Carter Blake is a good character in a good story. But don't compare him to Jack Reacher. Reacher doesn't lose fights. ( )

Dual review with Swedish first and then English!

SWEDISH REVIEW

Jag var överlycklig över att fÄ chansen att lÀsa den hÀr boken. Jag Àlskar att lÀsa böcker med huvudpersoner som har ett hemligt förflutet, FBI agenter och jakter pÄ galna mördare och den hÀr boken lyckas fÄ med allt det. Carter Blake Àr en man som kan spÄra upp mÀnniskor som inte vill bli hittade och han kontaktas av FBI för att hitta Caleb Wardell, "Krypskytten frÄn Chicago", som har rymt tvÄ veckor före sin avrÀttning. Blake tillsammans med agent Elaine Banner jagar Wardell över landet med Wardell skjuter folk slumpmÀssigt, eller Àr det verkligen slumpmÀssigt? Kan Wardell ha en dödsplan?

BerÀttelsen i den hÀr boken Àr intensivt spÀnnande och jag fann Carter Blake fascinerande och jag vill verkligen veta mer om honom, hans förflutna och vad som gjorde honom till mannen han Àr idag. Jag gillade Àven Elaine Banner, hon Àr en tuff kvinna som jonglerar sitt liv som ensamstÄende mamma med en karriÀr som FBI agent. Tillsammans Àr de ett bra team i denna bok.

Jag gillade vÀndningarna i boken att allting inte Àr som det verkar. Det verkar som om Wardell har hjÀlp frÄn nÄgon, men vem skulle hjÀlpa en man som Wardell? Slutet Àr verkligen spÀnnande, med en konfrontation mellan huvudpersonerna och sanningar som avslöjas. Jag rekommenderar varmt denna bok och ser fram emot att lÀsa nÀsta bok i serien!

Tack till Modernista för recensionsexemplaret!

ENGLISH REVIEW

I was thrilled to get the chance to read this book. I love main characters with a secret past, FBI agents and a hunt for some crazy killers and this book manage to have it all. Carter Blake is a man that can find anyone and he is contacted by FBI to find Caleb Wardell, the 'Chicago Sniper', who has escaped two weeks before his execution. Blake together with agent Elaine Banner is hunting Wardell over the country as the killer is shooting people at random, or is it really random? Could the man have a killing plan?

I found the story in this book to be intense and thrilling and I found Carter Blake intriguing and I really want to know more about him, his past and what made him into the man he is today. I liked Blake and I also like Elaine Banner, she is a tough woman who is juggling her life as a single mother with a career as an FBI agent. Together are they a good team in this book.

I liked the twists and turns the story took. It seems that Wardell could have help from someone, but who would help a man like Wardell? The ending is really thrilling, with a confrontation between the main characters and truths being revealed. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading the next book in the series!

Thanks to Modernista for the review copy! ( )

Carter Blake is a good character in a good story. But don't compare him to Jack Reacher. Reacher doesn't lose fights. ( )

The Killing Season was high on a newspaper list of the best thrillers and detective novels of the year. It also has pretty good reviews on Amazon. So I thought it would be a good read. However, I was disappointed.
It has all the right ingredients for a good thriller – a crazy killer, a mysterious lone wolf hero, a nationwide manhunt etc. But I never got that feeling of “I can’t put this down, I have to keep reading” that I get with some thrillers. To be fair, I thought that the action scenes were well done and exciting. But I didn’t care much for the protagonists, and overall I never got hooked on the story.
This book reminded me a lot of the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, which I think are much better than this one. In particular it has many of the same elements as Without Fail, which I would recommend instead of The Killing Season. ( )

Female FBI agent and Blake go after a serial killer who just likes killing. A good read. Fast paced. Lots of action. Somewhat predictable. Definitely pulp. ( )