The Huntress

Quinn (The Alice Network) delivers a suspenseful WWII tale of murder and revenge. During the last days of the war in Poland and Austria, a female Nazi known as the Huntress commits unspeakable war crimes and then vanishes into the maelstrom of postwar chaos. A trio of Nazi hunters—an Englishman, an American, and a female Russian bomber pilot who is the only person alive who can identify the Huntress—embark on a search for the Huntress. Each is obsessed with the Huntress for different reasons. Several years later, in Boston, teenager Jordan McBride welcomes a pretty Austrian woman into her family as her new stepmother, but she soon becomes suspicious of the woman’s background, then finally confronts her. Meanwhile, the Nazi hunters’ investigation leads them to Boston, with one member vowing to kill the Huntress. They learn the Huntress’s real name, and subtle clues bring them to Jordan’s family, resulting in a tense climactic showdown. Though it’s longer than it needs to be, this exciting thriller vividly reveals how people face adversity and sacrifice while chasing justice and retribution. (Feb.)