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Page Count: 304
Printing Date: March 17, 2005
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When Max Freeman's one-time girlfriend, Detective Sherry Richards, asks him to help nail an ex-cop she suspects of killing several young women in South Florida, he agrees. Then he discovers that her suspect once saved his life. Caught between his loyalty to Sherry and his debt to his former brother in blue, Max begins to dig into his fellow officer's shadowy, troubled past-only to come face to face with his own.
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Pulled in two directions with two separate cases, Max Freeman is torn and needs help from an unlikely source. More of Max's past has come back to haunt him - both his recent past and Philly past. More of Billy Manchester is developed and so the saga continues to slowly give the reader more background and more depth of character.
This is a good story and very entertaining with some complexity in the plotline and for that it had me racing through the book towards the conclusion. This is probably my second favorite book in the Max Freeman series with The Blue Edge of Midnight being still the best.
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I read half this book, waiting for something to happen. It didn't. The book started with an intreguiing premise, but just dragged on, and on, and...I'm sorry, but I do not care to hear about Max's exercise regime, or how many cups of coffee he drinks daily. Can you say padding? There was WAY too much back story. Did anyone bother to tell the author that back story stops the action? As I said, I read half the story and went on to a better book. Don't waste your time.
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Former copy Max Freeman has been asked by his former girlfriend, Detective Sherry Richards, to investigate someone Max worked with on the Philadelphia police force. Richards suspects O'Shea in a case of young, female bartenders who are disappearing. While for his friend, attorney Billy Manchester, Max is trying to protect immigrant workers who severely injured working on a cruise ship.
Once again King has provided a page-turning, non-stop read. His character development is subtle but has a way of making me feel invested in his characters and I have learned more about them with each book. I particularly liked Marci, one of the bartenders. Although I missed the Everglades in this book, King knows how to create a sense of place and particularly contrasts; in this case, Miami and Philadelphia. But it's the suspense and accompanying twists, in this book, that stayed with me long after I closed the book.
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Jonathon King's "A Killing Night" was a well paced novel festooned with a multitude of characters that are transplanted Philadelphians now operating out of South Florida. Not a bad idea considering the weather.
Main character semi-reclusive Max Freeman opted for retirement from the Philadelphia P.D. after being severely wounded while on the job. He splits his time between a remote shack within the swampy Everglades and a beachfront condo owned by his employer and old chum from South Philly, high profile lawyer Billy Manchester. Freeman functions as Manchester's chief investigator. He currently is probing and protecting a group of cruise ship workers who were maimed in a boiler explosion aboard the ship. They are being hassled by thugs trying to force them to go back to the Philippines and drop a negligence case.
Freeman unexpectedly gets contacted by ex girlfriend and now Ft. Lauderdale detective lieutenant Sherry Richards. Richards is flummoxed by a case involving the disappearance of a number of young women, all of whom worked as bartenders. She suspects that another ex Philly P.D. cop, Colin O'Shea, might be involved. O'Shea had left the force under suspicion of wrongdoing. He was implicated in the disappearance of a young attractive young woman Faith Hamlin, who had been doling out consensual sexual favors to men in blue, while working in a 24 hour convenience store. O'Shea's history gave Det. Richards grounds to pursue him and monitor his movements, however Freeman who had worked with him had serious reservations. Freeman agreed to meet with O'Shea to feel him out.
Meanwhile King makes us realize that O'Shea is innocent because we encounter the cunning predator that actually is responsible for the disappearances who coincidently is also a cop. We get a window into his sick mind and how he uses psychology and fear to set up his victims.
As it turns out Freeman and O'Shea wind up partnering up to help solve the rash of crimes and also in the cruise ship problems.
The book while pretty good, concludes with a finale that proves to be wanting, diminishing the overall reading experience. The character development was also a tad on the thin side.
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The characters (Freeman, et al) get better and better. The plot has many fine twists and suprises. A great read
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