FAST FALLS THE NIGHT by Julia Keller is the sixth book in the Bell Elkins series. This is another book series that I jumped into without reading the previous books in the series. This book can easily be read as a standalone novel.
I heard wonderful things about FAST FALLS THE NIGHT and knew I had to find out for myself what all the hype is about. I found this to be a fast- paced steady read that will keep you on the edge of your seat tethering on the brink of falling into the suspense of the novel. I did read this novel in one sitting which was a long night followed by a book hangover the next day, but it was all worth it! This book has the perfect combination of mystery, suspense, and thrilling not sure what is about to happen on the next page kind of gripping novel that will draw you in and hold your attention until the last printed word at the end of the book.
The characters are tough, with a willingness to push forward and surpass what life has thrown at them regardless of what they have to do to overcome. Their backstories are what helps to push this story over the top. The setting is rural West Virginia which is the exact backdrop a story like this needs in order to mesh the story line and characters together. Keller explains why she wrote this book and what it means to her on a personal level. A story that hits home to many with drugs affecting many areas throughout The United States. After finishing reading this novel, I plan to go back and read the rest of the series. I also look forward to reading more from this author and this book series.
Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia
Kellerβs latest Bell Elkins novel Fast Falls the
Night takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling
against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation
that will change Bellβs life forever.
The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a
young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station
bathroom. To the people of the small town of Ackerβs Gap,
West Virginia, it is just another tragedy. It is sadβbut
these days, depressingly familiar.
But then there is another overdose. And another. And another.
Prosecutor Bell Elkins soon realizes that her Appalachian
hometown is facing its starkest challenge yet: a day of
constant heroin overdoses from a batch tainted with a lethal
tranquilizer. While the clock ticks and the bodies fall,
Bell and her colleagues desperately track the source of the
deadly drugβand engage in fierce debates over the wisdom of
expending precious resources to save the lives of
self-destructive addicts.a
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