What do You think about Forests Of The Night: A Novel (2005)?
Mr. Hall writes a really deftly woven tapestry of many characters and histories, with very believable dialogue and plot pacing. Only had a couple of minor plausibility concerns. I would have given it at least 4 stars, but for the fact that I found the daughter's character totally implausible. Not so much the fact that she had schizophrenia, but in the way she was depicted. I remember being a 16 year old girl very well, and I don't know any who thought or spoke the way she did. we were all very m
—Erin
Hall has long been a favorite of critics and fans alike. He creates page-turners, sure, but his books are much more than that: they offer multi-dimensional characters with rich inner lives. Hall has taught creative writing for the past 32 years at Florida International University, and perhaps this explains how he mastered the skills that have critics resoundingly praising his 13th book, Forests of the Night. Though the Plain Dealer thinks burgeoning (but not always fully developed) plot lines weigh down the book, critics otherwise universally laud the novel for its suspense, historical perspective, and the way in which Hall's characters both expand and surpass the crime genre.Copyright 2005 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.This is an excerpt from a review published in Bookmarks magazine.
—Bookmarks Magazine
Whoa, this is a faced paced ride that doesn't quit until the last page. A natural psychic policewoman Charlotte Monroe is married to Parker an outstanding attorney, together they are raising their schizophrenic daughter. The FBI is after Charlotte to teach their agents her natural abilities to read people. If that doesn't grab you, stay tuned. Life is good until a man shows up at their door with a warning, "you're next" he tells Parker Monroe. Then their daughter runs away. They set out from Miami to the Great Smokey Mountains to bring their daughter back. It's not long before they find themselves at the center of a centuries old Cherokee blood feud endangering everyone connected with a crime of long ago. Well worth your time.
—Linda