The Night Season

The Night Season by Chelsea Cain                 Audio Book: 9 hours             Paperback Book:  400 pages                    

Another excellent murder mystery will lead investigator Archie Sheridan.    Chelsea Cain is excellent at creating stories and characters so real it is as if you are reading the inside scoop on current horrendous criminal cases.    Excellent character development.    It’s as though the reader is in the inner circle of the crime investigators both law and journalistic ones.   A real suck in your breath this is going to take you on a wild ride story.     Cain must do a lot of research because she gives details on important parts of the story that are extremely well developed and delectable tidbits that seriously make the story POP.   She is a master at that, and the reader will not only enjoy the story but will come away from each of her books having learned things about the law, medical procedures, forensics, and a multitude of other topics depending on where her stories take you.   I love learning things and each of her stories are so enjoyable from beginning to end that the reader will pick up so many new facts there will be dozens of new wrinkles in your brain by the time you complete one of her books.     This story concerns a massive flood breaking through the walls built to contain such occurrences and that is only the beginning.   You might want to pour yourself your hot drink of choice while reading this one because the rain and flooding described will actually make the reader feel chilled right along with the characters in the story.    So much action and surprises occur, floating skeletons, a child turning up that has been missing longer than statistically possible for him to still be alive,  lives being saved in raging torrents turned into rivers of debris, and a serial killer with an unusual hobby turned into weaponry.    The bodies mount pretty quickly in this one and it is a toss up if Archie is going to make it out alive or not.   I won’t spoil the story, but, if you are a murder mystery fan, this is truly the series for you.   This is my second and I am definetly going to try and read every title this gal has done.   Bravo, Chelsea Cain.    Another winner.