The Night Season

by Cain, Chelsea

• ISBN13: 9780312619770
• ISBN10: 0312619774
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-29
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

Cain launches the next stage of her bestselling series as Portland detective Archie Sheridan works to regain his life and Susan Ward steps in to share the spotlight in this electric thriller from one of today's most talented suspense writers.

Author Biography

Chelsea Cain is the New York Times bestselling author of Evil at Heart, Sweetheart, and Heartsick. Both Heartsick and Sweetheart were listed in Stephen King’s Top Ten Books of the Year in Entertainment Weekly. Chelsea lived the first few years of her life on an Iowa commune, then grew up in Bellingham, WA, where the infamous Green River killer was “the boogieman” of her youth. The true story of the Green River killer’s capture was the inspiration for the story of Gretchen and Archie. Cain lives in Portland with her husband and daughter.

Table of Contents

“SCALPEL-SHARP…It grabs you like a deadly undertow and doesn’t let go.”
—Parade magazine (Parade Picks)

He captured the Beauty Killer, one of the most deranged serial killers in the country. Now, Portland police detective Archie Sheridan faces a different kind of killer—a brutal rain season that has flooded the Willamette River, claiming several lives. As water levels rise, so does the fear. Because some of the victims didn’t drown—they were murdered.

“Superb… [Cain is] the new queen of serial-killer fiction.”
—Kirkus Reviews

The first body contains a rare poison. Three others prove to be murders as well. And with each gruesome discovery the medical examiner uncovers, Archie begins to realize he has not escaped his nightmares—even with his deadliest enemy behind bars. The flood has washed up old skeletons from the past. And a ruthless new serial killer rules the night…

“HEART-STOPPING.”—Publishers Weekly (a Top 10 Mystery of the Year)