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Summary: a gripping psycho-legal thriller
Review: Criminal Defense Attorney Stephanie Kane's debut work is a gripping psycho-legal thriller of the first order, combining the better elements of Lisa Scottoline's legal thriller work & the psychological thriller works of James Patterson.I was rooted to Blind Spot, right from the first page itself, & as a practicing lawyer, if there is one thing that I have found most impressive in this work, is the total down-to-earth & realistic portrayal of life in the courtroom. Criminal Defense Attorney Jackie Flowers' life-long wish to work a high-profile murder case, seems fulfilled when she is assigned the task of defending Aaron Best for the murder a multi-millionaire's former wife. Opposing counsel is the ambitious District Attorney, whose only consideration is to use the case as a vehicle for promoting his political future. As Jackie's investigation uncovers a series of killings, she realizes that a serial killer is on the prowl, & that she herself could be the killer's next target. What follows is heavy & absorbing courtroom action, with a stunning twist in the tale's tail. The protagonist, dyslexic criminal defender Jackie Flowers, is one heroine who will linger in our minds for a long time - the manner in which she uses her handicap (dyslexia) to her advantage, makes for a uniquely interesting read. Psycho-legal thrillers are only a few in number, & save for Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin, or The Letter of the Law by Tim Green, this sub-sub-genre in the Mystery zone, has remained unexploited. It is here that Stephanie Kane steps in & delivers a splendid page-turner. Blind Spot offers chilling suspense & a topnotch nail-biter. I will want to re-read it. The blurb on the cover announces that Stephanie Kane is all set to publish her next work Quiet Time, & I unquietly await the same!
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Summary: What a terrific book
Review: I had a great time reading this book. It is extremely interesting and well-written. Stephanie Kane clearly knows her way around a courtroom. I found those scenes to be entirely believable. The story carried me along and I couldn't wait to get to the end to see how it would all end. I look forward to reading many more books by Stephanie Kane. Keep up the great work!
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Summary: Genuine Pleaser
Review: Stephanie J. Kane's novel "Blind Spot" is an absolutely wonderful read for anyone looking for courtroom mystery type of reading. Very good and easy to read, I had a hard time putting this book down. You truly get to know the characters, or at least you think you do. By the end of the book, you don't know how they fooled you. This is a must-read. Fantastic book for anyone who is interested in a true "page-turner".
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Summary: A New Star
Review: Stephanie Kane has written an exciting mystery novel with nice surprises and plenty of smart dialogue. I fell into the pages of Blind Spot and didn't come out again until I had finished. The novel is ostensibly about a serial killer that cuts of the heads of his victims. The heroine Julie Flowers is a lawyer with an affliction. Her affliction makes her a superior courtroom advocate; but also makes her painfully vulnerable (hence the novel's title). The character development of Julie Flowers, her client, accused killer Alan Best, the neighbor's little adopted child, Lily, and Julie's investigator Pilar Perez is excellent. The author has created characters that we can really care about and that we can visualize. Among Ms. Kane's greatest gifts is her love and respect for the English language. Her writing is clear and powerful. She knows how to turn a phrase and uses terrific metaphors. I believe that the greatest gift one can give to friends is a good book. After I finished reading Blind Spot I promptly went out and bought several copies to give to friends. Ms. Kane has given readers the gift of a novel worth reading and sharing.
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Summary: Nail Biter!
Review: Stephanie Kane is a master, especially for a first book! She held my interest completely through the entire book. Having lived in Denver, it was great being able to actually identify authentic landmarks and street names. It made me keep reminding myself this was ficton! I couldn't figure out who the murderer was until Stephanie told us at the very end. She kept pointing to so many different possibilities that it was a challenge to try figure it out before the end of the book. I'm now involved in Quiet Time and am looking forward to her next installment. Bravo, Stephanie!
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Summary: Nail Biter!
Review: Stephanie Kane is a master, especially for a first book! She held my interest completely through the entire book. Having lived in Denver, it was great being able to actually identify authentic landmarks and street names. It made me keep reminding myself this was ficton! I couldn't figure out who the murderer was until Stephanie told us at the very end. She kept pointing to so many different possibilities that it was a challenge to try figure it out before the end of the book. I'm now involved in Quiet Time and am looking forward to her next installment. Bravo, Stephanie!
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Summary: A different perspective
Review: Thank You Stephanie J. Kane! Not just for an exciting and well written book, but also for the Main Character, Jackie Flowers. There are So many wonderful reviews here, all quite well earned, I might add. I just wanted to applaud you on your wonderful insight in to the brilliant gifts that most of the so called "learning disabled" share. Although Jackie is a fictional character you have skillfully captured the very real gifts so common and so often over looked in this group. In the larger scheme of things, I believe you have planted a seed of understanding. Understanding that is really all this gifted group of individuals has ever needed! Bless you for planting that seed. DW
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Summary: a must read if you love suspense and the law
Review: The public was due a "fresh" legal thriller. Not only is this one a grabber from the very beginning, but Kane draws you so completely and easily into her web of characters that you are caught off guard with how much you care about them. You don't want to leave their lives when its time to put the book down. We must see more of Jackie Flowers!
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Summary: NEW AUTHOR IS RISING STAR
Review: There's a serial killer loose in Denver, Colorado and the district attorney hasn't a clue. The reader of Blind Spot, a first novel by Stephanie Kane, has many clues as to who dunnit, but they are there to misdirect and confabulate the reader. Enter center stage, a new heroine of the genre of lawyer novels. Enter Jackie Flowers who depends on drawing diagrams in place of notes as a learned tool to compensate for her dyslexia - a disability to some and an advantage to Jackie in her fight to save a client from the net of a politically ambitious district attorney. The ingredients of a good mystery begin and end with plot, character, and style. Blind Spot shows that Ms. Kane is adept at all three. The mystery genre requires a plot that misdirects the reader at every turn. We all want to know who the killer is before the last chapter. Is it Aaron Best, the accused killer of a wealthy middle-aged wife of a local developer and Ms. Flowers' client? Is it his brother who failed to inherit the family construction business? Or is it any one of a number of other candidates? I dare say that only the most perspicacious of readers will know the answer before the last chapter. That's a plot. Jackie Flowers is surrounded by a truly delicious cast of characters. There is her spark plug Spider driving investigator cum confidante, Pilar Perez, the crusty old judge, the political DA, the forensic psychologist who only testifies for the prosecution, and of course, the serial killer loose in Denver. It is a pleasure to read a courtroom drama that has verisimilitude and that moves the plot along to its ultimate exciting conclusion. And, in the opinion of this trial lawyer, it's not a just good read, it's a must read.
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Summary: Competent thriller
Review: This book has a great hook and pulls you right in. I enjoyed much of it. However, in some places, the writing was a little confusing. The characters, in general, are interesting and well drawn. The little neighbor girl is a kick, the way the lawyer chooses her clothes and her witnesses was good. I wasn't sure I fully understood the villain and some of the jumps in the plot were a little abrupt. I do recommend this as a good read for sometime when you just want to kick back and suspend disbelief.
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