Book Review: Sense of Evil

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Sense of Evil     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Kay Hooper
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Romance   Thriller   Romantic Suspense   Thriller   FBI
Series: Evil Trilogy / FBI psychics # 3
Bantam, Aug 2003, $23.95, 352 pp.

In Hastings, South Carolina, Police chief Rafe Sullivan knows the third blond victim means a serial killer is on he loose. What he cannot fathom is how the culprit persuades these intelligent young women to enter the woods with him. No hint of a struggle in any of the three homicides makes sense to the local cop.

To help Rafe, the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit sends Agent Isabel Adams to work the case. Upon meeting Isabel, Rafe has cardiac arrest when he sees her, the profile of the victims. Though her police skills are top rate, Rafe knows the Feds have numerous elite cops to do this job. As they work together to end this evil killer, Rafe learns why Isabel with her special talent was sent to assist him.

Though similar, especially the killer, to a recent tidal wave of serial killer novels, SENSE OF EVIL is a well-written entertaining police procedural with touches of romances and the paranormal. The story line is loaded with suspense that is somewhat relieved by the glib and flippant Isabel. Rafe is a concerned cop worried about the killer striking again and frantic over the safety of Isabel who he loves. SENSE OF EVIL is a fine entry amidst the sub-genre flood of novels.

Harriet Klausner

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