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Summary: Kept me reading
Review: Olivia Benchet returns to New Orleans when her grandmother dies.
She had inherited her Grandmother's house, but more importantly she had also inherited her ability to "see" things. Olivia's dreams become filled with visions of a young woman being tortured and murdered. After the first dream the police rebuff her attempts to report a possible murder. When a second, even more disturbing dream occurs she returns to the New Orleans Police Department and tells her story to Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. Both men are skeptical, but Bentz finds himself returning to her story and believing her as the first victim is discovered just as Olivia had described. A serial killer calling himself the Chosen One has a time table that he has devised for killing more women. Bentz is a driven cop who's wife betrayed him with his half brother; Olivia is alone and tortured by a past that includes an alcoholic mother and a father who is a felon. Father James is a priest. The characters are fascinating and ultimately all connected to each other. Cold Blooded is a little "far fetched" but then it is fiction, and it made for a good read.
Rating:
Summary: Kept me reading
Review: Olivia Benchet returns to New Orleans when her grandmother dies.
She had inherited her Grandmother's house, but more importantly she had also inherited her ability to "see" things. Olivia's dreams become filled with visions of a young woman being tortured and murdered. After the first dream the police rebuff her attempts to report a possible murder. When a second, even more disturbing dream occurs she returns to the New Orleans Police Department and tells her story to Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. Both men are skeptical, but Bentz finds himself returning to her story and believing her as the first victim is discovered just as Olivia had described. A serial killer calling himself the Chosen One has a time table that he has devised for killing more women. Bentz is a driven cop who's wife betrayed him with his half brother; Olivia is alone and tortured by a past that includes an alcoholic mother and a father who is a felon. Father James is a priest. The characters are fascinating and ultimately all connected to each other. Cold Blooded is a little "far fetched" but then it is fiction, and it made for a good read.
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Summary: A great read!
Review: Randomly picking up the book and glancing at the cover blurb, I was hooked. I had to have this book. I hadn't heard of the author before but I was looking for a tense psychological thriller and this seemed like a good one. WOW! Was I ever impressed. Not wanting to miss sleep, I set it down but finished it the day after I started it. It was a real page turner with dysfunctional relationships on top of the serial killer, all blended with a romantic twist or two. I was hooked; now I can't wait to read the first one and am waiting with baited breath for the next thriller this author has to offer. A definite must-read.
Rating: 
Summary: Great suspense novel
Review: So why the three star rating?
1. Lots of blood and torture
2. Not much of a romance novel
3. An ending that leaves you frustrated-not because of the mediocre cliff hanger-but because of Benz and Olivia themselves
5. the identity of "the chosen one" Oh and contrary to a former reviewer, Benz is a main character in this story, not a secondary one.
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Summary: Entertaining book but has major problems....
Review: The main plot of the book is much the same as the previous title that used Rick Bentz as a secondary character, (Hot Blooded), but that wasn't what I find disturbing about it. My main concern was the fact the author seems to have very little knowledge or done very little research on exactly what the practice of voodoo and reading tarot cards are. She uses the terms interchangably. This is just plain wrong, by any stretch of the imagination. You don't have to practice voodoo to read tarot cards. One really has nothing to do with the other. She then has most of the characters so ignorant of what ESP and psychic visions are that she has them all assuming that that too is an offshoot of voodoo. If you are going to have some characters not know the difference, fine, but at least have one intelligent person to explain exactly what it all means and what it all is about, or you are just propetuating "Hollywood" myth, that has very little basis in fact.
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Summary: If I could give it a "10" I would
Review: This book was excellent from page one!! Lisa Jackson is a writer who knows how to keep the reader entertained. You just can't put her books down - this was my second and I can't wait to read the rest!!!!
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Summary: Give it a try
Review: This is my second Lisa Jackson novel, my first being Hot Blooded. I have to say that I enjoyed Hot Blooded more than Cold Blooded, although I did love the character of Bentz. I had a few problems with this book. First, it was too typical to have the killer be who it was. I don't know how anyone that read it couldn't have figured it out. There was one character that I couldn't stand. KRISTI. She was a total spoiled brat. Nothing was good enough for her and she constantly acted like a bratty kid to Bentz. I understood why she would have issues, but I think she really needed to have a session or two with Dr. Sam. The last thing that bothered me was how the character of Dr. Leeds kept being brought up. Everyone though something was off with him, but we never did find out what it was. I really did like Olivia although she isn't one of my favorite heroines. I liked the fact that Jackson had her interested in more than one man. That happens in the real world, but not very often in the world of fiction. My last comment is that the Epilogue was AWFUL.
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Summary: Give it a try
Review: This is my second Lisa Jackson novel, my first being Hot Blooded. I have to say that I enjoyed Hot Blooded more than Cold Blooded, although I did love the character of Bentz. I had a few problems with this book. First, it was too typical to have the killer be who it was. I don't know how anyone that read it couldn't have figured it out. There was one character that I couldn't stand. KRISTI. She was a total spoiled brat. Nothing was good enough for her and she constantly acted like a bratty kid to Bentz. I understood why she would have issues, but I think she really needed to have a session or two with Dr. Sam. The last thing that bothered me was how the character of Dr. Leeds kept being brought up. Everyone though something was off with him, but we never did find out what it was. I really did like Olivia although she isn't one of my favorite heroines. I liked the fact that Jackson had her interested in more than one man. That happens in the real world, but not very often in the world of fiction. My last comment is that the Epilogue was AWFUL.
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Summary: Breathtaking psychological thriller. I couldn't put it down
Review: This is one that grabs you from the beginning. I found myself reading it every spare moment I had, and thinking about it at work when I wasn't reading it. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a psychological thriller with a bit of romance thrown in. There is enough diversity in the age of the principal characters to make this book appeal to all age groups. A definite must-read, but give yourself plenty of time, because you won't want to stop until you finish it.
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Summary: A Great Sequel to Hot Blooded
Review: This is the story of Rick Bentz the detective from the story Hot Blooded. This story is really more suspense then romance, but it is still a great story. There is another serial killer on the loose in New Orleans and he kills the girls by saint feast days. The story keeps you guessing on who the killer is and what relationship he has with Olivia the heroine. She sees visions of the murders and feels helpless to stop them. She goes to the police and that is how she meets Rick. Rick has had issues in the past and does not trust anyone. Especially women. It will take a special someone to turn him around. More suspense then romance you won't have to skim over love scenes that seem like filler. A great page turner until the end. Don't miss this fast paced story.
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