Also, if an unaffected person touches someone who is affected by the black rain then it won't turn them into a crazy person only direct contact with the rain will make people turn not secondary contact - although, some of them are crazy anyway. Interestingly, the storm seems to be stationary and not affecting other areas only Bixby. The story is told in the third person from multiple POV - as we're introduced to some of the denizens of Bixby, as they try to deal with the crisis and stay alive - and not get contaminated themselves. For some reason, the black rain causes people to turn into homicidal maniacs, it also gives them a feeling of euphoria. After they get better aquainted, there's a massive roar in the night sky, and it starts to rain the rain is black.īarnes attacks Hanson and Hanson draws his weapon and blasts the maintenance guy in the head. Toby Barnes (Head of Maintenance) introduces himself to Hanson, telling him what he knows about the victim, which isn't much.

After climbing the chain-link fence to gain entry to the stadium he has a look around the crime scene, when suddenly, the stadium lights come to life, and he sees someone walking towards him from one of the stadium's tunnels.

This was just as good as the last book I read by the author (Endless Night) - although, not quite as funny.īob Hanson, a patrol officer, returns to the scene of a gruesome crime: where someone has been tied to the goalposts of Lincoln High School's Football Stadium and set on fire.

One Rainy Night by Richard Laymon