A Killing Rain (Louis Kincaid, #6) by P.J. Parrish

A Killing Rain (Louis Kincaid, #6) Reviews

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  Naomi

  PJ Parrish is just good readin'...There has not been one of the sisters books that I have not given a minimum of 4 stars to I believe. The Louis Kincaid character is one that a reader can easily buddy up to and looks forward to getting to know more and more!
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  Jenn

  I know I'm reading these out of order, but they aren't easy to get my hands on. I was glad I read this one though. It explains where Joe comes from in the other one I read. And it explains more about Louis's aloofness, his loneliness. An excellent series.
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  Donna

  3.5 stars. This book from 2005 is set in the Florida Everglades. Private investigator Louis Kincaid wants to date public defender Susan Outlaw. He really likes her 11 year old son Ben. Her ex-husband Austin shows up and Ben goes missing. Louis is determined to find him.
  
  This book is #6 in the Louis Kincaid series. I've been reading these as I located them so I'm out of order. I read #8 but Louis was absent in most of that book so this was my first true introduction to him. Initially, I didn't care for Susan, Austin, or even Louis. He seemed wishy-washy but as the story progressed, I grew to like him. I met Joe Frye in the last book and I appreciated seeing her character get a good start in this one. I like her. If you like a story with human trafficking, you might like this one.
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  DAISY READS HORROR

  A KILLING RAIN was the first book I read by this duo author. It is the 6th installement in a series. Although I have not read any of the previous books, I was still able to get into the storyline very quickly! It was fast paced- action from beginning to end. I found Louis to be a very likeable character and I look forward to reading more of his story and his previous and next cases to come. Excellent read!!
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  Linda

  Getting better and better. On to the next one.
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  Kay

  Even though this one is classified as a mystery I think of it as a suspense or thriller. It was the usual great book written by Parrish.
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  Marianne

  Good character Louis Kincaid. Well drawn. Complicated and real.
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  Frederick Tan

  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.
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  Judith Post

  PJ Parrish has a way of making her characters so real, even the villains and antagonists have complex personalities. Even when they do awful things, somehow you can still feel sorry for them. Uncle Leo, however, was one of the ugliest people I've read about in a while and I thoroughly enjoyed waiting to see what would happen to him. I loved Joe--the female detective Louis Kincaid worked with in this book. And the mother whose child was taken, whom Louis was interested in, and I WANTED to like, was a real mixed bag--which was intended. Parrish does a great job of creating characters you can't quite like but can't quite totally dislike either. Everything about her stories--the plot, the characters--is complicated. This book didn't hook me quite as much as Island of Bones, but it was sure good!
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  Abbie

  Every time I read another book written by these two sisters I'm amazed at the story they tell... each time I think it can't get better than this one... once again Parrish does it again. A very satisfying read.
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  Betty

  Always a Top Notch Story Teller
  I love the Louis Kincaid books! Everything I could possibly want in a series book! The background is as much a character as any of the people. Interesting concept. I haven't read one I didn't like and this did not disappoint.
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  Joan Ridge

  When I started this book I thought I wasn't going to like it to much but was surprised as it did keep my interest. It's an easy read....and goes fast along. Not a book I'd buy, it was a loan and like I said, it did keep my interest.
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  Kathy

  Like this series - Louis Kincaid is a good man, smart & honorable.
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  Douglas Cockell

  I've read all of the Louis Kincaid mysteries, but my favourites are the ones featuring Florida locations. Each offers a satisfying and pleasant reading experience.
  
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  Carolyn Rose

  4.5 Unlike Dead of Winter, Louis did less thrashing about and more getting on with solving the case. He's a stand-up kind of guy.
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  Juno

  I think this series gets better with each book. I'm a fan.
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  Jane Blanchard

  
  The Killing Rain by P.J. Parrish is the fifth book in the Detective Louis Kincaid series. Louis Kincaid is starting a relationship with the defense attorney Susan Outlaw and her son Ben. When the ex returns, the father takes his son out for ice cream and does not return. Susan talks Kincaid into helping her find her missing boy.
  
  The search discovers ties with the recently found body in the Florida Everglades, human trafficking, the brutal murder of the ex's partner and their secretary, child abuse, and Satanism. A fast pace and a tight action-filled plot will thrill you. This is a good quick read that is bound to keep you wanting to find out what happens next.
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  Jaime H

  I am going backwards on the Louis Kincaid series. The publisher sent me South of Hell and the Little Death to read. Loved them. Went to half priced books to find earlier books. Found this one. I enjoyed it but I definitely liked the later books better. I definitely need to get to book 1 & read onwards. I like this is when Joe Frye enters Louis' life. I would have liked a bit more Mel. Susan was a bit... hmmm, melodramatic and Wainsworth was a douche. The pace was nice and fast and the killers' story was interesting.
  
  I'll add more later since I'm mobile right now.
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  Toni Kania

  My penchant for mysteries in a series with women protagonists is "legendary," but I also have a penchant for ones with noir male protagonists of which this is one. It all began with Larry Block, Steven Greenleaf, and, of course, John D. MacDonald, among others, lo many years ago, but continues to this day with the likes of Archer Mayor, Steve Hamilton, Reed Farrell Coleman, Paul Doiran, Steve Ulfelder and now PJ Parrish. The definition of noir here is my own. Not all would necessarily agree...
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  Judy

  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.
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  Sezín Koehler

  Not my favourite of Parrish's books thus far, but the underlying story of human trafficking and worse hit home in many ways, especially considering the screenplay I wrote earlier this year was about the trafficking of women, albeit in Europe not the USA.
  
  If you are into this Louis Kincaid series, then you certainly can't pass this one over. :-)
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  Susan Moore

  Very good mystery!
  
  I enjoyed this very much. Great character development, as well as a great story. It's a stand alone book in what I would guess to be a series (from the title). I liked the main character but I wish his feelings weren't so conflicted. I felt like shouting at him to "make up your mind"! Good wring and editing.