WAIT AND SEE by Iris Johansen

Kendra Michaels receives a cryptic message from her mysterious friend and sometimes lover Adam Lynch. She goes where the message sends her because Lynch doesn’t have animals, and they don't need veterinarian help – it is a sign that he is in danger. Kendra isn’t going to WAIT AND SEE if his FBI or Justice Department colleagues will rescue him.

Kendra Michaels has extraordinary insight into people and their lives because she was blind and then regained her eyesight during a surgical procedure. She gained her sight but didn’t lose that which she had gained by being blind and relying on her other senses. She uses them when she goes searching for Lynch. Along with Jessie Mercado, a private investigator, she soon finds herself following clues and heading to the rescue. It’s hard to rescue someone who believes in the protection of someone who is more important than himself.

WAIT AND SEE is fast-paced and action-packed. This is the 12th of the Kendra Michaels series by author Iris Johansen, along with her son and co-writer Roy Johansen. It is important to note the number because new readers might find it a bit daunting trying to navigate the characters that are involved. Fans of the series will enjoy revisiting all the old and some new favorites.

There is a lot happening in this book and some of it might have a hint of things that seem more futuristic than fans of this series might have. There is robotic and AI themed situations that are interspersed with the normal dialogue and usual action filling the pages.

WAIT AND SEE does give readers a look into the spy world and how deep the distrust can be even among the “good” guys. It also takes a closer look at the relationship between Lynch and Kendra and what it might become if she has the time to deal with the emotions as she follows the cryptic messages and hints as to his whereabouts. This offering throws in a number of twists and turns as the good people work to eliminate the evil that wants to rule the world. I will admit that to me there were a few times that things seem to drag but on the most part this the Johansen’s at their best.

If you like a mystery, twists and turns, surprises along with a few sweet moments then WAIT AND SEE will fit the bill.

Investigator Kendra Michaels—formerly blind and now with uniquely insightful observational skills in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes—returns in this action-packed novel from the #1 New York Times and Edgar Award-winning writing duo Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen.

When Kendra Michaels receives a cryptic message from her sometimes-paramour Adam Lynch, she concludes that he must be in extreme danger—the kind where he can’t trust his FBI and Justice department colleagues to rescue him. Lynch has saved Kendra’s life during past investigations so she’s immediately willing to put everything on the line for him.

With her heightened senses, honed in the dark before she regained her eyesight in a cutting-edge surgical procedure, Kendra knows she can do what the federal agents cannot. So along with private investigator Jessie Mercado, Kendra is soon following the first intriguing clue to London.

What they find there will lead to a chase with deadly stakes because Lynch is willing to risk it all to protect something he believes is bigger than himself. Something that could change life for everyone on the planet…if only they live long enough to share the truth.