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Louis Kincaid #6

A Killing Rain

p.j. parrish

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A Killing Rain

0 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1,2005
Series
Louis Kincaid
Literary awards
anthony award, shamus award, 
Places
florida, 

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Format
0 pages, Hardcover
Published
February 1, 2005 by Pinacle
ISBN
9780739450345
ASIN
0739450344
Language
English
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  • Louis Kincaid

    Louis Kincaid

    Louis Kincaid is a detective who has returned because his mother is dying. Louis is of mixed parentage. His black mother was a lousy mother, and his white father is unknown. Louis was taken from his mother and raised by a white foster mother....

  • Joe Frye

    Joe Frye

    The only female detective on Miami PDs homicide division, Joe Frye has memories that haunt her and a past not even her lover, Louis Kincaid, truly knows.more...

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p.j. parrish

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P.J. Parrish is the New York Times bestselling author of ten Louis Kincaid and Joe Frye thrillers. The author is actually two sisters, Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols. Their books have appeared on both the New York Times and USA Today best seller lists. The series has garnered 11 major crime-fiction awards, and an Edgar® nomination. Parrish has won two Shamus awards, one Anthony and one International Thriller competition. Her books have been published throughout Europe and Asia.

Parrish's short stories have also appeared in many anthologies, including two published by Mystery Writers of America, edited by Harlan Coben and the late Stuart Kaminsky. Their stories have also appeared in Akashic Books acclaimed Detroit Noir, and in Ellery Queen Magazine. Most recently, they contributed an essay to a special edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works edited by Michael Connelly.

P.J. Parrish as children
Before turning to writing full time, Kristy Montee was a newspaper editor and dance critic for the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. Nichols previously was a blackjack dealer and then a human resources specialist in the casino industry. Kris in Tallahassee FL and Traverse City MI and Kelly resides in Traverse City as well.

The sisters were writers as kids, albeit with different styles: Kelly's first attempt at fiction at age 11 was titled The Kill. Kristy's at 13 was The Cat Who Understood. Not much has changed: Kelly now tends to handle the gory stuff and Kristy the character development. But the collaboration is a smooth one, thanks to lots of ego suppression, good wine, and marathon phone calls via Skype.

The first eleven books in the series, in order, are: Dark of the Moon, Dead of Winter, Paint it Black, Thicker than Water, Island of Bones, A Killing Rain, An Unquiet Grave, A Thousand Bones, South of Hell, The Little Death and Heart of Ice. They also wrote three stand-alone thrillers: A Thousand Bones, The Killing Song and She's Not There.

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thethaumiel
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March 31,2025
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This was the sixth book in the Louis Kincaid series and just didn't grab me like the others have. The mystery seemed a little drawn out, but finally picked up towards the end. Louis is still in Florida and appears to be getting involved with the attorney, Susan Outlaw until her ex-husband comes back into the picture and the mystery starts with him and her son. Louis ends up meeting a detective from Miami, Joelle Frye, that his dectective friend Mel Landetta refers him too for assistance on this case. He and Jo end up getting quite close as they work to solve the mystery and he heads back to Miami with her to start a new job there or maybe not.
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jigga69000
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March 31,2025
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PJ Parrish has a way of making her characters so real, even the villains and antagonists have complex personalities. Even when they do awful things, somehow you can still feel sorry for them. Uncle Leo, however, was one of the ugliest people I've read about in a while and I thoroughly enjoyed waiting to see what would happen to him. I loved Joe--the female detective Louis Kincaid worked with in this book. And the mother whose child was taken, whom Louis was interested in, and I WANTED to like, was a real mixed bag--which was intended. Parrish does a great job of creating characters you can't quite like but can't quite totally dislike either. Everything about her stories--the plot, the characters--is complicated. This book didn't hook me quite as much as Island of Bones, but it was sure good!
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RedPerry
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March 31,2025
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Another complex and fast-paced adventure with the introspective and ever uncertain Kincaid, here on a race to find the kidnapped son of a potential lover. (I was into this before the kidnapping: I generally avoid threats to children, but A Killing Rain was worth the risk.
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milknegg
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March 31,2025
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When I started this book I thought I wasn't going to like it to much but was surprised as it did keep my interest. It's an easy read....and goes fast along. Not a book I'd buy, it was a loan and like I said, it did keep my interest.
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sandrik1
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March 31,2025
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This book in the series was disturbing to say the least. I don't believe this is one of the better books in the series.
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agituna
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March 31,2025
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Even though this one is classified as a mystery I think of it as a suspense or thriller. It was the usual great book written by Parrish.
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