Friday, October 28, 2022

Come, Gentle Night by Stephanie Black - ADVISABLE

Come, Gentle Night
(Natalie Marsh #5) by Stephanie Black
, 296 pages. Covenant Communications, 2022. $17

Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG-13 

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Natalie and Gideon are simply enjoying a fundraising gala for a women’s domestic violence shelter, but, when a cop gets pepper sprayed at the event and two boys get taken as suspects, they somehow get tangled up in the mess. Again. So much for their “this many days since our last entanglement with the police” chart. 

Natalie is a psychologist, and each book in this series is about how she inexplicably gets involved in police dealings, generally homicide cases. Black does a great job of making the mysteries complicated enough to stay engaged while still allowing for clues that point readers in the right direction. I love figuring out what’s going on, and I didn’t put this book down until I had finished 

The majority of characters are implied white. The mature content rating is for mention of alcohol and groping as well as for illegal activity. The violence rating is for mentions of domestic violence and suicide, gun use, assault, and murder. 

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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