The Killing Season: A Novel (Carter Blake)

Fantastic debut for a new character that fans of Jack Reacher will enjoy. Highly recommended. 

Good story, slows down a bit in middle but then picks up pace to a well developed ending.

he killing Season by Mason Cross captures your attention from the first few pages. When a book starts with, “the first thing you should know about me is that my name is not Carter Blake” you know it is going to be a fun and exciting novel. Mason Cross captures your attention and says to you, block out the next couple of days because you are not doing anything else except reading The Killing Season. And believe me , you will to do just that. I am always looking for the next Lee Child and Jack Reacher and I have found them. Carter Blake is a man for all reasons, especially if you have to find somebody. In The Killing Season he is hired by the F.B.I. to find an escaped serial killer. The only problem is that this guy has been trained to kill by the best, the United Staes Marines. Think of the movie, American Sniper, and how well the soldier was taught to kill. Now imagine the same caliber serial killer loose in the midwest of the United States. Here is the premise of The Killing Season, a truly absorbing, exciting, and entertaining book written by Mason Cross. Read this book and The Samaritan, the second entry in the Carter Blake saga. Be on the lookout for book three due in spring of 2017.

‘The Killing Season’ is somewhere in between a thriller and mystery. There is some action but not enough to keep you on the edge of your seat but it’s not a slow methodical mystery either, making it great for people who like both genres. The characters are interesting and intriguing and the plot is interesting and well thought out, along with some great writing I found this book to be a compelling read. I would be very interested in keeping with the series.

The Killing Season by Mason Cross Caleb Wardell is a serial killer known as “The Chicago Sniper.” He is being transferred to the death house. Ordinarily, this is done in a personal van, but this time Wardell is sharing the ride with a man named Clarence Mitchell. The van never reaches its destination. The van is stopped and the guards killed by Russian mobsters who have been sent to silence Clarence Mitchell. Caleb Wardell is someone for whom they were not prepared. In short order, Wardell, unarmed and handcuffed, takes out all three of the Russian hit men. He then proceeds to take out Clarence Mitchell as well. Free of the handcuff and the prison, Caleb Wardell takes weapons from the van. He steals one man’s clothing to replace his prison jumpsuit. This begins another reign of terror from the man once known as the OSOK killer—One Shot, One Kill! Wardell has some unfinished business, and woe to anyone who gets in his way… The man known as Carter Blake gets tipped off about Wardell’s escape. His expertise is both needed and requested. FBI Special Agent in Charge Donaldson has been told to expect Blake. Blake is to work directly with the FBI’s task force. Agent Steve Castle is the agent in charge of the manhunt, and he doesn’t like Carter Blake. Agent Elaine Banner is more willing to work with Blake. Their superior Edwards isn’t too sure… This is a very good novel. Carter Blake is a lone wolf, a man with a past. As a government operative he has crossed paths with Wardell before. He knows the man for what he is—crazy like a fox. For every day that Caleb Wardell is loose, at least one person will die. It is simple fact. What Blake needs to do is make certain that Wardell isn’t loose for very long. That will be a little hard to do when the FBI doesn’t want to listen to anything Carter Blake says… I did not see the final twist coming! I give this book five stars! Excellent, Mason Cross! I will look for more from the secretive specialist Carter Blake! Encore! Quoth the Raven…

Duvet.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. In conclusion, the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Vvffgggggg

I sniff glue.