- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Pegasus Books (Oct 1 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933648252
- ISBN-13: 978-1933648255
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,088,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Edgar-finalist Salter, after four books in her Dr. Michael Stone series (Prison Blues, etc.), introduces a heroine with an unusual gift in this solid suspense novel. Breeze Copens, a forensic psychologist specializing in assessing sex offenders, must recommend that Daryl Collins be released from prison because, on paper, he's not a threat. But Breeze is also a synesthete—someone who sees colors and designs when she hears sounds—and may have paranormal powers, so she knows Daryl's dangerous. To prove it, she travels to Dallas, where she meets Daryl's vicious half-brother and partner in crime, Leroy, one of Salter's most sinister villains. Meanwhile, Breeze agrees to care for Lily, the troubled adolescent daughter of her drug-addled childhood friend, Jena. Breeze winds up having to cope with increasing threats from both Leroy and Jena's abusive husband. Despite some clumsy plot devices and weak characterization, the book builds to a satisfying conclusion. The tensions in Breeze's professional life alternate nicely with poetic evocations of the peaceful North Carolina coastal island where she lives. (Feb.)
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From Booklist
Readers can be forgiven for assuming that this novel about a psychic forensic psychologist is designed to capitalize on the success of the television shows Medium and Ghost Whisperer especially since the author has traded in her usual forensic psychologist, Michael Stone, for a female protagonist, Breeze Copens. But Salter is too good a writer to be quite so derivative, and the novel generates considerable suspense, despite the familiarity of its theme. Copens, an endearing enough heroine, has two related mysteries on her plate: determining if a prison inmate who claims to be born again is lying, as well as establishing the identity of the little girl who appeared to her while she was interviewing the inmate. Readers who have no patience with paranormal mysteries won't find anything here to change their minds, but those who aren't bothered by the mixture should give it a thumbs-up. David Pitt
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Interesting..., April 2 2007
By Lisa Hopcroft - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Truth Catcher: a novel of suspense (Hardcover)
Is what I'd have to say about this novel. I've read other Anna Salter books and liked them all, including this one.Truth Catcher introduces us to forensic psychologist Breeze Copens who steps into a bit of trouble while interviewing prisoner Daryl Collins. During the interview she knows he's lying, she can "see" it in his voice. He's not born again into the Lord, no big surprise there. What is a surprise is the four-year-old girl in a blue dress with yellow daisies that appears at the corner of her eye. The response Breeze gets when she mentions the child to Daryl starts off a chain of events that she's not prepared for.
Added to that is Lily, the teenage daughter of an old friend. After trying to help her friend out of a bad situation she ends up having Lily to look out for, at the worst possible time. Lily is complicated in her own right, not to mention having Daryl and his murderous drug dealing brother Trash gunning for her.
Having read Salter's other books, also with a main character that's a forensic psychologist, I thought I knew what to expect. But Breeze is a very different character from Michael Stone, softer some how. Breeze is a synesthete. She doesn't just hear sounds she sees colors and designs that add layers to her perceptions. She sees when people are lying by the changes in those colors and designs when they are talking. She gave up working with victims because their pain affected her so deeply. Since she feels little sympathy for offenders that's the arena she chose to work in. But somehow with all her training, and all the things she's seen, she still manages to be surprised by the threat these type of people pose, to her personally. She's not as damaged or as cynical as Stone but she's still a smart strong character.
This book opened up a door into new and different world then Michael Stone lives in. With interesting new people, I really liked Betsy for one, but it isn't fully realized. I'd like to see more of these people and hope she continues this series. Because even with the different storylines, this book felt unfinished. I'd like to see these people fleshed out more in another book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
FANTASTIC!, May 5 2007
By JAI "JAI" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Truth Catcher: a novel of suspense (Hardcover)
I've read all of Anna Salter's previous fiction, as well as some of her non-fiction. Truth Catcher is the best work of fiction she's written thus far. I highly recommend it!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to her usual standard, Mar 5 2009
By Jean Speiser - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Truth Catcher (Paperback)
Anna Salter has written some really good mystery books about the very nasty world of sexual predators, their victims, and the law enforcement community that works to stop them. They are well worth reading if you can tolerate the setting.This book, unfortunately, is a disappointment. The lead character is a psychologist who gets ESP flashes of a little girl while interviewing a sadistic rapist. Based on the knowledge she gets from her flashes she investigates and finds out that her perceptions were accurate. It inhabits the same ugly world as her earlier books, though with a different main character, but I could not accept the underlying premise and just found this book goofy. By all means read her earlier books, but don't bother with this one.
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