Type of bind: Audio Cassette
EAN num: 9780736696050
ISBN number: 0736696059
Label: Books On Tape
Manufacturer: Books On Tape
Quantity: 8
Printing Date: 2003-12
Publishing house: Books On Tape
Running Time: 720 unknown-units
Sale Popularity Level: 479899
Studio: Books On Tape
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An Agatha Award-winning Author
This story tells of a killer whose victims are claimed while sleeping in their homes, behind securely locked doors. Each is wrapped in her bed sheets and stabbed repeatedly. Each bleeds to a slow end, mouth frozen in a silent scream. Sparse clues point to a wall-crawling, glass-cutting predator -- one who refuses to be caught and who continues to kill. Time is running out -- for his subsequent victim and for the detective determined to stop him.
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John Lutz weaves an intricate tale; taking us in twists and flashbacks that to me symbolize the jumbled confusion in the mind of a person that would be a serial killer. His narrative makes me want to double-check my doors windows and security system, and open my closets and peak under the beds.
I have read several of his books, and I think Mr. Lutz gets better with every new release. He seems to catch the essence of detective work, and often sneaks in some subtle humour in the process.
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Lutz's work has never *really* impressed me, but I do enjoy his books when I don't have much else to do.
I thought The Night Spider was a decent read, at best. I found myself skimming quite a few sections, and I still can't figure out why he introduced us to the character in the garage.
I really liked Horn's character, and I loved what Lutz did with Marla's character, but I found that the other charaters lacked substance and personality.
A good book, but not great.
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I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GOOD. BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID THE TIME WASTED ON THE CHARACTER IN THE GARAGE WAS KIND OF A WASTE OF READING AND WRITING TIME. BUT THE BOOK HAD ME INTERESTED FOR THE MOST PART . I FOUND MYSELF SKIPPING WHOLE PAGES OF THE BOOK BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INTERESTING OR PERTAINING TO THE MURDERS , STILL READING ON I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD . NEED I MENTION THAT WHEN YOUR LAYING IN BED AT NIGHT AND READ ABOUT TOASTED BUTTERED CORN MUFFINS , THE CRAVING BECOMES STRONGER THEN THE INTEREST TO READ ..YES I HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY CORN MUFFINS!!!. I WAS JUST DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ENDING . IT GOT A LITTLE CONFUSING AND THEY REALLY DIDNT GET INTO THE THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE THIRD GUY AND WHY HE WAS INVOLVED WITH HORN ,PRETENDING TO HELP OUT , IT JUST JUMPED INTO A WHOLE NEW SCENE. ALL IN ALL I THINK IT WAS GOOD, AND THEN OK
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THE NIGHT SPIDER is a tense and original novel. John Lutz draws the portrait of a serial killer with a penchant for enshrouding his female victims in their bedsheets, then stabs them and lets them bleed to death. He manages to get into their high rise apartments without being detected, and gets away too. Detective Thomas Horn is called out of an early retirement to assist NYPD in capturing this maniacal killer. He is assisted by Cajun Paula Ramboquette and almost retired Roy Brickstaff. Horn also has a lovely wife, Anne, head of the radiographic department at Kingdom Hospital, who is being sued over the anesthesia-induced coma of a four year old boy, whose parents John and Cindy Vine, are hellbent on making the hospital pay.
Lutz' characterizations are sharp and there are several twists in the intriguing plot. Two areas bothered me though: one--little is given to justify the hasty estrangement of Thomas and his wife; and there's a lot of scenes involving a sculptor that don't seem to have anything to do with the plot and could have been left out and the book would not have suffered in the least.
However, this is my very first Lutz book and I enjoyed it enough to seek out others.
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I thought this was a really good book, however there were a few things that kept it from being a great book. I thought the detectives were very believable, especially Thomas Horn. I'm confused (and I don't know if this is the fault of the author or his editor) because in a flashback on page 100 it is 1982 and the killer is seven yrs. old. Then in another on page 198 it is 1978 and the killer is 12 yrs. old. I couldn't figure out if we were dealing with two different people, maybe brothers, or what was going on. This kept me very confused and I kept waiting for more to be revealed to let me know if there were indeed two killers. There were two or three other points in the book where things just didn't make sense. It's a shame because otherwise this could have been a five star book in a league with (not to beat a dead horse) Silence of the Lambs. Hey Pinnacle Books, do you need a proofreader??
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