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Night Kills

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I enjoyed the plot line and the mystery kept my attention. But I was very disappointed at the end when I felt like I was left holding the bag. Two people were implicated in the death of the sister and (give me a break) their involment was never explained but left for us to figure out. Instead we were handed a sugar coated fairy tale ending.

Who cares who did it as long as the love interest survives?

This is my first book by Ms. Hughes. I might give her a second look. But I didn't like the way this one ended.

The story plot on this book was so shallow and predictable. Totally unbelievable. Does the author really expect us to believe that a high cost private high school would allow an accused murderer chaprone a school dance? A real disappointment when one expected a thriller to read on a rainy winter night!

Charlotte Hughes has some writing talent, but the plot and characters she created for this book have no redeeming qualities. If you're looking for shock or disgust, have at it, but don't expect to feel any sympathy or empathy. The characters just aren't worth it.

Charlotte Hughes has great talent in writing a well developed plot and great characters. This book has tons of twists and turns and will have you guessing till the very end. I hated to see the book end! You will not be disappointed in this thriller!

Not to be rude, because I really enjoy Ms. Hughes humorous books, but I just did not see where this book would scare anyone. And, the heroine was so unlikable that I actually would not have minded if someone did get her. Half way through this book I remembered the reason I did not care for Ms. Hughes other book, Valley of the Shadows; the heroine in that book was also a big mouthed, selfish, rude, smart mouthed, self centered b_t_h. I actually felt sorry in the end for the two men who got stuck with these two heffers.

Charlotte Hughes, is a great writer. Her plot twist are excellant and very suspenseful. I would highly reccomend her works to anyone who wants an excellant read that you cannot put down. She writes about the small town, south as well if not better than other southern writers of her generation. I could live in her books.

This is the first novel I have read of Ms Hughes but not the last. The characters are real and very entertaining. I especially enjoyed Lee's tart wit. I would like to see a sequal to "Night Kills."

Comfrey, South Carolina is a place where everyone was well aware that Lucy Hodges was a victim of spousal abuse until her husband died in a fire. Many of the town's gossips were shocked when Lucy used the insurance money to repair her battered face into a visage that left men quaking with desire. Lucy also began to bed many of the local males, especially married ones who she could easily torment.

However, Lucy again becomes a victim when someone ties her up in her own bed, butchers her face, and ultimately stabs her to death. A drunken Jack McCall, recalls having been at Lucy's house the night she was killed, but cannot remember anything else. With plenty of physical evidence on hand, the police arrest Jack for the murder. Jack has suddenly come into some cash and manages to make bail. He soon shows that there is enough evidence to look elsewhere if the cops are only willing to try.

Rural Southern towns are commonly used as ideal backdrops for a Gothic melodrama because on the surface everyone knows everybody's secrets, but hidden agendas are everywhere. Charlotte Hughes demonstrates that she has the talent to perfectly capture that atmosphere while surprising her readers with escalating events of mounting suspense tied together by a difficult to detect common denominator. NIGHT KILLS is true suspense that scares the audience at every twist and turn.

Harriet Klausner

Okay, so it was stupid that the "supposed killer" is chaperoning a high school dance, but I loved it anyways!! Ms. Hughes, give me more!

Great! Charlotte Hughes has definetly found her nitche. I just finished "And After That, The Dark", and had to have more. Ms. Hughes delivered. Great southern charm and you never knew until the very end.