Helpful Score: 5
Unusual mystery with supernatural undertones. Keeps you guessing.
Helpful Score: 4
Great book. A page turner that kept me wondering and guessing. Finished it in one day!
Annie N. (Sequana) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 45 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
If I had a dollar for every use of the word "bastard" in this book, I'd be a rich woman. Not that I mind the word, but it made her seem just lazy. Lots of explanation about psychics, not enough plot.
Helpful Score: 3
This is the first book in the "Evil" trilogy.
Juana V. (alaskabookswapper) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 36 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
excellant read, kay hooper is one of the FEW women authors we enjoy, and this book doesnt disappoint!
Vickie P. (VickieLynn) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 108 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
if you enjoy Kay Hooper...this is a must read!! I couldn't put it down
Gloria M. (glo) - , reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 149 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is a great read. There are 3 in this series and I am reading them all!! I love Kay Hooper's books.
Gloria
Gloria
Helpful Score: 2
These mysteries are really great.
Helpful Score: 2
Good but a series need to read them all
Ethel I. (RoyalCatwoman) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 278 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Maggie is an artist that works independently with the police as a sketch artist. She has the amazing ability to talk to a victim, walk a crime scene and produce a drawing that is a perfect likeness of the criminal. Seattle women are currently being hunted by a serial rapist. He is abducting the women, blinding them, and raping them leaving them for dead in abandon buildings. Maggie has been unable to get a feel for this animal and is unable to assist the police since all of the victims have been unable to give any details except that he smells like Ivory soap and that he has a spearmint scented breath.
John is the brother of one of the victims of the blindfold rapist. His sister Christine is dead by her own hand or so the police think. John thinks otherwise and comes to Seattle to follow the investigation and bring in a few friends (Shadow Series) to help tract down the rapist before he starts killing as well.
The police have no clues as to who the rapist is and who he will strike next. Their investigation takes them in all kinds of directions including the fact that these crimes are real similar to crimes that were unsolved from 1934. The victims of the 1934 rapist look almost like twins to the present day victims. What is the link?
John is the brother of one of the victims of the blindfold rapist. His sister Christine is dead by her own hand or so the police think. John thinks otherwise and comes to Seattle to follow the investigation and bring in a few friends (Shadow Series) to help tract down the rapist before he starts killing as well.
The police have no clues as to who the rapist is and who he will strike next. Their investigation takes them in all kinds of directions including the fact that these crimes are real similar to crimes that were unsolved from 1934. The victims of the 1934 rapist look almost like twins to the present day victims. What is the link?
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Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed this book. It was not what I expected, but it kept me entertained and wanting to turn the pages.
Valesca L. (FitMommyOf2) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 85 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Awesome book, like all of Kay Hooper's!
Gloria O. (GloriaO) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Another good book by Hooper. I read for entertainment only and really enjoyed this book (which I read in one sitting) I wouldn't give this book a 9 or 10 because only great books (Ludlam, Clancy, DeMille) would receive that rating. It was suspenseful and interesting.
Maggie D. (MaggieD) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 241 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Her books defy praise!
Sharon V. (charra) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 44 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great authorship in a series of "Evil" books.
Melanie (MELNELYNN) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 669 more book reviews
This is the story of Maggie, a psychic empath who listens to crime victims horrible experiences and creates an exact sketch of the criminal. She's very successful up until she begins to help the police with their hunt for a serial rapist who wears a plastic mask and blinds his victims by gouging their eyes out.
John, a wealthy business mogul, joins the cast of characters in this story after his sister is victimized by the killer. After healing from the attack she commits suicide - at least that's what the police think - Maggie and John know better.
Enter the plot points that spoiled the story: Maggie's brother is also psychic and talks to someone who isn't named during the course of the story at all. Then John brings in two friends from an FBI special unit to help with the investigation. They are also psychic.
The first in the Evil trilogy. I really enjoyed this book and it isn't neccessary to read them in any order to understand what is going on. Each book has a new main character and only a few of the other characters come to "visit" in them. A must read!
John, a wealthy business mogul, joins the cast of characters in this story after his sister is victimized by the killer. After healing from the attack she commits suicide - at least that's what the police think - Maggie and John know better.
Enter the plot points that spoiled the story: Maggie's brother is also psychic and talks to someone who isn't named during the course of the story at all. Then John brings in two friends from an FBI special unit to help with the investigation. They are also psychic.
The first in the Evil trilogy. I really enjoyed this book and it isn't neccessary to read them in any order to understand what is going on. Each book has a new main character and only a few of the other characters come to "visit" in them. A must read!
Barbara F. (daylilylover) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 768 more book reviews
Excellent.
Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals--and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent--and she isn't telling. But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point--even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds.
A serial killer is loose and the paranormal branch of the FBI is trying to help the local police and its own empath catch the killer. Very good book
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First book in the "evil" trilogy started off with a bang and kept me glued to the pages. Excellent.
Jamie W. (animalkrazy) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 9 more book reviews
I like paranormal mysteries a lot more than the traditional murder mystery so I thought this was a good book. It was pretty suspenseful & kept me reading to see what happened next.
awesome book- this is the first book by kay hooper i have read and i plan to read everything she has written! need i say more?
Christa P. (romeo) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 334 more book reviews
very good book
A good book for a quick read. Suspenseful and a new twist to the ending. I will request the two following this one.
Jane C. B. (janebbooks) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 86 more book reviews
"Sometimes evil lingers so close, you can feel it..." And Hooper almost lets you feel it in this, her first of three books in the Evil series. Not for the faint-hearted.
Sherrill G. (nicljack) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 69 more book reviews
liked this book
Wonderfull book. Could not put it down.
great book can stand alone
A good mystery with the interesting plot twist of a psychic investigator. A good read!
Renee' B. (Daydreamsbeliever) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 194 more book reviews
If you love a great plot, scary, suspenseful books. This one will give you goosebumps.
Earl H. (squirrelly) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 588 more book reviews
From the back cover:
Seattle police sketch artist maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals-and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggis telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point-even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds...
Earl H., Meldrim, Ga.
Seattle police sketch artist maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals-and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggis telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point-even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds...
Earl H., Meldrim, Ga.
Jeanne P. (WandrngGeni) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 171 more book reviews
great thriller, FIRST IN THE EVIL SERIES
Jennifer V. (jenvince) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 136 more book reviews
This was ok. Started out interesting, but then was getting too much into the seer/pyscic stuff for me. Can't win 'em all! LOL!
Janet D. (Jay-d) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 181 more book reviews
Very good book-surprise ending.
Lisa L. (LisaBeth0413) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 59 more book reviews
I love Kay Hooper. This book was just as good as all the rest!
Seattle police sketch artis Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals -- then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster -- an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point -- even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds.
Seattle police sketch artis Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals -- then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster -- an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point -- even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds.
Chris C. (Cerwin) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 107 more book reviews
Involves psychic detectives. One of my favorite series.
Meghan B. (WakingDream) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 61 more book reviews
A great thrilling, quick read!
Ann M. (Raggedyann123) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 46 more book reviews
Kind of gory, but good. If you like murder mysteries, this one has some twists in it.
Rebecca M. (aussiegrl) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 53 more book reviews
I really enjoy reading this series by Kay Hooper. Will definitely be reading more. This is the third book of hers that I have read.
Karen B. (falcon) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 141 more book reviews
Great book!!
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Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals--and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He aducts women and blinds them, leaving them baarely alive. The police have one hope: the lone vitim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to thebreaking point--even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds....
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He aducts women and blinds them, leaving them baarely alive. The police have one hope: the lone vitim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to thebreaking point--even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds....
Sally A L. (grammasally) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 30 more book reviews
Seattle police sketch artist, Maggie Barnes, draws dead-on sketches of assailants based on crime victims description of their ordeal.
Cheryl B. (cheryl) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 14 more book reviews
Kay Hooper is WONDERFUL author as this book will prove
Barbara B. (redhatter) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 577 more book reviews
Kay Hooper at her best! Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as victims describe their ordeals-and then uses those recolections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims minds. Only Maggie knows the truth and she isn't telling.
Anonymous reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on
Seattle polich sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens to victims describe their ordeals and then draws sketches. Some police think she is telepathic. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent - and she isn't telling.
" Seattle Police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as crime victims describe their ordeals--and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic; that she can actually enter the victim's minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling."
Excellent read! Book in VG cond.
Excellent read! Book in VG cond.
Danger waits where no one can see. A madman siezes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. Police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight.
Pat T. (Chesara) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 153 more book reviews
Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent ... and she isnt telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they dont know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders.
To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds....
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they dont know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders.
To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds....
Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals--and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent--and she isn't telling. But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point--even is it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds....
Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has and extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals-and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent...and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster-an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the excalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point-even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds...
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lone victim who might recover her sight. But they don't know that Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster-an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders. To stop the excalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point-even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds...
Molly M. (freeverse071681) reviewed Touching Evil (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 4) on + 609 more book reviews
Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes has an extraordinary gift. She listens as traumatized crime victims describe their ordeals and then uses those horrifying recollections to draw dead-on sketches of the assailants. Some cops think Maggie is telepathic, that she can actually enter the victims' minds. Only Maggie knows the truth behind her rare talent ... and she isn't telling.
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lorders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds ...
But her secret may be exposed when a madman seizes Seattle in his terrifying grip. He abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. The police have one hope: the lorders. To stop the escalating terror, Maggie will have to push her abilities to the breaking point even if it means confronting a predator whose powers seem to have no bounds ...
