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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
This is the first book in the Bishop/Special Crime Unit series and it grabbed my attention from the first page. I'm not usually into stories about psychics but I really like these characters and this unit!
I have read a number of the books in this series, and while they were good, it seems I have never read them from the first to the last as I have decided to do now. Ass it turned out, I had never read the first in the series. Quite enjoyable read, well written, fairly typical for the genre.
I picked this up as a nostalgia thing. I remember being a tween and having found these books at a garage sale and they seemed very adult and sexy to me. As an adult, not so much. It was a slog to get through, the stereotypes in the written characters and the inherent attitude towards womenh even from a female author was brutal and I basically skimmed the last 300 pages to make sure I was remembering the right book.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a little bit dated, but over-all it was little reading an first season SVU episode mixed with an X-file episode. There was a lot of murder and some people may find it a bit triggering. But it had a cheesy-ness to it that made it a little fun???
Anyway I enjoyed and will continue the series which should keep me busy for a little while as there's 20-some of them.
Anyway I enjoyed and will continue the series which should keep me busy for a little while as there's 20-some of them.
dark
mysterious
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Cassie Neal thought she had finally found peace when she left Los Angeles and settled in Ryan's Bluff, North Carolina. A psychic who had worked with detectives to locate serial killers and that ilk, she was looking to put her gifts to rest and live out her life in solitude. Unfortunately, even small towns can bear the same sins as the big city when women are turning up murdered in Cassie's new home. She reaches out to the skeptical Sheriff to offer her help and then seeks the help of the town's prosecutor, Ben Ryan, when she's rejected. Cassie and Ben have an immediate connection but she is reluctant to follow through on it, feeling she's destined for tragedy.
This is a chilling story as you anticipate not only who the killer is but who will be the next victim. Hooper does an admirable job of drawing you into minor characters and having you invest in their outcome. I found myself dreading who the next victim might be as I was unwilling to give up on any of those I'd come to know in the story. The plot was complex while seemingly simple. There were enough clues for me to have a shot at solving the mystery and I came pretty close. The end of the story had an extremely interesting twist that could have been deduced.
My only criticism is that the romance meter was a little low but adequate. Ben was very attractive with the requisite amount of flaws and Cassie, of course, was appealing in a poignant way. But, it was difficult to make the emotional connection because it was written pretty dispassionately.
This was an excellent start to a promising series, which I plan to continue. It was high on mystery and suspense, keeping my pulse rate elevated through much of the story.
This is a chilling story as you anticipate not only who the killer is but who will be the next victim. Hooper does an admirable job of drawing you into minor characters and having you invest in their outcome. I found myself dreading who the next victim might be as I was unwilling to give up on any of those I'd come to know in the story. The plot was complex while seemingly simple. There were enough clues for me to have a shot at solving the mystery and I came pretty close. The end of the story had an extremely interesting twist that could have been deduced.
My only criticism is that the romance meter was a little low but adequate. Ben was very attractive with the requisite amount of flaws and Cassie, of course, was appealing in a poignant way. But, it was difficult to make the emotional connection because it was written pretty dispassionately.
This was an excellent start to a promising series, which I plan to continue. It was high on mystery and suspense, keeping my pulse rate elevated through much of the story.