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Light Before Day
Light Before Day
Author: Christopher Rice
Adam Murphy, a twenty-five-year-old journalist, is chasing a career-making story of a serial killer preying on young gay men in West Hollywood when he is abruptly fired by the magazine that employs him. He soon learns his former lover has disappeared, but what he+s about to uncover is far more diabolical than he could ever have imagined. Light B...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781401359898
ISBN-10: 1401359892
Publication Date: 3/22/2006
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: Miramax Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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nhirdning avatar reviewed Light Before Day on
Helpful Score: 1
Very well written, with many twists and turns. Kept me on the edge of my seat.
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Helpful Score: 1
This has got to be one of the WORST books I have ever read. The only reason I'm being so kind and giving it 2 stars is because the story had potential, but it was just so poorly written I couldn't stand it. Some parts of the story were so over the top and unbelievable. It was like a car crash, I knew I shouldn't be looking at it but I just couldn't help it. A part of me did want to see how it all turned out, but I had to suffer through the whole thing for no good reason. The ending is so forgettable, even 2 days after finishing it I can't remember what the entire final outcome was because I just didn't care anymore. There were just too many stupid, "who-really-cares-about-them" characters and just too many twists and turns and stupid theories about "the truth". I was disappointed in this novel because I had read the other two novels by this auther, Snow Garden and Density of Souls and they were pretty good. I don't know WHAT happened with this story but it was awful.
This is just my opinion, but I can honestly say I have never read such a horribly written book.

About the book:
In California's Central Valley, an explosion of white-hot methamphetamine rips through a trailer, its blinding flash killing a dedicated schoolteacher in search of a student whose life is in danger...
In West Hollywood, a young reporter discovers that a Marine helicopter pilot visited the gay ghetto- just days before he sent his chopper spiraling into the Pacific Ocean...
And in the wilds of California's Gold Coast Ranges, a mercilessly angry young woman pursues the mythic killer she believes has murdered her mother...
So begins LIGHT BEFORE DAY, a dark new thriller of revenge and sexual obsession from NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author Christopher Rice.
divamom2 avatar reviewed Light Before Day on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A complex, thought-provoking mystery that winds from the mansions of Hollywood to the trailers of Visalia. From the best-selling author of The Snow Garden and A Density of Souls. I loved this book!
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