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Summary: Too Many Psychics Spoil the Plot
Review: Maggie's psychic. Quentin's psychic. Beau is psychic.
Miranda's psychic. Kendra's not quite as psychic. Hollis is
psychic. The killer is psychic. The whole blasted book is boiling with psychics. Too many rules about being psychic in order to keep the plot moving. Too many people with too many mysteries in their past...quickly turns what was an interesting
plot twist into an annoying plot contrivance....I was ready to shred the book before I got to the end...irritating, grating and
just not very good.
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Summary: Not up to Par
Review: I was introduced to Kay Hooper this year and have read the 3 "Shadow" books and loved them. Having had experience with psychics & the paranormal I felt her writing was in tune with the truth and not exaggerated. BUT this last entry left somethings to be desired. I don't want to give away any of the stroryline but she left a lot of questions unanswered: who is Galen? What was the connection between the killer and the spirit? I suggest you read this book after you have read the others.
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Summary: Absolutely LOVED this book
Review: Having ran out of a novel to read, I just had finished reading Robert Crais' novel Hostage and saw this in the Hotel's gift shop, it seemed to fit my area of interest so I decided to give it a try. Needless to say, this book hooked me for this author. I cannot wait till Winter 2002 for the sequels to this novel.
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Summary: Gruesome to the max
Review: This book should come with a warning: do not buy this book if you have a weak stomach. Graphic descriptions of mutalated women and in one case a 6 month old fetus is not my idea of good writing. You can have good writing without ratching up the gore factor. I will not buy a book from this author again.
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Summary: Touching Evil
Review: This book does not appear to be the best of Kay Hooper's
I have been reading Ms. Hooper since the early 80's. After
reading this book I feel cheated.
Ms. Hooper can typically capture my attention in the first paragraph and keep it until the conclusion. Unfortunately,this was not the case. I want to know more.
There were two characters mentioned but not fully developed. I ended this book with several questions left hanging. They were:
What happens to Beau? Who in the world is Galen? Finally, why mention them? They seemed to clutter the story line and not enhance it.
Sorry, Ms. Hooper, I will continue to buy your books, but I hope the next one is better.
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Summary: TOUCHING EVIL FROM A FASCINATING PERSPECTIVE
Review: As a mystery writer with my debut novel in its initial release, I was fascinated with Kay Hooper's TOUCHING EVIL. Ms. Hooper's protagonist is an amazing woman. Maggie Barnes is a Seattle police sketch artist who can draw dead-on portraits of unknown criminals by merely listening to their victims tell their stories. Some people on the PD think she is telepathic. Maggie's not telling. Then Seattle becomes gripped by a series of crimes more horrible than it has ever seen before. Maggie soon realizes she has links this monster perp, and she knows she is going to have to push her skills beyond beyond all limits to save herself and her city from this evil. TOUCHING EVIL is a great mystery.
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Summary: Move over Tami Hoag and Iris Johansen!!
Review: There is a new voice in women's fiction that I can't get enough of. Let me be clear on this: I normally detest women's suspense. When I picked up Kay Hooper's first 'Shadows' book in an airport, I thought to myself, "great, another serial novelist who I won't manage to stomach beyond the plane's initial taxi out to the runway." WOW, was I wrong!! Think Iris Johansen, only with better writing, and a touch of the 'X-Files.' And the great news is that, as good as the 'Shadows' books are, Maggie Barnes and the 'Evil' books look to be a storyline that's even more compelling. Everyone should rush out and pick up a copy of 'Touching Evil,' if only to see an author on the rise and one day tell your friends, "I knew Kay Hooper before she was a star."
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Summary: Oh My, Oh My!
Review: I've started this review several times, and I just can't seem to come up with words and descriptions to do justice to this book. In my wildest dreams I didn't see how Kay Hooper could possible top her 'Shadows' trilogy which I thought was fantastic, but you know what, I think she has managed to do just that.Maggie Barnes is a police sketch artist working with the police in Seattle. She has a unique gift of being able to draw crucial information out of victims and therefore sketching whoever has harmed them. No matter how terrifying or gruesome the crime is, Maggie finds a way to relate to the victims. That is until the Blindfold Rapist hits Seattle. John Garrett is a powerful businessman who has just managed to worm his way into a high profile case. Someone is attacking the women of Seattle, savagely raping and brutally beating them. Then, for reasons known only to the attacker, he cuts their eyes out. Why is John involved? One of the victims was his sister. While Seattle has a good police department, John becomes frustrated and takes matters into his own hands by calling Quentin, boyhood friend. Quentin works for a special unit at the FBI. This special unit deals with psychic abilities and the unknown. Sound familiar? You got it. Some friends from the 'Shadows' trilogy make an appearance and play a vital part of this story. As I said before, there are so many factors in this story that I can't do it justice. I will say this before you dive into it, pay attention to the numerous characters introduced. They all play vital roles. If I have any complaints about this new series it would be the fact they are not going to be released one after another for three months like the last trilogy Ms. Hooper wrote. I have to admit while reading the 'Shadows' trilogy, I got spoiled knowing I only had to wait one month before the next book came out.
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Summary: ANOTHER POWERFUL PSYCHIC TRIOLOGY UNDERWAY!
Review: I was so jublilated to discover that Kay Hooper has written another psychic murder mystery series. I absolutely loved all of her previous "Shadow Series" novels and I think that the "Evil Series" will be just as good. "Touching Evil" featured everyone's favorite psychic FBI Agent, Noah Bishop! The plot: Women are getting murdered, maimed, and mutilated in Seattle, Washington. Luckily, one of the victims survived her horrific experience. Sketch artist Maggie O'Connor is called in by the Seattle PD to help recreate a picture of the city's latest psychopath from the surviving victim. Maggie has psychic abilities. When she goes to visit the crime scenes, visions come into her head. Either of pictures of the murder or scenes from the victims eyes. A powerful businessman needs Maggie to help catch this killer because this psychopath butchered his sister. As the case intensifies, and the danger for Maggie's life escalates, Agent Bishop is called in to help. This novel keeps the suspense pounding the whole way like a nerve shattering roller coaster ride all the way until the exciting finale. I can't wait for "Whisper of Evil" in March 2002!
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Summary: She's so good....
Review: Maggie Barnes is an empathic sketch artist who can see the face of a killer through the eyes and tales of the victims involved in the case. But this time it isn't that easy, the victims have died or have remained living without the use of their eyes.
John Garrett's sister was the second victim of the Blindfold Rapist and he intends to see that the killer is brought to justice and he intends to have Maggie's help.
Hollis Templeton is the only surviving victim of the Blindfold Rapist's brutal assault and when she starts hearing someone's voice in her head talking to her, she starts to wonder if she isn't just plain crazy. But Hollis needs to see again, one way or another, because she needs to help Maggie and the voice who has come to help her.
Kay Hooper is stictly amazing. Her stories of the paranormal and gifted are a new twist to the romance category. One wishes when reading Kay Hooper's books that maybe for one day you could experience what it is like to be gifted, and yet be horrified at the same time.
I adore Kay's use of characters in this book, bringing to light once again the team of FBI agents that we have seen before in Kay's other books in this series. This book is a treat that people looking for a different stroke of Romance, Intrigue, and Murder will surely enjoy.
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