Look Behind You: A Novel

While I enjoy these books, they're basically the same stories over again. Somehow one of them always gets captured by the bad guys even though they're all on alert & smarter than that. It's always very annoying that the Kendra & Lynch angle is being drawn out so long. Either they should hook up or move on already. Geez. It's a tad frustrating. Again, repetition.

I received a copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This was the first book I read in the Kendra Michaels series. I enjoyed this book without reading the first 4 books in the series. However, my preference would be to read them all in order to get the full details on all the characters. The main character, Kendra Michaels, was well developed. I thought the author did a good job developing her unique investigative skills. I think I would have enjoyed her romance with Lynch if I had read the previous books. It was a fast paced book that held my attention until the end. The ending was a surprise. However, the end was not well developed or very believable. This book does contain graphic violence.

Kendra Michaels was blind the first 20 years of her life. Thanks to revolutionary surgery, her eyesight was restored, leaving her with acute powers of observation. She uses these powers to help the FBI and CIA when needed. There is a serial killer loose in San Diego ... so far there have been 3 murders and they all have a common thread ... there are objects of previous murder victims left with the current victims. Once Kendra starts her own investigation, she is wholly astounded to find a total of 26 murders ...all committed by the same killer over a span of decades. Kendra is being specifically targeted by this killer for some unknown reason. And this killer is also going after anyone who is close to Kendra. So why has this killer come out from behind the woodwork after being hidden for so many years? As law enforcement puts together a dream team of profilers and those who were involved in the very first cases come together, it's Kendra who finds the missing link. Although 5th in this series, it does well as a stand alone. As always, I recommend starting at the beginning so as to not miss all those little nuggets of information so important to the story. I really like the character of Kendra and her friend, Special Agent Lynch. He's known as the Puppetmaster for his ability to manipulate people to get what he wants/needs. There is a lot of tension between the two, but I like how they relate to each other. She's strong and doesn't take his guff. He's stronger, but dials back his personality for Kendra. Olivia and Jessie, friends of Kendra's, play a huge part of the story. These ladies have terrific backstories and are quite interesting in themselves. There's a lot of action ... some violence ... a bit of romance. And a twist at the end that took my totally by surprise! Many thanks to the author / St. Martin's Press / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this book. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.