WHISPERS OF THE DEAD, which is the second book in the Special
Tracking Unit series
written by Spencer Kope, is a book that I'm sure you will
not forget. Unlike how most
crimes are solved, this one relies on one of the special
agents' secret gifts, the 'shine.' When I hear about the
'shine' I think of Stephen King, but this series is a whole
different genre. It is not a horror story, but a FBI
thriller with a serial killer.
Magnus "Step" Craig, along with his partner Jimmy Donovan,
is called to
investigate a pair of severed feet that was found in a
cooler at the house of a
Federal Judge in El Paso. They are called to this case
because Step is good at
tracking with his "gift" that only two others know about, one
being his partner. The gift is the 'shine.' He is able to
see color where people
touch and each person gives off a certain color. He can also
tell if a certain color
is that of a deceased person. Soon, there is another victim
found, also in a cooler. Will they be able to find the Ice
Box Killer before they strike
again?
I enjoyed this thriller, WHISPERS OF THE DEAD, by Spencer
Kope. I did not read the first book in the Special
Tracking Unit series, however I was able
to pick right up with this second one. As a reader that
loves thrillers
and mysteries, I highly recommend this one to those that
love these types of
novels!
A pair of severed feet, stored in a portable cooler, is
found in the house of a Federal judge in El Paso. The
victim is unknown. The reason the killer went to such
trouble—breaking into the judge’s house—and what message
he intends to send are both mysteries.
Magnus “Steps” Craig is part of the elite three-man
Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special
cases where his skills are especially indispensable,
Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and
follow trails over any surface better than anyone else.
But there’s a secret to his success.
Steps has a kind of synesthesia, an ability that allows
him to see whatever a person has touched in a unique
color—what Steps calls ‘shine.’ His ability is known to
only a few people—his father, the director of the FBI,
and his partner, Special Agent Jimmy Donovan.
The Special Tracking Unit soon discovers another, earlier
victim; again, only the feet were left behind in an
icebox. In Spencer Kope’s Whispers of the Dead—with few
clues besides the body parts left behind—Steps and his
team find themselves enmeshed in the most difficult case
of their careers. And The Icebox Killer has only just
begun.
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