Deadly Night (The Flynn Brothers Trilogy)

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Product Description
The Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence… and a long-kept secret.

Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothers, scoffs at the haunted-house rumors—especially since Kendall Montgomery, a tarot card reader who has been living in the mansion, is the one to tell him the tale of a woman in white. But when he finds a human bone on the grounds and another by the river, Aidan delves into the dark history of the Flynn plantation.

Forced together to uncover the truth, Aidan and Kendall realize that a serial killer whose victims seem to vanish into thin air has long been at work…and that their own fates are about to be sealed forever unless they believe in the unbelievable.

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3 out of 5 stars

3.5 stars. Good mystery with interesting characters. October 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

REVIEWER'S OPINION:
I usually don't care for most mysteries but I liked this one. I enjoyed the story. There was an interesting collection of characters. I was intrigued with the local police and medical examiner who did not like and would not help Aidan. I wasn't sure if this was because he was an outsider or some other reason. I was interested in Aidan's search for knowledge about the two bones he found. I liked the way he followed his hunches and leads and the resulting information. This did not feel like another "churned out book". This is the first in the Flynn Brothers trilogy.

I did not like the author's cliffhanger style of writing. Many authors do this, and I have never liked it. An example follows. Page 12: In 1863 a rapist is chasing Fiona. She runs out onto the balcony screaming. Her husband Sloan is nearby outside. "Raising his gun to his shoulder, Sloan started to run." The next sentence switches to a present day scene with Sheila (for 3 pages). She is being followed in a cemetery. She is pushed. "And then she screamed, because she was falling." The next sentence switches to a different character, Brendan, in a nearby town, back in 1863. Finally, on page 19, the author returns to the Sloan/Fiona scene and tells what happened next. This style of writing annoys me in the same way TV commercials do. The scenes were suspenseful and interesting within themselves. They didn't need the artificial suspense of stopping at the worst point. If the writing is good, it doesn't need artificial excitement. There were a few of these cliffhangers in the beginning of the book and many of them in the last half of the book. I am fine with a cliffhanger such as someone is killed and we don't know who is doing it. Then much later in the book, the killer's identity is revealed. It is the interrupting of a scene, for a delay of 3 to 5 pages before finishing it, which bothers me.

STORY BRIEF:
There were murders on the Flynn Plantation near New Orleans in the 1860's. There may be more murders happening there in the present day. Ghosts from the past might be communicating with present day people. Kendall reads tarot cards and has a gift shop in New Orleans. She was friends with Amelia who lived on the plantation. Amelia died and left the plantation to the three Flynn brothers from Florida who didn't know she was a relative. The three brothers come to the plantation and oversee repairs and improvements. Human bones are found on the property. The brothers are private investigators. Aidan investigates the bones and believes a serial killer may be involved.

DATA:
Story length: 383 pages. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 4. Length of sex scenes: 0.2 to 3.8 pages. Total number of sex scene pages: 7. Setting: 1863 and present day New Orleans area, Louisiana. Copyright: 2008. Genre: romantic mystery, romantic suspense.

OTHER BOOKS:
To date, I've read the following Heather Graham and Shannon Drake books (same author).

By Heather Graham:
3.5 stars. Deadly Night. Copyrt 2008. Review Date 10/25/08.
2 stars. One wore Blue. Copyrt 1991. Review Date 2/17/08.

By Shannon Drake:
2 stars. The Pirate Bride. Copyrt 2008. Review Date 10/25/08.

2 out of 5 stars

Slow,Disappointing and Dull October 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I usually enjoy this author's books but this book was very difficult to read and finish. It was very reptitive, almost 100 pages could be cut out because it rehashed most of the background of the story. It was a very slow moving book due to the reptition. There was more narration than dialogue and that distracted from the storyline as well. The plotline was interesting but dropped off from the first 30 pages, sometimes I forgot the point of the story it was so slow. By the time I arrived at the villain, I could not care less for anyone. Hopefully the next book in the series will pick up.

3 out of 5 stars

OOP'S, ONE BIG EDITING MISTAKE October 20, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I enjoyed the book, but caugt a "large" editing error, which spoiled the story. Early in the book, a character is going to IRELAND for three weeks. Later in the book, the lead character wants to talk to the character on vacation, and calls her in CARACAS, Venezuela. They are in two different hemisphere's. The editor should go back to school and study geography. They are there to catch author's mistakes. I'm hoping the next two books will be better.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Mystery/Paranormal Combo November 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is the first novel of the prolific Heather Graham that I have read and it is book one in a trilogy about the Flynn Brothers. They have inherited an old plantation house in New Orleans from an aunt they did not even know existed. The oldest, Aiden, is a former FBI agent who left the agency after the death of his wife. His introduction to the Big Easy is an unnerving one. While walking along the muddy banks of the Mississippi he finds a human thigh bone with pieces of flesh clinging to it. He imagines the coroner will be interested in such a find, but not so. Aiden is remind in no uncertain terms that not long before, right after Katrina, bones and bodies could be found everywhere. His find means nothing. Or does it?

Until the death of Amelia Flynn, Kendall Montgomery had cared for the elderly lady who had spent her entire life at the plantation. This is where she wanted to die. Kendall was with her to the very end. The old house had it's legendary ghosts although Kendall thought such things nonsense. This despite the fact that she runs a small tea shop in town where she and her 2 employees Vinnie and Mason offer tarot card readings, claiming to clients that they can connect to the spirit world. It's all pretend on their part.

When the Flynn brothers arrive at the plantation house Kendall is making sure she has removed all of her possessions. As she was leaving through the doorway they meet. She finds Aiden to be rude, but the other two brothers, Jeremy and Zachery are quite pleasant company.

The brothers have formed their own private investigation agency. One case in particular dominates Aiden's thoughts, the disappearance of a young teen. He fears she is dead and perhaps the victim of a serial killer.

Kendall's skepticism about the paranormal starts to change. While giving a tarot card reading the skeleton on the Death card comes to life, or so it looks to her. She has dreams of Amilia who warns her of an evil that stalks New Orleans and Kendall is a particular target.

A series of frightening events bring Aiden and Amelia together; at first reluctantly and later much more agreeably . This suspenseful paranormal mystery has plenty of chilling moments and a nice touch of romance.

5 out of 5 stars

never a disapointment October 5, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful

i wait on pins and neadles for every graham book and this one did not disapoint i cant wait for the next instalment.

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