What do you think?
Rate this book
Night Fire: A Jed McCain Mystery
A serial killer, Enrique Malefico, is fixated on retiring NYPD detective Jed McCain, follows him to his new position as chief of police in Coronado Beach, Florida and on his first day on the job presents him with another victim. Since the killer has changed his MO, McCain doesn’t immediately recognize the handiwork of the Night Fire Strangler. As the bodies pile up, he recognizes his archrival’s signature. Once the city council understands the connection between the killer and McCain, it reconsiders their decision to hire him and sets the date for meeting to terminate his employment. To save his job, he must find the killer.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 8, 2017
31 people are currently reading
6 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
August 29, 2018
Excellent Police Procedural, HOWEVER . . .
I almost gave it 1 star. See below for the “however.”
This is a well-written police procedural with an intricately plotted storyline. Detectives gradually learn that they hunt a prolific serial killer who knows how to thwart the police and forensic investigators.
The protagonist and police characters are intelligent, driven and likable, so I enjoyed following the investigation. I had to suspend disbelief when reading about the murderer, his areas of expertise and his motives.
This book needed a copy editor for punctuation and grammar errors.
Here’s the HOWEVER: I had to stop reading numerous times to decipher misspellings, contractions and pronunciations used by the author to represent Black English or African-American Vernacular. See example below:
“Yeah, but nobody be telling me no’ting. I hear we got ‘nother murder. Some reporter done tole me, befo I hear it from you.”
The female police employee speaks this way throughout the book. This may have been acceptable 150 years ago, but it’s 2018.
This would have been a solid 4 star book, but I almost gave it 1 star. Fortunately my left brain (mostly) prevailed.
I almost gave it 1 star. See below for the “however.”
This is a well-written police procedural with an intricately plotted storyline. Detectives gradually learn that they hunt a prolific serial killer who knows how to thwart the police and forensic investigators.
The protagonist and police characters are intelligent, driven and likable, so I enjoyed following the investigation. I had to suspend disbelief when reading about the murderer, his areas of expertise and his motives.
This book needed a copy editor for punctuation and grammar errors.
Here’s the HOWEVER: I had to stop reading numerous times to decipher misspellings, contractions and pronunciations used by the author to represent Black English or African-American Vernacular. See example below:
“Yeah, but nobody be telling me no’ting. I hear we got ‘nother murder. Some reporter done tole me, befo I hear it from you.”
The female police employee speaks this way throughout the book. This may have been acceptable 150 years ago, but it’s 2018.
This would have been a solid 4 star book, but I almost gave it 1 star. Fortunately my left brain (mostly) prevailed.
March 6, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. It is about a retired NYC detective, Jeb, that goes to Florida to be a homicide detective, but on his first day in town he is called into a murder and becomes acting Chief of Police. Unknown to Jeb he has a history with this killer. Not sure if this is a series, but I think it would make a great one.
September 26, 2018
New author to me.
You never know what you are getting in a free book. This author took me by suprise! I enjoyed this read. The book had enough suspense to keep me guessing and was not drawn out with petty details. I will be downloading the next book in this series.
You never know what you are getting in a free book. This author took me by suprise! I enjoyed this read. The book had enough suspense to keep me guessing and was not drawn out with petty details. I will be downloading the next book in this series.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews