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The Dead of Night: A Piper Blackwell Mystery Kindle Edition

by Jean Rabe (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 123 ratings
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As Sheriff Piper Blackwell rushes to a clandestine meeting with an aging, paranoid veteran who believes spies are trailing his every move, she is caught in a fierce thunderstorm. Pounding rain drums against the bluff, washing away the earth and revealing a grisly secret someone tried to bury a long time ago.

Putting a name to the skeleton on the bluff, and searching for the thief who robbed the old veteran of his life’s earnings, sends Piper delving into the sleepy towns that dot her rural county. Now she’s digging into pasts perhaps best left alone.

Accompanied by Chief Deputy Oren Rosenberg, Piper seeks to expose a truth someone wants to remain forever hidden. The investigation may have started with a thunderstorm, but Piper aims to finish it and find justice. Uncovering fragments of Spencer County’s history could prove more dangerous—and deadlier—than she ever expected.
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In THE DEAD OF NIGHT, Jean Rabe gives us another compellingPiper Blackwell mystery. After a clandestine meeting with a grizzled WWIIveteran "Mark the Shark," also known as "Mr. Conspiracy," Piper stumbles,literally, over the bones of a child. Rabe weaves Piper's investigations ofthis long-cold case and the high-tech theft of an old man's earnings into athoroughly satisfying and complex novel with deeply realized characters andbeautifully vivid writing.
-- Jaden Terrell, ShamusAward nominee and internationally published author of the Jared McKeanMysteries

About the Author

USA Today Bestselling author Jean Rabe has written forty mystery, fantasy, and sf novels, and more than one hundred short stories. The Dead of Night is her second foray into Spencer County, Indiana.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07F2QKT92
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boone Street Press (June 26, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 26, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4087 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 317 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 123 ratings

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My home is filled with dogs and books. Lots of dogs and books. I am surrounded by both as I type this.

I wear twenty-some-year-old sandals or fraying tennis shoes to work everyday, and my wardrobe is often convention t-shirts or Green Bay Packer sweats.

I'm a mystery writer living in a tiny Midwestern town that has a gas station, a Dollar General, and a marvelous pizza place with exceedingly slow service.

Always working on a new project or three.

I have more than fifty books published in the fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy and mystery genres, and more than one hundred short stories. I've lost count of the number of anthologies and magazine issues I've edited. Yeah, I've been around a while.

I'm concentrating on writing mysteries now and have a series set in Spencer County, Indiana. Piper Blackwell.

In my spare time I dabble in roleplaying games and boardgames, toss tennis balls for my cadre of dogs, and attempt to put a dent in my to-be-read stack of novels.

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Laura Craig
5.0 out of 5 stars The characters are becoming more and more "real".
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
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As the saga continues, Piper Blackwell still doubts that she is cut out for the small town law enforcement life that has been handed to her. She questions whether she won the election for County Sheriff on her own merit, or because her father was the previous holder of that office. She gets a bit of a boost when elderly Mark "the Shark" Thresher tells her he voted for her because of her military background. He then proceeds to tell her, in his own paranoid way, that he is being followed, and that someone has drained money from his bank accounts. He demands that Piper found out who it was because, "I believed in you. I voted for you." The journey Piper undertakes to unravel what amounts to cyber theft introduces her to a completely different way of investigating. On top of this, she literally stumbles across a body that may have been buried decades ago. With no identification and few clues to go by, Piper must figure out who the unfortunate victim was, how they died, and how did they come to be buried in a public park? This is a thrilling, entertaining story that will keep you guessing right to the end. Well done, Jean!
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Dwayne Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
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Piper and associates are becoming more real with each chapter. The plots are well and goodly entertwined, but fully believable. Small town life is not something I want for myself but it sure is entertaining to read about. On to the next...
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Gregg Peevers
4.0 out of 5 stars Strong follow up to the first book
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2020
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The plot starts a bit slowly but the characters and the setting still make it a compelling read - and once further complications and side plots are developed it really picks up the pace. The conclusion is very strong and had me starting the next book immediately.
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Michael A. Black
5.0 out of 5 stars Second Book in a Great Series
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018
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Jean Rabe's second Piper Blackwell book is an excellent read. Taking place a few months after the first entry in the series, this one finds the young sheriff once again up to her elbows in mysteries. While meeting a seemingly paranoid complainant in a park at night, Piper inadvertently stumbles over the remains of what appears to be a murder victim. The complainant turns out to be a WW II vet aptly named "Mark the Shark," and this opens a second investigation in which Piper becomes a target. Add a seemingly eccentric woman with a penchant for ruining mailboxes and the crime rate in Spencer County, Indiana is once again spiraling out of control. We're with Piper every step of the way as she tries to earn the respect of both the pubic and the members within her own department. The events unfold in masterful fashion and also reaffirm that a police officer should never assume any call is routine. One of Rabe's strengths as a writer is that she layers the plot so that it's revealed in a compelling fashion, while presenting engaging characters who are so "real" they seem to jump right off the page. I'm glad this series is continuing. I can hardly wait to see what effect the changes that occur in this installment will mean for those men and women on the Spencer County Sheriff's Department.
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Janet E. Dennison
5.0 out of 5 stars so I was delighted when The Dead of Night
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017
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I was hooked by The Dead of Winter, Piper Blackwell, Book 1, so I was delighted when The Dead of Night, Piper Blackwell, Book 2 was recently released. If you haven’t read Book 1, I would encourage you to do so, as you will be introduced to the main characters. In The Dead of Night, the characters are developed nicely. Sheriff Piper Blackwell and her co-workers have come to better understand one another, creating a new level of trust. The Sheriff’s Department has it’s internal challenges, but like real life, it is a work in progress. It appears that there are two crimes to solve. One involves decades old skeletal remains, while the other crime unfolds with unexpected twists and turns. Perhaps not what one would expect in a quiet county in Middle America, but the team works together to find the answers needed to solve each case.

I appreciate the way in which the author created so many charming and interesting members of this rural community. She intertwined them into the story in such a way that I found the book was hard to put down. The characters are people I would like to meet, even Gertrude, who mowed down the mailboxes of locals with her car. I’m pretty sure I laughed out loud more than once at Gertrude’s shenanigans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Prickling of my thumbs...
Reviewed in Australia on September 16, 2017
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So chilling the evil here. A wicked murderer sees justice. Fantastic characters with beautiful complexity. Feels like reading true crime. Bravo Jean Rabe, Bravo.
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