Review: The Night Bird by Brian Freeman

A Mysterious Review of The Night Bird by Brian Freeman. A Frost Easton Mystery.

Review summary: This first in series novel is a very intense, thrilling mystery. The lead character is a very likeable caring person with a tragic memory of his own. Although this book is a real page-turner, it is one to be read with the lights on…and not one you would want to read at bedtime. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Night Bird
Brian Freeman
A Frost Easton Mystery
Thomas & Mercer (February 2017)

Publisher synopsis: Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn’t like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco—as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks—Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie’s controversial therapy helps people erase their most terrifying memories…and all the victims were her patients.

As Frost and Frankie carry out their own investigations, the case becomes increasingly personal—and dangerous. Long-submerged secrets surface as someone called the Night Bird taunts the pair with cryptic messages pertaining to the deaths. Soon Frankie is forced to confront strange gaps in her own memory, and Frost faces a killer who knows the detective’s worst fears.

As the body count rises and the Night Bird circles ever closer, a dedicated cop and a brilliant doctor race to solve the puzzle before a cunning killer claims another victim.