Sight Unseen by Iris Johansen published July 2014. Since, we were in the White Springs, Florida area for over 8 months so we decided to go ahead and get a Suwannee River Regional Library card. This is an extremely small library that is only opened a couple of hours during the week and even closes for lunch. But they do have some of the latest books of a few of my favorite authors. We also enjoyed getting our favorite TV series on DVD to watch while we are volunteering in the state parks. We are trying to get caught up on our favorite author’s writings. Being able to go online at one of the local libraries near where we are staying and placing our books on hold is a nice service for us, avid readers.
Slowly, the regional libraries are adding more and more of the newer books online as eBooks through some of the national library services. Suwannee River Regional uses Overdrive for their eBook service. You only need your library card number to check these books out. Of course, for the more popular writers and newest books, you will have to go on a waiting list. With the email notification service, you will know when your book is ready to checkout, how many days you have to download it and how many days you have to read it. This service only allows you to check out 5 eBooks at a time and have on hold another 5 books. Granted, once you have finished reading one you can turn it back in for more. When you look for an eBook to read you have to make sure that your library has purchased the rights to the eBook reader that you have.
Anyway, getting back to Sight Unseen by Iris Johansen. Per her website blurb on the book:
“A deadly multi-vehicle pile-up on San Diego’s historic Cabrillo bridge is thought of as a horrific accident–until Kendra Michaels arrives on the scene and perceives it as something much more sinister. Blind for decades and now sighted, Kendra’s highly developed skill for observation is highly sought after by both the FBI and CIA. Now her amazing conclusions open up a multi-jurisdictional investigation that once again teams her with the FBI and federal agent Adam Lynch. Soon Kendra makes a chilling realization: the serial killer’s murders are patterned after Kendra’s own most famous cases. As the killer ensnares her in his deadly web, Kendra’s life hangs in the balance, as do the lives of those she holds most dear.”
I really liked the characters in this story and am glad that Kendra Michaels has her own story being told. It seems that Ms. Johansen may be setting this character up for a continuing series. She has written three stories with this character and co-authors them with her son, Roy. With Open Eyes, Close Your Eyes (Both published in 2012) and finally Sight Unseen (2014). She also appears in an Eve Duncan series called Sleep No More (2013). She is a great character and Ms. Johansen and her son tell a great tale. Fast-paced and suspenseful, you just never know what is going to happen next. Of course, I couldn’t put the book down and had to read it all the way through. Since, I have missed a couple of the author’s books in my travels now I will have to go back and read everything again for the last 4 or 5 years just to get caught up. I love the way Ms. Johanasen has her characters crossing over some of her series books.
Dear Readers:
Yes, I have written quite a few posts about books by Iris Johansen. Sadly I have very little time to read while we are on the road in our RV and working as live on-site volunteers in the Florida State Parks. I will endeavor to vary my posts when I can as I tend to be in a “rut” while reading as I like to read a series straight from beginning to end at least once a year and, of course, when a new book comes out. So bear with me and we will endeavor to change things up in the future.
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