Mark Twain wrote: My friends and acquaintances looked ashamed, and the house, as a body, looked as if it had taken an emetic.

The Killing Hour
by Lisa Gardner

Series:
#4 in Quincy

Category:  Romance: Mystery/Suspense

Average Rating:  3.5

Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered--a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited...prey to a slow but certain death. The clock ticked--salvation was possible.

The police were never in time.

Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have disappeared...and the clock is ticking.

Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy knows the killer’s deadline can be met. But she’ll have to break some rules to beat an exactingly vicious criminal at a game he’s had time to perfect.

For the Killing Hour has arrived....

Shannon

[2008-01-29 13:35:57]

Rating:  3

While the idea of the serial killer in this book is excellent, several of the characters and subplots grated on my nerves. The unnecessary dwelling on the attraction between Kimberly Quincy and Special Agent McCormick, and the romance of Kimberly's father detracted from, and made the book overly long. It's worth finishing it to find out why this serial killer is how he is, but it's not Gardner's best work at all.

Jeff

[2012-05-11 17:09:19]

Rating:  4

This is a particularly thrilling suspense, but it has some inconsistencies and a hint of the supernatural that detracts from its realism. And of course, there's the gratuitous romance to detract from the story as well. Despite these distractions, this is one of the better books in the series to date.

Anna Fields is an excellent choice as a narrator for this series. She voices each of the characters, including male characters, very appropriately.