Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel)
by Kay Hooper
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Author: Kay HooperEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2007-12-31
ISBN: 0553804847
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Like the series, not the best of them, though
Summary: 4 Stars
Finally! Hooper is back with another paranormal thriller featuring Bishop and the Special Crimes Unit from the FBI. There is a serial killer operating in Boston without remorse. He's killed twelve women in a one month time period, and it seems that the only reason he's gone to ground is because the last one was a Senator's daughter, and the media has gone crazy. Bishop, usually reticent about the abilities of his team, has to deal with the powerful politician who knows his secret - and his frustrations. Much of the knowledge about the mysterious killer is from psychic channels - meaning there is no hard evidence. Without that, the new Director of the FBI won't allow the task force to act on tips - such as the information that the killer has moved on - southward - to a rural Georgia county named Prophet.
Bishop has called in all his resources to work this case as best he can with his hands tied - because his wife Miranda is at stake. Dani and Paris Justice are twins with psychic powers, and Dani has a vision dream that Miranda is at the mercy of this evil monster, leading Bishop and others into a trap that might kill them. Coincidentally Dani & Paris are members of a civilian group, co-founded by Bishop, called Haven. Haven goes where the government operated SCU cannot - and its members include many of the psychic community who do not wish to be in law enforcement but who would like to use their unique gifts for the greater good.
Dani has dreams. Her dreams are usually connected with people already in her life - but they are never good dreams. She has tried to run from them, but has finally accepted her gift and works with her sister and Haven whenever their talents call for it. But this dream won't stop. It keeps returning, although sometimes the players change. And Dani doesn't know how to keep it from coming true - despite her best efforts to change things. What Dani does know is that if she can't find the malevolent force behind the nightmare, life will never be the same - for those who can survive...
I love Hooper's paranormal stories - she is a true story-teller with a knack where others sometimes test the waters but never quite take a swim. I, unfortunately, did not find this to be one of her better works. I found it anti-climactic, and did not like where the book left off. The attempt at closure with a taste of more didn't work for me this time, but I can tell you that it won't keep me from picking up more of her work when it comes out. Those who enjoy the slightly romantic paranormal mystery will definitely want to keep an eye on this series - but it is not for those who don't care for the taste of violence.
Summary of Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel)
This killer dreams in shades of death….In each of her New York Times bestselling novels, critically acclaimed author Kay Hooper has led readers to unforgettably chilling encounters with fear and evil. Now, in her latest thriller, she takes us on a terrifying manhunt for a serial killer no ordinary cops can stop–a psychopath who seems to step out of a living nightmare.
He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator.
Now, with the national media calling for justice and a grief-stricken father seeking vengeance, Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit find themselves in a unique situation. This time even psychic cops aren’t enough to stop evil. Aid comes in the form of a fledgling civilian organization of unorthodox crime stoppers. Operating outside of any government oversight, without sanction or official authority, they are comprised of a membership every bit as talented and eccentric as Bishop’s SCU–if not more so. And that is no coincidence. For Bishop helped launch this organization barely two years before.
Dani Justice knows all about monsters. They haunt her nightmares–and her life. But she never expected to find herself doggedly on the trail of a real flesh-and-blood predator so cunning, he’s eluded the best law enforcement could send up against him; so deadly, he doesn’t hesitate to kill even a senator’s daughter. Or a cop.
Dani doesn’t want to hunt this killer. She doesn’t want to risk the life she’s made for herself, or her hard-won peace. But she doesn’t have a choice. Because his bloody rampage has hit far too close to home. Because Dani alone commands a weapon powerful enough to destroy him.
And because Dani knows something even Bishop doesn’t. Dani knows how the hunt ends. It ends in fire. And blood. And death.
What she doesn’t know is who will survive.
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