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The killing season

Mason Cross

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 3.6 (8 on Hardcover)

384 pages · Released 2014

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The Killing Season is a crime thriller centered on tracking an escaped death row serial killer, with multiple murders and intense suspense throughout. While the story involves themes of law enforcement and exposing corruption, the repeated violence and dark subject matter make it more suitable for mature teens and adults rather than younger readers. The book prioritizes plot and thriller elements over graphic depiction, but the premise itself is inherently violent and psychologically dark.

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From the publisher

The first thing you should know about me is that my name is not Carter Blake. That name no more belongs to me than the hotel room I was occupying when the call came in. When Caleb Wardell, the infamous 'Chicago Sniper', escapes from death row two weeks before his execution, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake... The first thing you should know about me is that my name is not Carter Blake. That name no more belongs to me than the hotel room I was occupying when the call came in. When Caleb Wardell, the infamous 'Chicago Sniper', escapes from death row two weeks before his execution, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake, a man with certain specialised talents whose skills lie in finding those who don't want to be found. A man to whom Wardell is no stranger. Along with Elaine Banner, an ambitious special agent juggling life as a single mother with her increasingly high-flying career, Blake must track Wardell down as he cuts a swathe across America, apparently killing at random. But Blake and Banner soon find themselves sidelined from the case. And as they try desperately to second guess a man who kills purely for the thrill of it, they uncover a hornets' nest of lies and corruption. Now Blake must break the rules and go head to head with the FBI if he is to stop Wardell and expose a deadly conspiracy that will rock the country.

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  • Escaped prisoners
  • Fiction
  • Fiction, suspense
  • Fiction, thrillers, general
  • Fiction, thrillers, suspense
  • Death row inmates
  • Escapes
  • Suspense
  • Thriller

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