FACT: Three people die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.

FACT: Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

FACT: Halogen floor lamps caused approximately 270 fires and 19 deaths per year.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

FACT: In 2003, 24 people died from inhaling popcorn fumes.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Since 2001, 987 children have been killed while buying ice cream.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: One of the largest carriers of hepatitis B is dinner mints.

FACT: Total asphyxiations attributed to rice cake eating since 1965: 1,601.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

FACT: Deaths attributed to “loud sounds” since 1970: 34,831.
- FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Poets have a life span fifteen years below average.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

FACT: 99% of all "mazes" can be solved if you walk to the right every time you have to choose between left and right.

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The Night Season - Hardcover

Gretchen is in jail, Archie and Susan are on the trail of a new serial killer, and Portland is flooding! A major character is poisoned. A major character drowns. And a major character gets hypothermia. So there is a lot of derring-do. That said, this is a good book for those of you who are new to the series. You can read it without having read the other three, and there is less stabbing in this one. Gretchen fans, do not be alarmed. She's in this book. Just a little. And she'll be back in book five when the stabbing continues. This book also features a lot of good tips that may save you from drowning at some point in the future. An excellent investment in your safety.

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This may be the best thriller set in a flooding city since Donna Leon’s Acqua Alta (1996).

--Booklist (STARRED review)

VERDICT Perfect for readers who want to mix true crime history with their contemporary serial killers, as in Lisa Black’s Trail of Blood or Michael Harvey’s The Third Rail. The pace is as relentless as the floodwaters engulfing Portland.

--Library Journal

Cain easily weaves the history of the real-life Vanport flood with her trademark heart-stopping moments, and fans will be pleased to see the series flourishing without Gretchen on every page.

--Publishers Weekly

A strong and satisfying, if less extreme, outing from the new queen of serial-killer fiction.

--Kirkus Reviews