When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By Howard Blum

Book Overview

Instant New York Times Bestseller "Compelling. . . . Blum capably maintains the suspense and thoughtfully probes into the motives of key players in this intriguing yet profoundly unsettling story."--Kirkus Reviews From the bestselling author of The Spy Who Knew Too Much and American Lightning comes the definitive account of the Idaho student murders--an updated paperback edition in time for the long-anticipated trial. Timed for a trial that will capture national attention, When the Night Comes Falling examines the mysterious murders of the four University of Idaho students. Having covered this case from its start, Edgar award winning investigative reporter Howard Blum takes readers behind the scenes of the police manhunt that eventually led to suspected killer, Bryan Christopher Kohberger, and uncovered larger, lurid questions within this unthinkable tragedy. Reminiscent of the panoramic portraiture of In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song, When the Night Comes Falling offers a suspenseful, richly detailed narrative that will have readers transfixed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063349299
• ISBN13: 9780063349292
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read

This book gives an overview of the Idaho Student Murders early on, BEFORE the murderer decided to take a plea deal. There are many details revealed in this book that were not widely known early in the investigation. The author clearly outlines how he ascertained much of his information through sources not directly bound by the gag order. Excellently written, this book holds your interest and is hard to put down. I would have to agree with the author's impression of how the murders were carried out especially now that we know more about the killings. The fact that the author came to his conclusion early on is a testament to his diligent research and common sense.

When the night comes falling...let it.

It was a labor intensive task to read this. I found no new information about the murders with few exceptions. it just repeated what was already in the public domain and I paid to reread it in this book. It was said to be a thriller rivaling Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." It was not, that was an enormous oversell. It was sluggish and wordy, seemingly without purpose. Absent was the emotion that connects the writer to the subject, and if any subject demanded a connection from a writer to be understood this one did.The B&W pictures, one per chapter, were so small they seemed to be an afterthought. Nice dust jacket though.