy of this arc in exchange for my honest review. My thoughts are entirely my own. I received both a physical and digital arc of this book.

In this book we are following Kira Drake and her dog Mark. Kira is sent to Paris to investigate a bombing in Paris for a museum that was donated by Harlan. Harlan decides to hire Kira to help him find Taylor who bombed the museum in Paris and also murdred Harlan's brother Colin and made his daughter Fiona become Harlan's ward. Harlan raises Fiona starting at the age of 7 and bought her horses and Kira discovers that she is a horse whisper. When Kira finds Taylor he ambushes her and shots her dog Mark (don't worry he is fine, I wouldn't have liked it as much otherwise). Kira has also invented a serum that is able to make dog's live longer lives. Kira teams up with Harlan and takes him to Kimlan's island where she discovered barried treasure that Taylor also wants to get his hands on. Kira shows Harlan the undersea cave and Harlan creates a sled with a Moroccan scientist to make accessing the cave easier. Fiona gets kidnapped and Kira trades her live for Fiona's. Harlan sets a trap for Taylor but he ends up escaping. Taylor tries to get Fiona again but Fiona uses Sinbad, an untamed horse, to finally get rid of Taylor by dragging him through terrain. Kira and Harlan fall for each other by working together. What a great way to start a series. I can't wait for the next one.

I love Iris, and this book was no exception. Everything she writes is always so good. I read this book in 2 days I couldn't put it down.