Killing Season
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3.9 • 10 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman delivers an electrifying novel of suspense as a young man’s investigation into his sister’s death draws him into the path of a sadistic serial killer.
He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him.
Three years ago, fifteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing in a quiet town in New Mexico. On the first anniversary of her death, her brother Ben found her body in a shallow grave by the river’s edge.
The police believe she was the victim of a known psychopath. But Ben continues to pore over the evidence and finds patterns that link Ellen’s case to similar unsolved murders.
Soon, a picture emerges of a ruthless killer, and Ben’s obsession marks him as a threat. Will he uncover the truth in time to keep him and those he loves safe?
Reviews
Praise for Faye Kellerman
‘Kellerman is an excellent writer' The Times
'Very exciting' Daily Mail
'Brutal but thoughtful and well plotted, fast moving and well told' Observer
'Sensational' Mirror
'Kellerman creates a claustrophobic atmosphere, against a background of seediness, violence and distrust' Sunday Telegraph
'Kellerman moves her gritty mean streets LA plot along with breakneck pace' Irish Independent
About the author
Faye Kellerman is the author of thirty-one novels, including twenty-two New York Times bestselling mysteries that feature the husband-and-wife team of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. She has also penned two bestselling short novels with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman and teamed up with her daughter Aliza to co-write a young adult novel, Prism. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in fictional River Remez, N.Mex., this overlong suspense novel from bestseller Kellerman (Straight into Darkness) centers on the obsessive quest of nerdy high schooler Ben Vicksburg for the serial killer who murdered his beloved older sister, Ellen, on her way home from school one afternoon two years earlier. Ben found her corpse after months of frantic searching across the state. Fortunately for him, the hot new girl in school, Dorothy "Ro" Majors, is herself scarred by the death of her sister, a cancer victim. A true-crime buff, Ro is also not put off by Ben's decorating his room with photos of murdered girls who may have been the prey of the man responsible for Ellen's death. Predictably, he falls for her ("Since Ro had come into his life, it was not surprising that desire had decided to wake up and party"), but their on-again, off-again relationship fails to engage. Alas, their amateur sleuthing isn't much more interesting than their romance.
Customer Reviews
Young Adult book?
I had to go back twice and check I hadn’t accidentally downloaded something written for teenagers. A little two much teeny drama for my taste. Basically good story but with a lot of extraneous extras.
Why
This is a rubbish book all about kids with big egos bonking