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New York Timesbestselling author Kay Hooper turns up the heat even as she chills readers to the bone with a new suspense novel that distills the essence of fear itself. In this relentless thriller, two psychics put more than their lives on the line to stop a killer darker and more evil than they could ever imagine. . . . FBI agent Quentin Hayes always knew he had an unusual talent, even before he was recruited by Noah Bishop for the controversial Special Crimes Unit. But, as gifted as he is, for twenty years he's been haunted by a heartbreaking unsolved murder that took place at The Lodge, a secluded Victorian-era resort in Tennessee. Now he's returned one final time, determined to put the mystery to rest. Diana Brisco has come there hoping to unlock the mystery of her troubled past. Instead, she is assailed by nightmares and the vision of a child who vanished from The Lodge years ago. And an FBI agent is trying to convince her that she isn't crazy but that she has a rare gift, a gift that could catch a killer. Quentin knows that this is his last chance to solve a case that has become a dangerous obsession. But can he persuade Diana to help him, knowing what it could cost her? For something cold and dark and pure evil is stalking the grounds of The Lodge. Something Diana may not survive. Something Quentin never felt before: the chill of fear.
Author Notes
Kay Hooper was born in California on October 30, 1957, and was raised in North Carolina. Her first book, Lady Thief, was published when she was 22-years-old, and she has since written more than 60 novels and four novellas.
Hooper mainly writes novels that are in the romance and suspense genres. Her most popular series include The Men of Mysteries Past Series, The Once Upon a Time Series, and The Hagen Series. Her titles are frequently listed on the New York Times bestseller list. In 2015, her title "A Deadly Web" made the list.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Something old, and dark, and cold. Something evil" is on the loose at a remote, exclusive resort in the Tennessee mountains in the easy-reading second installment of the Hooper's Fear trilogy (after Hunting Fear). When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously goes missing-at least the sixth disappearance in the past few decades-a crack team of paranormals, the FBI's Special Crimes Unit (SCU), aka Spooky Crimes Unit, is on the case. SCU head Noah Bishop and telepathic new recruit Quentin Hayes recover the girl and stick around to track down the lurking evil once and for all. This isn't Hayes' first stay at the Lodge: on vacation with his parents there 25 years earlier, 12-year-old Hayes discovered the strangled corpse of his friend Missy, an unsolved crime that has haunted him since. On this visit, Hayes meets Lodge guest Diana Brisco, a striking redhead who's at the resort taking a therapeutic art class to treat the nightmares, disorientation and blackouts she's suffered since childhood. Hayes helps Diana understand that she's not crazy but rather powerfully psychic, and they join forces to rid the Lodge of evil. Hooper's latest may offer her fans a few shivers on a hot beach. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Psychics converge on a Tennessee Mountain resort where big trouble is a-comin' and dead people are a-lurkin'. Round two in Hooper's Fear trilogy (Hunting Fear, 2004). Responding to forces larger than themselves, members of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit (variously skilled "sensitives" recruited over the years by Agent Noah Bishop) have positioned themselves at The Lodge, a mountain resort catering to the special needs of the famous and powerful. Special needs would be your basic romp with the mistress, flirtation with the housemaid, quick detox, that sort of thing, all accomplished in an atmosphere of total discretion and off the books. Alas, it seems that one of the special needs of someone associated with the grand Victorian spa seems to be murder. Ever since construction began around the turn of the 20th century there has been an unusually high death rate in The Lodge's neighborhood. Not part of the nervous FBI crew hanging around, but of great interest to them is pretty, rich Diana Brisco, a guest at The Lodge referred by her shrink for a course of art therapy in the relaxed, caring atmosphere. Diana has spent two thirds of her life drugged to the gills by a succession of doctors hoping to treat blackouts and other plaguesome symptoms that have made life hell for two out of her three decades. What Diana and the men of science have failed to understand (psychic gifts not being covered in med school) is that Diana is a first-rate medium. Special Crimes Unit agent Quentin Hayes, whose psychic gift is the occasional peek at the future, recognizes what the docs didn't, and gently leads her to an understanding of her powers. Weaned off her medications, Diana begins to understand that the juvenile murder victims she's been spending time with outside of painting class really need her help. An Evil Thing is about to return to The Lodge. The spine occasionally tingles, but if you can't buy the psychic bit . . . Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Although rather lightweight in plot and plausibility, Hooper's frightening foray into the world between death and the afterlife will evoke memories of Stephen King's The Shining. The setting here is a sprawling Tennessee resort hotel called the Lodge, rather than King's abandoned Colorado hotel, but scary, all-knowing children figure in both plots. Agent Quentin Hayes, part of a special FBI unit featuring psychics and mediums, has been returning to the Lodge for years, attempting to solve the murder of a girl he befriended while staying there as a young boy. Diana Brisco, a troubled young woman with inexplicable mental problems, is also staying at the Lodge while undergoing experimental art therapy. After meeting Quentin, Diana begins to share his belief that she is a medium and not crazy at all. Can they solve the old murder case before new deaths occur? The end is a little disappointing, but the novel is well worth reading for the scary ride it provides. --Jenny McLarin Copyright 2005 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Hooper brings back FBI agent Noah Bishop and the extrasensory experts of his Special Crimes Unit for a second story, this one set at a remote resort. Diana Brisco has gone there to dig up roots from her past but instead has terrifying visions of a vanished child. Evidently, she's got the vision to help track down killers. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.