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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
superb the right amount of magic and sexy characters, 13 Sep 2003
No to mention a cracking plot which moves along at a great pace and will keep you guessing. The magic is woven onto the plot with skill and subtlety and we do get to meet Miranda and Bishop at times through the book - though not a great deal, further interesting characters are also introduced.The murderer is obviously an intelligent and personable individual - all of his victims are attractive, successful and intelligent women, all blonde - or are they? How does he manage to lure them to their deaths? Rafe has no ideas, no clues, no nothing and welcomes the involvement of the FBI. He's not impressed when their involvement turns out to be female, intelligent, beautiful and blonde, her extra 'investigative' powers leave little impression on him. However, as the pace builds and, as the say 'the plot thickens' Rafe and special agent Isabel begin to work together very nicely.
Tightly written with just enough of everything to leave you wanting more. I have to admit I missed Bishop and Miranda and hope they continue to make 'appearances' in further books in this series. Please don't tell me there are not going to be any!
If you haven't read the other's in the series then you are missing two great books - but you don't have to have read them to enjoy this one.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kay Hooper has done it again!, 4 Sep 2003
By A Customer
Fast paced with a wonderful blend of 'magic', and acceptance of magic. Great characters and how wonderful to meet Miranda and Bishop again, although too briefly. Love Kay Hoopers writing and specifically enjoy the psychic element. She keeps you guessing until the end, what a wonderful twist.
Easy to read yet hard to put down. Recommend this book to anyone, could we please have some more of these.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Paranormal Romance Thriller, 5 Jan 2008
Long a fan of Kay Hooper's, I couldn't wait to get my hands on "Sense of Evil," and I must say I wasn't disappointed. However when I read it, I read as an old friend, someone who'd already accepted the FBI's fictional Special Crimes Unit as fact, someone who had already bought into the special powers of the Unit's investigators. So when my sea-going, writer friend Jack Priest came by my boat and asked me about it, my first inclination was to sing its praises, but then I realized, this man hadn't read any of the others, and therein lies the problem with this book, something I hadn't thought of, but something I have to mention in a review. This third book in the Evil series, in my opinion, relies a little to much on the ones that came before it. I knew this was true when I ferreted out my copies of "Touch" and "Whispers of Evil" and loaned them, along with "Sense," to my friend, recommending he read them in order.
Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed "Sense of Evil." I believe that Kay Hooper is one of the finest thriller writers going. I love the way she mixes romance and the paranormal stuff into her fast paced stories. She keeps you on the edge of your seat, she quickens your pulse and she makes you love her characters, especially in this book. I spent the next couple of days after finishing it, taking a boat from St. Martin down to Trinidad and I had Police Chief Rafe Sullivan and Special Isabel Adams in my mind the whole way. I replayed that book over and over and that is truly a high compliment, because there is a lot going on when you are at sea, many things that can steal your attention.
But good as the book was, I have to sadly take away a star because a book should stand all by itself. My advice is, if you've read the first two in the series, go out and get this one pronto, you'll love it. And if you haven't read "Touch" and "Whispers," then buy the paperbacks, read them, then move onto "Sense of Evil."
I give this book four stars.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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