Travelogue thriller
Rating:
5 / 5
With Jackie Flowers still my all-time favorite lawyer-detective, I found myself enthralled with this surprisingly deceptive thriller, even as I was enamored of its travelogue wonder, taking me from Colorado's Eastern Plains to the Rocky Mountain state's most riveting wild lands and canyons.
This was not only a delightfully beguiling mystery, plumbing human nature and the depths of people's souls, but also a veritable visit home to the land where I once lived.
Kane's writing is pure and true, unveiling the complexities of the heart and of the Rocky Mountains with a straight eye and real knowledge.
Nail Biter!
Rating:
4 / 5
Stephanie Kane is a master, especially for a first book! She held my interest completely through the entire book. Having lived in Denver, it was great being able to actually identify authentic landmarks and street names. It made me keep reminding myself this was ficton! I couldn't figure out who the murderer was until Stephanie told us at the very end. She kept pointing to so many different possibilities that it was a challenge to try figure it out before the end of the book.I'm now involved in Quiet Time and am looking forward to her next installment. Bravo, Stephanie!
a gripping psycho-legal thriller
Rating:
4 / 5
Criminal Defense Attorney Stephanie Kane's debut work is a gripping psycho-legal thriller of the first order, combining the better elements of Lisa Scottoline's legal thriller work & the psychological thriller works of James Patterson.I was rooted to Blind Spot, right from the first page itself, & as a practicing lawyer, if there is one thing that I have found most impressive in this work, is the total down-to-earth & realistic portrayal of life in the courtroom. Criminal Defense Attorney Jackie Flowers' life-long wish to work a high-profile murder case, seems fulfilled when she is assigned the task of defending Aaron Best for the murder a multi-millionaire's former wife. Opposing counsel is the ambitious District Attorney, whose only consideration is to use the case as a vehicle for promoting his political future. As Jackie's investigation uncovers a series of killings, she realizes that a serial killer is on the prowl, & that she herself could be the killer's next target. What follows is heavy & absorbing courtroom action, with a stunning twist in the tale's tail. The protagonist, dyslexic criminal defender Jackie Flowers, is one heroine who will linger in our minds for a long time - the manner in which she uses her handicap (dyslexia) to her advantage, makes for a uniquely interesting read. Psycho-legal thrillers are only a few in number, & save for Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin, or The Letter of the Law by Tim Green, this sub-sub-genre in the Mystery zone, has remained unexploited. It is here that Stephanie Kane steps in & delivers a splendid page-turner. Blind Spot offers chilling suspense & a topnotch nail-biter. I will want to re-read it. The blurb on the cover announces that Stephanie Kane is all set to publish her next work Quiet Time, & I unquietly await the same!
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