Detective Jose Ramirez and the Sierra Hills Police Department are scrambling for leads on a killer who has already struck five times, each time leaving his signature trademark: large butcher knives piercing the abdomens of his young female victims.Profiling the killer is proving to be difficult, and Detective Ramirez knows that it’s only a matter of time before their perpetrator strikes again.As … strikes again.
As if Ramirez isn’t frustrated enough, to his dismay, he is assigned a partner. Officer Daniel Chatham, a handsome, young man, fresh out of grad school, has pulled some strings to join the division and becomes Ramirez’s, right-hand man. The lead detective’s anger slowly begins to dissipate as he discovers the book smart kid can be quite the asset.
With Ramirez’s experience, Chatham’s sharp mind and quick thinking, and the insight of Erin Sommers, a beautiful, young journalist, the three make a powerful team gaining on their criminal.
It’s raining… it’s pouring, and a killer is on the loose in the rainy Sierra Hills of Washington State. No one is who they seem, and the plot thickens with every turn. You’ll never guess the ending of this enigmatic tale.
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And The Forecast Called For Rain is yet another awesome read by Kim Carter. I instantly loved the characters right from the beginning. The plot involves some twists and turns I did not expect and could not have predicted. I had to know how the mystery would be solved and could not put the book down.
I give And The Forecast Called For Rain a well deserved five plus stars. Kim Carter has earned herself a new fan.
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.
451 pages
3 stars
Detective Jose Ramirez works alone. He likes it that way. Suddenly, in the midst of a serial killer case, he gets assigned “newbie.” His name is Officer Daniel Chatham.
Following a rough start, Jose realizes that Daniel is made of the right stuff. They begin to become friends. Daniel comes up with some good ideas about the serial killer they are hunting. The murderer has killed six young women now. He leaves them with a wicked butcher knife protruding from their stomachs.
Seattle Times crime reporter Erin Summers, who was working closely with Jose on the serial cases, is attacked when her car breaks down. She is left for dead.
When Jose and Daniel are also attacked, Jose is badly hurt. What is going on? Is it the killer trying to warn them away? Is it someone else?
Jose and Daniel, and as she recovers, Erin come up with several suspects. They begin to believe that the perpetrator may be a police officer. Basically, they are at a complete loss.
Jose is getting very frustrated and explodes in several directions. His complete lack of professionalism is disturbing. My opinion of him plummeted. The more I read, the more I began to dislike the book. But I needed to find out who the murderer was!
There are surprises and a few twists in this book. It has parts that are well written, but the plot line gets lost in a few places. It’s almost as if Ms. Carter had so much to say, that she didn’t finish one thought before she dashed off to another. This is not a bad book, but it needs more polishing. I also felt that there were some issues that weren’t resolved.
The identity of the murderer was a surprise. I thought that person was a little too good.
I want to thank NetGalley and Raven South Publishing for forwarding to me a copy of this book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
What a totally engrossing and absolute enjoyable and definitely an edge of your seat book by Kim Carter. The characters were described so vividly and their actions so clear and transparent it made readers feel like they almost knew them and definitely could picture them in their minds. The amount of believable read herrings were so plentiful it truly made it a detective story for the reader as well as the characters involved in solving the murders. But, OMG, what a twisted and delightfully delicious way to end to the book. Definitely did NOT see any of that coming. (04/26/2018 – This is a voluntary review of a review copy of this book from Reading Deals.)