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3.0 out of 5 stars A roller coaster ride of a story!!!, June 10, 1999

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Although I must admit to a bias toward Richard Bausch's work (he was my fiction writing professor in college), I enjoyed In The Night Season. For veteran Bausch readers, it is quite a departure from previous novels, although not an unpleasant one. This novel has plenty of action and a suspenseful storyline however the denouement was predictable. I do appreciate Bausch's efforts to forge into uncharted territory however.

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5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate Suspense, June 20, 2002

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I had read the book of Bausch's short stories and was impressed. However, this novel was absolutely first rate. He manages to hold the tension in the book right up to the epilogue. I love authors who fully develop their characters, and Bausch is a master of that, even in a suspense novel. As a writer I always read with one eye on the craft of the novel.
This was like seeing a movie that had you on the edge of your seat the whole time. I plan to read lots more by this author.

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5.0 out of 5 stars pulse-racing suspense, June 1, 1998

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"With IN THE NIGHT SEASON, Bausch weds a plot with all the pulse-racing suspense of a popular crime novel to a sensitive limning of two recurrent themes in his recent work: the rivulets causing family love to wander off course and the reaction of ordinary people to extraordinary dangers....Richard Bausch has long been one of the most expert and substantial of our writers. And his talent is long overdue for wider recognition." --Boston Globe

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