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.
It begins with a transaction gone bad in the Alligator Alley. A woman was killed.
Fast forward, Louis Kincaid was getting to know Susan a divorcee and her son Benjamin. As they were preparing for a simple dinner at her house, her long gone ex appears out of nowhere. Things just go down south quickly from there both for their new found relationship as well as the disappearance of Ben when some hoodlums was gunning for his father Austin Outlaw. As the search was on for Ben, a series of gruesome killing litters the landscape as a couple of killers are on the hunt for Austin. As he team up with a Miami PD detective Joette Frye to uncover the murders, a new romantic angle develops between them.
A Louis dwells deeper into the morass he found out that the case is more complex than first thought. From human trafficking to unusual cruelty of the rich against the poor. The final twist come on the starvation prairies. The final poignant moment in the last few chapters are a hallmark of the author. It gives the readers a glimpse of the future. I am anticipating for the next book.
I truly, truly love this series and each book in it gets better and better!!! Without reservation, I highly recommend adding this book/series to your reading list.
I love P.J. Parrish's books. I realized that I had read this one quite awhile ago but it was good to be reacquainted with Louis and Joe's romance from the beginning. The author is good at painting a side of Florida that the average person never sees. I will admit that the dreariness of the weather in the background made me too depressed to keep reading a couple of nights ago. A good read for a wet and rainy spring.
The best of the Louis Kincaid series thus far. The authors have really hit their stride, with this being their sixth book of the series. I'm looking forward to reading more of these Kincaid works.