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.

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!

Life is too short to read lousy books. No stars if there was such a rating.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Getting to know P.J. Parrish a bit more.

We love these books and can't wait for the next one. Great characters and great stories.

I am going backwards on the Louis Kincaid series. The publisher sent me South of Hell and the Little Death to read. Loved them. Went to half priced books to find earlier books. Found this one. I enjoyed it but I definitely liked the later books better. I definitely need to get to book 1 & read onwards. I like this is when Joe Frye enters Louis' life. I would have liked a bit more Mel. Susan was a bit... hmmm, melodramatic and Wainsworth was a douche. The pace was nice and fast and the killers' story was interesting.

I'll add more later since I'm mobile right now.

This was my first book by PJ Parrish. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I also found myself thinking half-way through the book that it would make a great tv movie but they no longer have "Movie of the Week". The character Louis Kincaid would even make a great PI series. It is a straight-forward book involving PI Kincaid and various police departments looking for a kidnapped boy and inept convicts are involved......but why was the boy kidnapped? Great story line.

Solid writing. I'll definitely be reading more of this series.