From Publishers Weekly
In this run-of-the-mill serial killer thriller, nothing much separates Santlofer's psychotic villain from his fictional brethren other than his fancying himself an artist and being cursed with cerebral achromatopsia, unable to see the world in anything other than sludgy shades of gray. His opponent is ex-cop turned art historian Kate McKinnon, heroine of Santlofer's first novel,
The Death Artist, and wife of wealthy lawyer Richard Rothstein. When her old NYPD partner Floyd Brown asks her to help identify a new serial killer with an art connection, she feels a familiar stirring of adrenaline. But it's only after husband Richard is murdered in a manner that points to the art killer that she throws herself into the investigation ("Later there would be time to grieve. Now was the time for action"). Santlofer is an artist as well as a writer, and his intimate knowledge of the art world gives this thriller a glimmer of interest. He delivers mini-lectures on painting techniques, the art of the insane, how to dress and act at an art opening and much other art lore, but most readers will find the killer far too derivative to be anything more than grotesque. Thriller newbies who follow art and the New York art scene in particular will find this entertaining, but there's little fresh material for veteran genre enthusiasts.
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Review
"A rollercoaster. . .shows a sure sense of pace and an engaging literary style." (Cleveland Plain Dealer )
"Gripping . The author's painterly eye heightens the colors-and suspense-of his deadly drama . COLOR BLIND delivers." (USA Today )
"Brisk....suspenseful....clever." (Washington Post Book World )
"Keep[s] readers guessing all the way up to the conclusion." (San Francisco Chronicle )
"A crime novel that is savage and erudite, layered in wit, satire and psychosis--in short, a chilling read." (USA Today )
"Smart, lurid, and fascinating, with layered prose and a wealth of detail, this thriller will please the Michael Connelly crowd." (Library Journal )
"A bloody good thriller ... the perfect Halloween chiller." (Mississippi Clarion-Ledger )
"Action-packed." (Cosmopolitan )
"A gritty tale of murder and mayhem." (USA Today )
