Thursday, March 15, 2018

Night Bird

Title: Night Bird
Author: Brian Freeman
Published: February 1st 2017 by Thomas & Mercer
Format: eBook, Audio, 364 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Series: Frost Easton #1

This book creeped me out with the haunting screeching of the “Night Bird” through the speakers and into the minds of his victims.

Frost Easton is called out to the death of Brynn Lansing on the Bay Bridge. One minute Brynn was enjoying the drive when out of nowhere she starts screaming and trying to bat something away from her. Scrambling out of the car and in a state of panic, she falls to her death. When he learns of the circumstances surround her death, Frost is reminded of a similar death a few months earlier. What did these two women have in common? Turns out that they were both patients of Frankie Stein, a psychologist that uses questionable treatments in the field of traumatic memories and phobias.

Oh, that Frankie, she has a couple of secrets of her own, some of which she herself does not remember. Backed by the rules of doctor patient confidentiality, Dr. Stein cannot help Frost with his investigation, but she begins to wonder if a man that she had helped set free could be behind this. As she rushes blindly after her theories on who could be behind this, she reveals not only the truth of the Night Bird, but also the facts of her own father’s death.

Using the Kindle “add audio” to the book that I was reading, the narration came alive and scared the be-gee-bers out of me. Joe Barrett literally startled me in a couple of places with his haunting sing-song chants, creepy intonations, and sudden outbursts. If possible, switch over to the audio and you will not be disappointed.

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