The Killing Hour (Christchurch Noir Crimes), by Paul Cleave
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Imagine waking up covered in blood - but it's not your blood. The morning paper reports that two young women were brutally murdered. You recognize their names. Pieces of the night before come back to you through the haze. And now you're the suspect in their grisly deaths. Welcome to Charlie's world. On the run, Charlie suspects a man named Cyris, but no one believes that Cyris exists. Not the police and not Charlie's ex-wife Jo, though she wants to trust that the man she once loved is innocent. Soon, Charlie has Jo bound and gagged in the trunk of his car, fleeing across the countryside while the killing hour approaches yet again.
The Killing Hour (Christchurch Noir Crimes), by Paul Cleave - Published on: 2015-10-06
- Released on: 2015-10-06
- Formats: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 5.04" h x 1.13" w x 6.04" l,
- Running time: 605 minutes
- Binding: Audio CD
The Killing Hour (Christchurch Noir Crimes), by Paul Cleave From Booklist Charlie Feldman’s really bad week starts when he wakes up late Monday—with a bump on his head, cuts on his face, and blood on his shorts—to news of the identical, brutal murders of two women, knowing he was somehow involved. But although details of events come back to him gradually, along with sightings of the ghosts of the victims, Charlie is certain that the real killer was a man named Cyris. As Charlie abducts his estranged wife to protect her from Cyris, Detective Bill Landry, who has just received a cancer diagnosis giving him six months to live, is on Charlie’s trail with his own brand of justice in mind. Cleave’s fiction set in his native Christchurch, New Zealand, is typically dark and bloody, combining elements of the thriller and horror. The darkness and the blood are present this time, too, though the tone is more that of mainstream crime fiction. Here he dangles the question of truth or delusion until midbook and fashions multidimensional characters, even the worst of whom have redeeming qualities. A roller-coaster ride of a thriller with an Everyman threatened on all sides. --Michele Leber
Review “A roller-coaster ride of a thriller with an Everyman threatened on all sides.” (Booklist)“...a name to watch in dark suspense.” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)“Relentlessly gripping, deliciously twisted and shot through with a vein of humor that’s as dark as hell. Cleave creates fictional monsters as chilling and as charming as any I’ve ever come across. Anyone who likes their crime fiction on the black and bloody side should move Paul Cleave straight to the top of their must-read list.” (Mark Billingham)“Riveting and all too realistic." (Tess Gerritsen)“An intense adrenalin rush from start to finish, I read The Laughterhouse in one sitting. It’ll have you up all night. Fantastic!” (S.J. Watson)“Paul Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never want to end. Do yourself a favor and check him out.” (Simon Kernick)
About the Author Paul Cleave is the author of eight award-winning, internationally bestselling crime thrillers, including Joe Victim, finalist for the Edgar, Barry, and Ngaio Marsh awards, and, most recently, Five Minutes Alone. He lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.Paul has been an actor and voice actor for over 20 years, and can be heard narrating numerous audiobooks including The Woman in Black, and I'm the King of the Castle, both for Susan Hill, and Deadly Focus by RC Bridgestock.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A horror novel transformed into a crime novel By TChris The Killing Hour takes place in Christchurch, New Zealand. An author's note tells us that the novel was originally written as a horror story. It didn't sell and, to make it marketable, Paul Cleave rewrote it as a crime novel. The Killing Hour retains the creepy feel of a horror story, which is good and bad. Good because creepy is fun, bad because the creepy events that transpire in horror stories tend to be predictable.Charlie Feldman's story -- the confusing story he tells Jo, the wife who separated from him six months earlier when he beat up a man in a bar -- is that he met a blood-covered woman on the road who told him her friend was being held by a lunatic. He went into the forest at night and found a woman tied to a tree being threatened with a metal stake by a guy named Cyris. He thought he killed Cyris but now Cyris is after him. The rest of Charlie's improbable story is unveiled, bit-by-bit, as the novel progresses. Having watched the news, both Charlie and Jo know that two women were recently found dead. Charlie, with good reason, worries that he'll be the prime suspect in their murders. Jo becomes embroiled in his ordeal as she -- like the reader -- wonders whether Charlie is a delusional murderer or an improbable victim.The case is assigned to Detective Inspector Bill Landry who, with six months to live, has no incentive to follow the rules of criminal investigation. He's becoming a guy who is willing to do bad things for good reasons, a trait he despises in others. Mistaking vigilantism for justice, Landry makes it his mission to rid the world of Charlie. As a Dirty Harry wannabe, Landry is a stereotype, but he's more interesting than most stereotypical vigilante cops.The first half of The Killing Hour, with all its unanswered questions, engages the reader's mind. The second half requires little thought, including a final chapter in which Charlie struggles (but not for long) with a moral decision. The plot isn't particularly believable, given its dependence on an evil character who has an almost superhuman ability to endure pain and survive injuries that would kill most people, but that's become standard thriller fare. The vestiges of the horror novel this once was, including a couple of ghosts, could have been eliminated entirely without doing harm to the story.The Killing Hour is predictable and formulaic, but it's also fast moving and enjoyable (at least for fans of mayhem). The action scenes in The Killing Hour are vivid, particularly the gruesome ones. The excitement factor is high even if the story holds no surprises. Predictable endings can still be satisfying, and that holds true as The Killing Hour's relentless violence finally reaches a climax. Had The Killing Hour maintained the suspense it generates in the first half, it would have been a better novel, but as it stands, it isn't bad.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great storyline, but couldn't keep my attention. By Naomi B. Synopsis: Charlie sees dead people and they come to remind him of his bad behaviors. One morning Charlie wakes up with a bump on his head, covered in blood, two friends dead and him the main suspect. Charlie swears it is a serial killer by the name of Cyrus. But is it Charlie? Is that what the ghosts are reminded him about? Is the serial killer Cyrus real? If he is, does he have a target on Charlie as his next victim?My rating: 2.5 Stars (bumped up to 3 stars for Goodreads and Amazon)My opinion: It took me FOREVER to read this book. I actually had to download it a couple of times because I kept picking up other books. Once I read past the first 100 pages it picked up speed, but then quickly dropped off again. Still, must say that OVERALL, I enjoyed the storyline but found the writing to be lacking "uumph"Now, will this be my last book by this author. NO WAY. I just don't think this one caught my fancy as quickly as it needed to.Source: Edelweiss for Atria
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Review of The Killing Hour By Patrice Hoffman After finishing my first Paul Cleave novel, The Killing Hour I have mixed thoughts on it so let's begin with an outline of the story. Charlie begins the novel by telling us he can see dead people and they're stalking him in an attempt to remind him of what he's done. The beginning line of the novel has got to be one of the creepiest lines I've read in a long time and is really the best way to hook the intended audience.Charlie wakes up with bumps, bruises, blood, and other murder-scene paraphernelia on his person with no idea how he's come to be such a mess. The news is on about the death of two friends who have died by the hands of Cyrus. A reknown seriel killer that may or may not even exist. Upon hearing the news of the gruesome deaths of the two women, Charlie starts to piece together what has happened the night before. He goes to find aide from his ex-wife Jo who doesn't believe him and is figuring he's the killer since she's seen the worse side of Charlie before. Because Jo doesn't believe Charlie, he kidnaps her to keep her safe and from calling the police.Now... there's a lot of things I felt were done right with this novel, and a few things that had me laughing. Cleave warns the audience that the novel was initially written as a horror novel and I think that's awesome. Charlie's being able to speak with and see dead people is an element that is used primarily in the horror world because of its supernatural qualities, but eventually the steam is let out of that bag. It becomes just one more annoying quality about Charlie's whole storyline. These dead people come into play at the most inopportune moments seeming like they're thrown in for dramatic affect but really serving no purpose except to add to the darkness that is this novel.I do feel that most of the novel is one heck of a ride and I can see why Cleave is such a well-known author. The Killing Hour is gripping and full of characters that have depth who are thrown together under the most insane circumstances. There is blood, death, and really graphic details galore in this novel. I breezed through the first half because I needed to know if Charlie was really Cyrus. Once the truth is revealed, the story lost a little bit of it's edge for me. The characters started to behave like none other I've read in thriller/crime novels. I don't know if it's a New Zealand thing, but there was one flub after another and I just laughed right through it thinking this is unbelieveable.In conclusion, Cleave writes a very interesting novel that I'm sure his fans may love. After reading this novel I can say that I look forward to reading more by Paul Cleave. This wasn't a terrible novel although I did think some of the actions were unbelieveable. Cleave can certainly weave interesting characters into a gripping story that will keep the reader guessing until the end. I enjoyed this journey into the darker side of the "Real World" during the killing hour.
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