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Another serial killer is wreaking havoc in New Orleans, and it's up to detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya, the protagonists from Jackson's previous thriller, Hot Blooded, to reign him in. This time around, the detectives are joined by Olivia Benchet, a reluctant psychic who hails from a highly dysfunctional family. Olivia's visions of a priestly killer who tortures and sacrifices young females provide Bentz and Montoya with their best clues, but Olivia may be the next victim if Bentz doesn't shrug off his cynicism concerning visions and romantic entanglements with the wild-haired psychic. Twice burned by his former wife, who had an affair with his half-brother, Bentz now lives for work and his rebellious, 19-year-old daughter, Kristi. The hunt for the murderer escalates when Olivia realizes her visions are a two-way mirror, and the killer has Kristi and Olivia in his sights. Jackson's sanctimonious serial killer, who refers to himself as The Chosen One, is stock, but the dynamics between her protagonists, particularly between Bentz and Olivia, are a welcome counterpoint to the violent action. Although some readers may be repulsed by the killer's sexually sadistic crimes, which are depicted in graphic detail,others will be intrigued by Jackson's portrayal of the grotesqueries that result when faith and family are perverted.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
YOU ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED WHO IS THE KILLER,
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This review is from: Cold Blooded (Mass Market Paperback)
Hi All:I just love Lisa Jackson books. I bought one on line because it looksed interesting. Since then I have purchased at least 10 and I keep marking off the ones I have read on the page in the book. I have now ordered Shiver and Night Before. The book keeps me reading and I can't stop. I ususally read one in a couple of days. Awesome AUthor. Sue Murray
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I really enjoyed Cold Blooded alot. I loved the characters especially Olivia,Rick Bentz and his half brother Father James. I read Hot Blooded first and I enjoyed that book too but this one was far better to me. I will read The Night Before next and a fourth book in this series will be coming out in March.The only thing is that I wished Dr. Samantha Leeds would've had a larger part in this book. Pam
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Better Than the First!,
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This review is from: Cold Blooded (Mass Market Paperback)
Cold Blooded picks up a couple months after Hot Blooded left off. Dr. Samantha Leeds, plays only the most minor of parts in this one, leaving room for the enigmatic Olivia Benchet. Olivia, gifted like her VooDoo priestess grandmother, with the Sight, receives visions of a young woman being tortured and then set afire. Taking her concerns to the New Orleans police, she encounters Rick Bentz (a key player from the last one) and his wet-behind-the-ears but charming partner Reuben Montoya. Olivia is at first dismissed as a loony, however when Bentz gets to know her more, he starts to believe her once farfetched tales, and is convinced a serial killer is stalking New Orleans once again.This novel is every bit as good as Hot Blooded, and better. I actually thought this one, while longer,was an easier read. And in response to a few nay-sayers, no paragraphs or descriptions in this book were unnecesary. If you want mindless police procedural and unchecked gore check out the vastly overrated novels of Thomas Harris. Lisa Jackson provides her readers with a great sequel that is more than just a sequel. The suspense is great, the plot intricate and well-explored, and the finale is pure white-knuckle tension. The heart behind this novel, also, is astounding, and yes, Bentz finally gets the girl! In true Jackson fashion, she leaves some questions unanswered, but as she reassures in the afterword to this book, they will be answered in her next book, The Night Before.
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