( 6 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 26 2009
This could've been a five-star book, as it was written so well that I couldn't put it down. However, there were a few things that made it so I wasn't able to give it close to that. First off, there was no chemistry at all between Adam and M.K., nor anything that would ever make you think these two could be attracted to each other. This made the "romance" feel contrived, forced and totally unrealistic, and it detracted from the story. The other thing was that right from the start, they "key detail" about the culprit was obvious, which made their identity obvious. About halfway through the book, I was seriously hoping this person wasn't guilty and that it was someone...anyone...else, so that I wouldn't feel so letdown when I got to the end. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. It's a shame, really, because the author could've written it in a way that didn't make this person's identity obvious or call attention to them, and had the ending be a total surprise. I no doubt would've given it five stars then, despite the relationship between the main characters. Looking forward to reading more by this author!
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Posted: May 14 2007
FBI Special Agents M.K. Shaughnessy and Adam Thomas are no strangers to death and destruction. They might be relatively new to the office, and even a little reluctant to partner up, but they know that when a Senator's son is killed in a car accident, they're going to need to work hard to determine that it was an accident. After a talk with the Medical Examiner and the Chief of Police in the county where the accident took place, both Special Agents are convinced that the tragic loss of life of the Senator's son and three of his college friends was simply an unfortunate accident. Some people, however, are convinced that the tragic accident could have been avoided. One of those people is Liza Jane, Special Agent Thomas's daughter, who happens to attend the same college as the dead students-and also writes for the school newspaper. Now reprimanded by their boss for allowing his daughter to stir up Senator Palmer all over again, M.K. gets the distinct feeling that Liza Jane might be on to something. Other deaths, other so-called accidents, have occurred recently, all with the same mystifying circumstances as the college student's deaths. Now there seems to be a serial killer targeting young men and women, and M.K. and Adam are drawn into the tangled web of a killer. With no real clues where to begin their hunt for a deranged killer intent on destroying the city's youth, they end up closer and closer to danger. With Liza Jane and M.K. dragging an uncertain Adam into the investigation, the two ladies don't realize that they're being led deeper and deeper into the twisted minds of a killer unlike any they've ever faced before. WHAT SHE CAN'T SEE is a haunting yet engaging thriller that pits two FBI Special Agents and a young woman against the twisted mind of a killer who is having trouble separating reality from fiction. Hunter Morgan has once again written a police procedural novel with underlying hints of a romantic suspense plot, and come up with a winner. I have to say that the ending was complete surprise. You'll never guess who the killer is, and in a book of this type, that's always a sure bet that you need to keep on reading.
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( 0 of 6 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jul 14 2006
One of the silliest books I've picked up in a long long time. I could only manage to get through a quarter of it before I tossed it, but I did go to the end so I could see who the murderer was -- imagine, Dr. Wood, the female Medical Examiner, is really a hermaphrodite with a chip on his/her shoulder... Don't waste your time or money on this piece of tripe.
