The Killing Lessons, Saul Black
The Killing Lessons, Saul Black
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The Killing Lessons
A Novel

Author: Saul Black

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 14 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/22/2015


Synopsis

When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper's isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it's the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the other hand, it's just another stop on a long and bloody journey. And they still have many miles to go, and victims to sacrifice, before their work is done.
For San Francisco homicide detective Valerie Hart, their trail of victims—women abducted, tortured and left with a seemingly random series of objects inside them—has brought her from obsession to the edge of physical and psychological destruction. And she's losing hope of making a breakthrough before that happens.
But the murders at the Cooper farmhouse didn't quite go according to plan. There was a survivor, Rowena's ten-year-old daughter Nell, who now holds the key to the killings. Injured, half-frozen, terrified, Nell has only one place to go. And that place could be even more dangerous than what she's running from.
In this extraordinary, pulse-pounding debut, Saul Black takes us deep into the mind of a psychopath, and into the troubled heart of the woman determined to stop him.

About Saul Black

SAUL BLACK is the author of The Killing Lessons, LoveMurder, and Anything for You. He lives in London.

About Christina Delaine

Christina Delaine is a SOVAS Voice Arts Award and multiple AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator who has recorded over 100 audiobooks. She is also an Audie Award nominee. An accomplished stage and voice actor, Delaine has appeared on stages across the country and has voiced scores of commercials and video games.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maxine

Absolutely freaking fabulous serial killer chiller! Oh man! I have read so many crime books featuring serial killer themes and this is an absolute stand-out. I wish every single book I read was this engaging, well written, exciting and chilling, that would make me one permanently happy reader. Don't......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

2.5 Stars I couldn't help but be somewhat disappointed with this book. I had heard such wonderful things about it and a lot of my friends have given it a minimum of 4 stars. I just didn't feel all the LOVE. There are a few things going on at once in this thriller. First we meet Rowena and her family a......more

Goodreads review by Liz

Teaser Review: Full review near publication. Serial killer thrillers are tricky things – they can be way over the top, so extreme that you lose all sense of feeling. They can be under cooked, so they are not terrifically frightening. They can border on ridiculous when it comes to police procedure. Wr......more

Goodreads review by Janet

I came to this hearing really good things about it and who the novelist was, so my expectations were fairly high. Unfortunately, as it turns out, a little too high. I couldn't get this at all. It starts out really well. A family in a remote part of Colarado are hit upon by two twisted killers, told w......more


Quotes

"Narrator Christina Delaine's controlled intensity and crisp timbre capture the character of Valerie Hart...Delaine uses Black's rare emotional scenes to ass layers to Hart's personality. Listeners who enjoy suspense will find this a satisfying choice."-AudioFile