Killing Season Part 1 audiobook

Turning her attention away from the long-standing series featuring Decker and Lazarus, Faye Kellerman has written a standalone involving a serial killer and rapist, a teenager obsessed with finding the murderer, first love, and hanky panky goings-on in high school. It makes for good reading throughout the rather bulky book.The start of it all is the rape and murder of 16-year-old Ellen Vicksburg in a small town in New Mexico, not far from Las Alamos. Her younger brother, Ben, devotes his entire energy into finding her killer, amassing a vast amount of information during the next four years, despite warnings by police to stay away from such involvement (and frustrated by the lack of progress by these same officials). A mathematical genius, his analytical mind perceives patterns detectives miss.The love story, as it may be, is gushy, and the sex and switching aspects of the high school students add nothing to the novel. On the other hand, when the author devotes her energy to the crime story she excels. The detail and progress of Ben’s investigations are riveting, although the conclusion might seem a cliché to some. Over-all, however, a fine effort, and recommended.

When I first saw this book, I thought to myself, there is no way I’ll be able to read a 700 page book. As I started to read it, I never wanted to stop because I always needed to know what would happen next. I ended up reading the first 100 pages in one week. Something about this book kept me very entertained and interested. I really enjoyed reading this book because love mysteries but I also love romance and this book had both of those themes in it. Another thing I liked about this book is how ben, was absolutely determined to find his sisters murderer. He never gave up and he always wanted to be a part of the investigation with the police even if they said no. This novel had all kinds of twists in it. One thing that I wasn’t too fond about in this book, (besides how long it is) was how the drama between the two characters kind of dragged on. I feel like the author focused more on the relationship with the two characters than the actual mystery, bens sister’s murder. I would highly recommend this book to teenage kids because the 2 main characters are teenagers and I think teens will be able to relate to some of the problems in the book.

It was really hard to put down once I got started - that's one thing I like about Faye Kellerman's novels when they work for me. As always, there are things I don't share with the protagonists - but, in spite of that, I still enjoy the books. That's good writing. There were times when I wanted to shake the main characters but their stories kept my interest. Interesting to find out, just now, that this is a series. Will look for the other books.

Book 1, good startIf you already know this author then you know the quality of her writing. So, I advise you to just get the 3 books all at once so you can just keep reading instead of frustrating yourself. I took my own advice, I'm ready for #2. See ya!

Enjoyed this book so much. The characters were genuine and plot was suspenseful. Plan to read the 2nd and 3rd books in this series. Enjoy Faye Kellerman

I love this & I can't wait for more.I will be also leaving a review on Goodreads @ Amazon.And letting everyone know about it.So i gave it a 5 Stars.

Faye Kellerman always delivers. Can't wait to pick up the next one in the series. The characters are always interesting and the story lines intriguing

Different from other booksGreat writer. Different from her other books but still an enjoyable read. Not for everyone's taste but worth a look

After Ben's sister is murdered, He becomes obsessed with finding her killer. This is a really good storyline but I feel that some of the dialogue between Ben and Ro is a bit forced and the language that is used doesn't really make me feel as if the characters should be teenagers. Nevertheless, The storyline that is used is really good.

Great job in writing mysteriesYou can't go wrong when you read one of Faye Kellerman's books . Once you start it is so very hard to put the book down . I love her books and I will never stop reading them .

Really enjoyed this book, am going to look for the next 2 in the series right away.

Loved this. I like Faye Kellerman anyway, but this was her best yet.

Great bookI hope part 2 and 3 are as good as this one . The only thing missing is a Decker tie in. I hope there will be one.