When the Night Comes Falling

A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders

By: Howard Blum

Narrated by: Zac Aleman

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

The definitive inside story of the Idaho murders from bestselling author Howard Blum, whose groundbreaking coverage of the story was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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 listeners 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 listeners transfixed.

©2024 Howard Blum (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Seems to know how to put the pieces together to make the crime has found the killer.book is

The book is well written, and factual. Pulls all the information together. Making it seem he did his research and pulled it all together.

Just the facts ma’am

I have followed this case from its inception. Read all the affidavits and kept up on the latest news. There was nothing new in this book except Plum’s new theory about the target. He puts a little glue between the facts and infers for you. All in all it’s a great recap if you want to be brought up to speed and introduced to the conspirator and the victims.

Must read Book

This is a must read for anyone who is following the murders of the four beautiful Idaho students. Blum is an amazing author and I feel like he brought us the closest thing to the truth that is known at this point.

Hard to follow

Shifts from one subject to another! I knew almost all the information from following the case.

Very detailed

I liked everything about this book, the victims and their families were mentioned as well as the details of the possible suspect. The book is very accurate from all the news and social media I've seen.

Absolutely Riveting

Don’t let the preview fool you—this book is fascinating and comprehensive. Brings every aspect of the story to life, and presents new information in a thoughtful and well considered manner. I’m a tough critic, and I honestly wasn’t expecting much, but this book blew me away.

Best book so far on Idaho tragedy

I am almost finished listening to this book, and must say I’m impressed. The author did a lot of research in putting this book together, and it shows. That wasn’t easy, he explains in the introduction, because of gag orders and other obstacles. But he persevered and the result is this book.

I have been following this case pretty closely, and I find true crime fascinating in general. But I learned some things I didn’t know, including some background of the alleged perpetrator. Info about the town of Moscow and university life, especially its “Greek life,” added interest and local color.

This selection is much better than another one in my library dealing with the same subject matter, in my opinion. This has more factual info and is better written, definitely worth the credit!
The narration is spot on.

Don’t waste $$ or credit. Awful

Used this empty of new info book- to squeeze in Trump bashing. Managed to do this w through the genealogy info. Long story short- guy who funded database had once postulated blacks had lower IQ. This person employed somewhere in DC while Trump in WH. ‘Found acceptance in Trumps DC. What a crock - but required smear to get published these days.

Nothing new here, disappointing

I wanted to like it but if you’ve been following the case, you know all of this. It’s just a summary of what’s in the media and background on the victims.