If you are looking for a nail-biting adventure with twists
that come out of nowhere then get your hands on LOOK BEHIND
YOU. Author Iris Johansen and co-author (and son) Roy
Johansen offers thrill after thrill with this book.
Kendra Michaels was blind for most of her life before her
sight was restored. In those years the other senses that
sighted people don't necessarily enhance now come in handy.
She can size a person up and give a rundown of things that
most people don't really see. This "parlor" trick has gotten
her involved with a number of investigations and she is once
again needed.
A serial killer is in San Diego and the F.B.I. needs her
senses. This leads to some confusing and seemingly unrelated
evidence, but it does relate. To four different cities and
different methods of killing, that tie to one killer. That
killer now has Kendra in his sights. When the killer, enters
her blind friend's condo and leaves a note for Kendra, she
is afraid for everyone she cares about. Which brings into
the picture Adam Lynch, a former agent, freelancer known as
the "Puppetmaster," to her side to make sure she is
protected. Whether she wants him there or not.
You will want to make sure you have time set aside before
beginning LOOK BEHIND YOU because it will not let you put it
down, it is that engrossing. The characters in Johansen
books are diversified, sometimes to the extreme where you
wonder how in the world they will manage to work together.
They have quirks that add totally to the vibe of the
storyline. The pace is fast, moving from one thrill to the
next, but a few moments of levity or romance is tossed in
for good measure when needed most. I am usually pretty good
at guessing the bad guy but I have to admit that I did not
see it this time. Totally out of nowhere, but then that is
how this author tends to be. Lead you one way and then wham
... back another. Amazing writing skill, not overly busy
with technical procedures but with enough to give a sense of
what is being done then add in a good hit of human frailty
and that is LOOK BEHIND YOU.
If you haven't read any of the other Kendra
Michael's books by the Johansen's don't worry this
is very much a stand-alone, but if you are like me, you will
be going back and reading the other four.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen and Edgar Award-winning author Roy Johansen are back with Look Behind You, a novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego with a most unusual M.O. With each kill, the perpetrator leaves behind mystifying random objects. In this confusing array of unrelated evidence, the one thing that is clear is that the murders all have one characteristic in common: they all require the specific skills of Kendra Michaels, hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. Kendra, who was blind for the first twenty years of her life, gained her sight through a revolutionary surgical procedure and now uses her acute powers of observation to assist in cases all over the United States. FBI investigators soon make a startling discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases from around the country. And the new crimes feature “holdback” characteristics never disclosed to the general public—meaning that one single killer was behind the nation’s most notorious serial murder cases and has now come to challenge and taunt Kendra. The investigators—a “dream team” of profilers—join Kendra in the pursuit, but as the body count rises and the detectives themselves become the newest targets, Kendra must risk everything to defeat a psychopath whose terrifying plan is years in the making…
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