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Book Reviews of Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1)

Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1)
Darker Than Night - Frank Quinn, Bk 1
Author: John Lutz
ISBN-13: 9780739448588
ISBN-10: 0739448587
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 541
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Pinnacle
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 50 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
First time I have read any of his books, and I am hooked.

A killer dubbed "The night prowler" has turned the city that doesn't sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves "gifts" for his victims -- before taking their lives.
Ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn is still realing in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career. For Quinn, this isn't just any job -- it's a last chance to salvage his reputation. As the investigation procees, the murderer loses no time stalking new prey; .
With the body count rising, it's up to Quinn to unlock the mystery of a madman's past and end his bloody reign. Quinn's got his work cut out - because in a city the size of New York, any one of 8 million faces could be that of a killer - or his next target........

A MUST READ!!!!!!!
reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 517 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Quinn is getting a chance to redeem himself by finding the Night Prowler. Very good story with many turns and a surprising ending.
reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 69 more book reviews
Author: John Lutz - 541 pages. A killer dubbed THE NIGHT PROWLER has turned the city that doesn't sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples' homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves "gifts" for his victims before taking their lives. Enter ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn.
reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 3 more book reviews
I didn't read it.
reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 3089 more book reviews
This is a very good series, this is the first in a new series of NYPD cop Frank Quinn. This is my second time of reading it and this time round I found it to be way too long and drawn out so I skipped a lot of it but like I said--I've read it before so this second time around I didn't need to read all the details.

I highly reccommend this series--it is a good one!
cranbery avatar reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 530 more book reviews
Think I am going to like this series if the first is a good example of Lutz's writing!
perryfran avatar reviewed Darker Than Night (Frank Quinn, Bk 1) on + 1175 more book reviews
This is the second book I have read by Lutz (the first was Final Seconds). I found both of these books to be fast-paced thrillers which kept my attention. This book is the first in the Frank Quinn series. Quinn is an ex New York police detective who is called in to try to get a handle on the murder of a married couple that happened in the middle of the night. Quinn is also a wrongly accused child rapist who is given this opportunity by the assistant chief of NYPD to perhaps get back on the police force after being dismissed following the rape charge. After getting involved in the murder case, another similar murder occurs and then it happens again. Quinn and his team are after a nasty serial killer dubbed the Night Prowler by the press, who seems to only murder married couples late at night. Along the way, Quinn gets romantically involved with his partner, Pearl, who also tries to help him clear the rape charge against him. The novel pushes ahead to a conclusion that was totally unexpected.

Quinn also reminded me a lot of the Harry Bosch character in the Michael Connelly series of books -- both are maligned police detectives with others in the PD out to get them. Overall, a strong recommendation for this thriller and I have some others in the series that I hope to get to soon.