Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Chill of Fear
Book Review: The new Chill of Fear
Summary: 3 Stars
If you like Kay Hooper and I do, you must read this latest book in the Special Crimes Unit series.
I have read all of her books and enjoyed this one but it is not her best work. It is a great way to introduce new Special Crimes Unit psychics and she has a special talent for putting you right into the plot. I liked the powerful "psychic powers" displayed.
The ending seemed as though it was written on a short deadline and left me a bit disappointed since a number of questions remained regarding some of the supporting characters.
Book Review: Very nicely done
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of the Bishop series. KH could make you beleive in the paranormal if only for the length of the book. I found the characters very consistent and enganging. SPOILER: I even liked that the romance took a seat at the back of the bus. END SPOILER. The plot had good twists and turns and a few viable suspects to keep you guessing. The supporting cast was excellent as was the dialogue throughout the book, providing us insight into the surroundings without drowning the reader in descreptive narrative.
I can't wait for the next book in this great series.
Book Review: 5 Stars
This book was unbelievable, I couldn't put it down. I was actually disappointed when it ended. I have been a big Kay Hooper fan for a couple of years now, but she never seizes to amaze me. My only regret is that I have to wait 9 months for her next one to come out. Bravo!!!!!Book Review: Whatever.....
Summary: 2 Stars
I guess I've become jaded. All of the Bishop/SCU novels to date have been so riveting that I had very high expectations for this novel...expectations that it failed to live up to. One thing that I like about Hooper's novels (at least in the SCU series so far) is that they have all been "a rip-roaring, rollercoaster of a ride". They are well plotted...have fabulous character development...story lines that kept you guessing up until the last second...and are generally, if not scary as hell, at least awfully chilling. (I first stumbled onto the series when housesitting for a friend...I've never been so scared to stay alone in a strange place in my life...thanks to Kay Hooper!)
I have read and re-read the other 7 stories in the 3 trilogies. This book, however, is probably not slated to be re-read. Its simply not in the same class as the others. Also, I couldn't help but wonder if she had a new editor this time out. I mean, this is book 8 for heaven's sake. Why in the world would you go back and re-explain things (Bishop, Miranda, SCU, Hollis etc.) in author's narrative or the 3rd person? In all of the other novels, if they bothered to explain at all, it was done in the first person in the form of dialog between the characters. Why change now?
Everyone is entitled to an off novel, but I will think twice about purchasing #3 in this trilogy. Disappointing, to say the least.
Book Review: a suspensful tale done right!
Summary: 5 Stars
Chill Of Fear, By Kay Hooper
With this latest installment in the Fear Series, Ms. Hooper, manages to shock a blast of pure pleasure out of me by writing the best Bishop Series book yet with this dark and dangerous tale of ghosts, old Victorian mansions, and secrets long thought buried.
Diana Brisco thinks she's certifiable. She hears voices, has dreams that seem more like reality, blacks out and finds herself in strange places, doing odd things. She comes to The Lodge for a new type of therapy, one in which she hopes will be the thing to cure her. But, in her heart she knows nothing will ever make her right. No amount of medication, no talented and celebrated doctor, will ever be able to keep her from hearing the voices. She sees things that she shouldn't be able to see. Hears things that clearly couldn't possibly be there. And yet, deep down, in some dark corner of her mind she knows she isn't insane at all, but merely tapped into a world that most aren't privy too.
Quentin Hayes, is haunted by his past. As a child he was like any other boy. Fun-loving, energetic, and too big for his britches. Missy was like the little sister he never had and never really wanted. She followed him everywhere during their time at The Lodge together. Then, when Missy turns up dead, he's torn by the horrible realization that he could have done something to help her. She had tried warning him, but he hadn't paid any attention. Missy had paid the price for his negligence. Therefore, as an adult and an elite member of the Special Crimes Unit, Quentin is finally in a position to do something about an unsolved murder that has become like an obsession.
Diana and Quentin, are an unlikely pair, both haunted by their own demons, and through an odd sequence of events their paths come together, crossing in a way you would never have expected. Will they be able to stop the horrible evil that lurks at The Lodge, praying on innocents? What secrets does this hundred year old place hold, and which one will prove to be the deadliest of them all?
And, the most important question of all, will Diana and Quentin be able to wade through the murky waters of other people's misdeeds in order to save themselves in time?
This story, and Ms. Hooper's writing only gets better and better with each turn of the page. As I moved from one chapter to another, I found myself clutching this intense story with a kind of fervor I hadn't felt in a long time. I simply couldn't wait for the next secret to be revealed, and then the next. Soon, the story becomes real.
Now that's what I call an excellent ghost story!