Title: Look Behind You
Author: Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen
Series: Kendra Michaels, #5
Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers
Published: July 2017, Recorded Books
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes
Source: Personal copy via Audible
Summary:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen and Edgar Award-winning author Roy Johansen are back with Look Behind You, a novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI.
A
serial killer is on the loose in San Diego with a most unusual M.O.
With each kill, the perpetrator leaves behind mystifying random objects.
In this confusing array of unrelated evidence, the one thing that is
clear is that the murders all have one characteristic in common: they
all require the specific skills of Kendra Michaels, hired gun for both
the CIA and FBI. Kendra, who was blind for the first twenty years of her
life, gained her sight through a revolutionary surgical procedure and
now uses her acute powers of observation to assist in cases all over the
United States.
FBI investigators soon make a startling
discovery: the left-behind objects are actually souvenirs of other
unsolved serial murder cases from around the country. And the new crimes
feature “holdback” characteristics never disclosed to the general
public—meaning that one single killer was behind the nation’s most
notorious serial murder cases and has now come to challenge and taunt
Kendra.
The investigators—a “dream team” of profilers—join Kendra
in the pursuit, but as the body count rises and the detectives
themselves become the newest targets, Kendra must risk everything to
defeat a psychopath whose terrifying plan is years in the making…
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My thoughts: I just adore the Kendra Michaels series that Iris Johansen writes with her son, Roy – Kendra is such a unique character and she continues to prove that nothing and no one will stop her from stopping the bad guys.
I loved that not only do we have Kendra involved in another crazy case – a serial killer that keeps changing his/her M.O. – but we have some familiar faces here, too. Jessie Mercado is back to lend a helping hand – she is such a good balance to Kendra and I love that she and Olivia, Kendra’s blind friend, end up teaming up at times to keep Kendra safe. And of course, the infamous Special Agent Lynch is back, nicknamed the Puppermaster for his ability to get anyone to do what he wants. It really is a fitting nickname!
This book was equal parts chilling and exciting – the case kept me engaged and guessing the entire time with all the twists and turns it took. While I thought I had figured it all out, I was wrong – on the right track, but had the wrong person. I love books that make me think and this one sure did.
Audio thoughts: Elisabeth Rodgers continues to be a gem narrating this series – as she is for all of Iris Johansen’s series. I love that she is so consistent with the voices of her characters, something I as an avid audiobook listener really appreciate. She really picks up on the characters nuances and quirks, and it comes across in the narration, making the story really come alive.
Books in this series:
2. Sight Unseen
4. Night Watch
5. Look Behind You
6. Double Blind – due out July 2018
Thank you for the review. The series is new to me.