Point of View

Spyhunter is narrated using a limited omniscient third-person narrator. Each chapter of the novel follows the perspective of exactly one character per chapter, although this primary character shifts from chapter to chapter. For example, Chapters 67 and 68 follow the perspective of Scot Harvath, as he follows Oleg Tretyakov through the streets of Kaliningrad, and is eventually captured by Tretyakov’s men in the park. Because the reader is also viewing the action through Harvath’s perspective, the reader does not know, just as Harvath does not know, that Chase Palmer is trailing Harvath through the streets, waiting to act as his backup.

For the most part, the members of the Carlton Group are the primary characters who the narration follows. In addition to Harvath, the most common character, Monika Jasinski and also Lydia Ryan are frequently the primary characters of certain chapters. However, there are also...