- Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Bantam (Oct 3 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553581759
- ISBN-13: 978-0553581751
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.5 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 186 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,244,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Criminal defense lawyer Jackie Flowers, the protagonist of Kane's debut legal thriller, has the makings of becoming the law profession's answer to Kinsey Millhone, the feisty private eye in Sue Grafton's alphabet-series mystery novels. With an impressive command of legal procedures and serial-killer psychology, Kane, a former attorney, can certainly weave a captivating yarn. Unfortunately, her incessant asidesAquestioning characters' motives and summing up plot advancesAmay irritate readers. Flowers is called upon to defend local businessman Aaron Best in the grisly slaying of Rae Malone, a millionaire's trophy wife whose head and body were found in separate locations near Coors Field in Colorado. As part of her research, Flowers immerses herself in the past lives of four other area women who met similar deaths, going so far as to visit the sites where their naked, deformed and headless bodies were dumped. Along the way, Flowers befriends and convinces Dr. Richard Hanna Jr., a renowned forensic psychologist, to help her prove Best's innocence (and end her drought of lonely Friday nights). But Hanna, Best and a cast of shady characters each have at least one secret that could cost Flowers her caseAor her life. Kane's most intriguing character, should she choose to develop a series around Flowers, might just be a young Asian girl whom Flowers befriends and whose role in the book develops significantly as the plot progresses. (Oct.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"I've been in literally hundreds (thousands?) of trials and, in some of those trials, I have been taken by surprise with the testimony of my own witness and clients, but never anything like the shocking testimony of Jackie Flowers' own expert witness! What a totally unexpected ending!"--Gerry Spence "Criminal profiling is a double-edged sword, and the sooner prosecutors learn this, the better. In the hands of Stephanie Kane, it's a powerful weapon for the defense....An intriguing look into the mind of a criminal psychopath."—Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter and Only the Sea Will Tell
"A Well-crafted debut."—Stephen White, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Case
"A Well-crafted debut."—Stephen White, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Case
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nail Biter!,
By Sandy (Kaufman, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blind Spot (Mass Market Paperback)
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!
4.0 out of 5 stars
a gripping psycho-legal thriller,
By Narayan Radhakrishnan (Trivandrum, Kerala, India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blind Spot (Mass Market Paperback)
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!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fiction with a message!,
By Laura (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blind Spot (Mass Market Paperback)
When I read the book "Blind Spot" I saw it as a movie. Stephanie Kane's book is one of those fiction books I actually enjoy reading because I can visualize it. Some fiction books have too much written descriptions and I end up losing my train of thought because they don't leave enough room for my own imagination to take over. I really like the way she writes fiction. It's great to see a fiction book that has a message to those who read it about people with learning disabilities. The best thing is, she is able to write it in a way that captures the readers attention by making it exciting to read. It's a thriller with many hidden messages. The characters are more like real people than fictional characters. Read it and find out for yourself what those messages are! It's a great book. I'd like to see it as a movie someday.
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