Reviews

Winter And Night by S.J. Rozan

prgchrqltma's review

It seemed like bad things would happen/have happened to children.

psalmcat's review against another edition

5.0

Uh-oh--yet another List Author.

This series features P.I. Bill Smith and in this book we meet his family, such as they are since he hasn't actually seen any of them in decades. Yet, his nephew Gary shows up unexpectedly, just long enough to make it clear he's in trouble and then disappears again. Even though everyone involved wants Smith to back off, he feels compelled to nose around, "stirring up trouble."

Somehow, Rozan weaves together high school and small-town sociology, bullying, and family history without losing the flow of suspense.

bob_muller's review

4.0

This one is about Bill Smith's real anger problem coming from his family experience. I had flashes of Robert B. Parker's book Early Autumn, but Smith isn't that much of a role model. At least he emerges from this novel without serious injury :).

clambook's review

4.0

Might be the best so far in the series (it's the sixth I've read), or at least the best featuring Smith. I continue to be impressed by how well Rozan writes about subjects one would think are foreign to her, in this case high school football.

laura_sorensen's review

2.0

This one was OK... School shooting books are kind of passe by now and also there was way lots of man aggression and not enough Bill and Lydia.

mcf's review

5.0

This series is reliably excellent, and this installment is no exception. The adult, complicated relationship Rozan has built between her main characters is wonderful; that, combined with their complicated, mature internal lives is what makes the series so special.

So yeah: they're great, and she's great. Read them.