Publishers Weekly
05/25/2015
In bestseller Johansen and son’s exciting third novel featuring Kendra Michaels (after 2014’s Sight Unseen), Kendra, a law-enforcement consultant whose senses of smell and hearing are extraordinarily acute, believes that serial killer Eric Colby is still alive, even though he was supposedly executed by lethal injection at California’s San Quentin State Prison months earlier. Meanwhile, San Diego reporter Sheila Hunter, who’s eager to interview Kendra, runs a newspaper story that supports Kendra’s theory about Colby. Dismayed that Sheila’s story has tipped off Colby, Kendra agrees to talk to the reporter. Just hours after their meeting, Sheila turns up dead, hanging from the mast of a house boat in a local marina. The MO suggests that Colby could be the killer. Beth, the sister of Eve Duncan (the star of Iris Johansen’s main series), joins Kendra in a thrilling race against time to stop a killer who seems to follow Kendra’s every move. Agent: Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (July)
From the Publisher
A complex cat-and-mouse game...[will] keep [readers] eagerly anticipating the next installment.” —Booklist on Sight Unseen
“Filled with frightening twists and terrifying turns...the reader's heart will be racing the entire time.” —RT Book Reviews (4 ½ stars) on Sight Unseen
“A thrill-a-minute, chill-a-minute thriller that keeps reader[s] on the edge of their seats.” —Reader to Reader on Sight Unseen
“Edgy...[a] flashy romantic thriller.” —Publishers Weekly on Sight Unseen
“Shocking...with a vibrant cast of characters to hold the reader's attention throughout.” —Fresh Fiction on Sight Unseen
Library Journal
02/01/2015
Having regained her sight after years of blindness, Kendra Michaels is an especially acute observer, but even she doesn't see it coming when a serial killer frames her for the murder of a police detective with whom she's scuffled in the past. At least she's getting help from Beth Avery, the troubled sister of Eve Duncan, star of Iris Johansen's New York Times best-selling series; then she hears from Eve herself.
OCTOBER 2015 - AudioFile
Narrator Elisabeth Rodgers will have listeners turning up the volume while enjoying this mystery. Kendra Michaels is characterized in soft, insistent tones that ramp up the danger she faces as she investigates crime scenes. Kendra is in the crosshairs of a serial killer who she suspects is still alive despite having supposedly been executed by the prison system. Rodgers's narration transitions smoothly between female and male characters, and her delivery makes the sexual tension between Kendra and Adam Lynch, a male counterpart, realistic. Driving the drama forward are the chapters told from the perspective of the villain. Written by a mother-and-son team, this is an example of the best that an audio title can offer. M.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
