There is no such thing as everyday, garden variety rain. There are mists and drizzles, downpours and torrents, as well as the proverbial “everything in between.” Chelsea Cain’s vivid imagery allows readers to feel the rain in The Night Season, the latest in her series of thrillers that center on reporter Susan Ward and detective Archie Sheridan. Some readers may even feel their throats closing during several passages (yes, drowning is the villain’s choice method).
It all takes place during a near-biblical rain fall. The city of Portland, Oregon, is experiencing its worst rain in decades, and the rain has caused a skeleton from a decades-past storm to surface. Soon there is a rash of drownings, presumed to be people who were washed into the Willamette‒until it’s discovered they were killed before hitting the water. A serial killer is at work, and his method is unusual. Susan Ward is assigned the story, and when someone close to her and Archie Sheridan is targeted by the killer, they both become quickly and deeply involved in the case.
Woven throughout the story are flashbacks to another serial-killer case in which Archie had become too involved, nearly costing him his life. The quirky Susan and staid Archie have an enigmatic connection that drives the plot. More than friends, much less than lovers, their symbiosis provides a framework for their relationship.
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It all takes place during a near-biblical rain fall. The city of Portland, Oregon, is experiencing its worst rain in decades, and the rain has caused a skeleton from a decades-past storm to surface. Soon there is a rash of drownings, presumed to be people who were washed into the Willamette‒until it’s discovered they were killed before hitting the water. A serial killer is at work, and his method is unusual. Susan Ward is assigned the story, and when someone close to her and Archie Sheridan is targeted by the killer, they both become quickly and deeply involved in the case.
Woven throughout the story are flashbacks to another serial-killer case in which Archie had become too involved, nearly costing him his life. The quirky Susan and staid Archie have an enigmatic connection that drives the plot. More than friends, much less than lovers, their symbiosis provides a framework for their relationship.
Read more: http://technorati.com/entertainment/article/the-night-season-by-chelsea-cain/#ixzz1TXWRXvTZ
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