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    Darker Than Night: A Frank Quinn Novel, Book 1

    Written by John Lutz

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    About this audiobook

    Ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn is still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career, but a new case presents a chance to salvage his reputation. A killer dubbed "The Night Prowler" has begun terrorizing the citizens of New York City. Unseen, he enters couples' homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives to murder his victims. With the body count climbing, it's up to Quinn to unlock the mystery of a madman's past and end his bloody reign of terror. Quinn has his work cut out for him-because in the city of New York, any one of eight million faces could be that of a killer - or his next target.

    "Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader's imagination from the start." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 30, 2004
    ISBN9781415917992
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    Darker Than Night: A Frank Quinn Novel, Book 1
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    John Lutz

    John Lutz is the author of more than thirty novels and two hundred short stories, and is a past president of Mystery Writers of America and Private Eye Writers of America. He is the recipient of the Edgar Award, Shamus Award, and the Trophee 813 Award for best mystery short story collection translated into the French language. Lutz is the author of two private eye series. He divides his time between homes in St. Louis, Missouri, and Sarasota, Florida.

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    • 4/5
      A serial killer, The Night Prowler, is murdering married couples in their kitchens. He leaves gifts for the wife that she thinks are being left by the husband as a deadly game of cat and mouse is played out to the final conclussion. Assistant Chief of Police Harley Renz, with a chance for the top job, feels Frank Quinn can solve the case and brings him on as a civilian consultant. Frank feels he has a chance to redeem himself and get his job back. A win-win situation that is not all that it seems. The back story of the "Night Prowler," himself, is intriguingly planted throughout the book, shading the edges and giving it depth.

      Their is some romance. The relationship between Quinn and Pearl worked well - their similarities brought them together and you feel sure that the very same thing will drive them apart at some point. I thought John Lutz developed their characters and their relationship very well. I also liked the the story line in general, but found it to be a bit repetitive, with every crime being virtually identical. I thought there was room for some slight variations on the part of the killer to provide measured clues that would move the story along a bit. I also was frustrated with the way Quinn's "brothers in blue" so unquestionably abandoned him. The entire case was given to these three maligned individuals, Quinn, Pearl and Fedderman, with little or no support from the NYPD. Other than those minor details, Darkrer Than Night provided all the anticipated suspense, chills, and intrigue that you would expect from this novel.


    • 3/5
      I'm going to try this series. This was a serial killer suspense; which I'm not crazy about; the character are okay. We'll see.
    • 4/5
      Darker than Night by John Lutz.
      This was an author that I had never heard of until he was recommended to me by another reader. From the very first page I was intrigued, and in some cases, horrified by what was happening.
      The book centres on a serial killer known only as The Night Prowler by the police, with his reasons for slaying couples being hidden well by the author, revealing little by little as the book develops.
      Frank Quinn is a disgraced NYPD cop brought back to look almost independently at the work of this killer by Harley Renz, Assistant Chief of Police. Renz has his eyes on the top job, as does Vince Egan, who also wants to keep Quinn out of things for reasons of his own. Quinn is given the services of his former colleague, Fedderman, and his new sidekick, Pearl Kasner.
      A number of couples are murdered with the methodology gradually becoming clearer. Also involved is a removal man with sadistic sexual tendencies, a back story in Kansas with the runaway son of an executed murderer, a psychologist attempting to deal with a client who tells her very little, and an alleged rape by Quinn.
      Lutz handles these different facets of his story very cleverly with the reader feeling almost as though they are a fly on the wall in each scene. Emotions of characters are fully explored, with the puzzlement of some of the intended victims adding to the tension of the story.
      Needless to say the ending is very satisfactory, although the perpetrator’s identity did take me by surprise, especially as the seeds sown by the author had me believing that it was another character entirely.
      Very clever, very crafty, very well crafted.
      4.5 stars.

    • 4/5
      Darker than Night. John Lutz. 2004. This is a suspenseful serial murder/detective novel with a surprise twist at the end. An ex-policeman is asked to help catch an elusive murderer who preys on couples. The narrative switches among the ex-policeman, the victims, and the villain. There seem to be others in the series with the policeman and I’ll look for those
    • 4/5
      A serial killer preying on seemingly happily married couples. A disgraced detective trying to crawl his way out of the mess his life has become. A teenager with a troubled past living large in a house not his own. A girl trying to break free of the memories of a childhood tragedy.All these stories and more are wrapped up in John Lutz’s Darker Than Night. To say that Darker Than Night is a book about a serial killer is to say that the London Philharmonic Orchestra is about music. It is, but then it is so much, much more.After a couple of seemingly unrelated murders, the New York City Police Department realizes it has a serial killer on their hands. But this serial killer’s modus operandi is a little different than your average serial killer. This guy stalks his prey, studies them, gets into their lives, and even leaves them gifts that he knows they’ll enjoy. The NYPD knows he has to be stopped and to do so, former Detective Frank Quinn is employed to sniff out the clues and hunt the killer down. Quinn however, is seemingly no saint. He has a past that has driven him so far down into life’s gutter that there seems no way of his overcoming it. But the police department politics that got him into this mess in the first place is the same politics that influenced the decision to put him on the case. The two detectives assigned to partner with him aren’t exactly your knights in shining armor either, both having run-ins with department politics that seem to have put the careers up against the wall.Interwoven into the serial killer storyline is that of a teenage boy, pushed through the foster care system and seemingly at odds with the world in general. After a couple bring him into their home, his life starts to pick up and seems to be on the mend. He is employed by a kind man who teaches him his trade. But he also gets a little cozy with his foster “mom” until they are discovered by the husband. Driven away from the house, the boy finds a way to return, only to have tragedy strike again.Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Darker Than Night is that we get to know each and every character of the book, including the killer, his victims, the detectives, and a few other characters that may or may not have an important role in the plot. This last part is especially what keeps the book intriguing because it leaves the reader guessing as to who or what is working behind the scenes. Just when you think you have it figured out, a plot twist is thrown in that completely throws your theory out the window. Even right down to the end, everything is not what it seems, thus only adding to the mystery and suspense.The only complaint I might have about the book are the often gratuitous sex scenes. Call me prudish, but these seem a little overplayed and highlighted more than what was sufficient. The book also has quite a bit of language, but this may lend to the feeling that the characters are a little on the unsavory side.