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Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5)
Whisper of Evil - Evil, Bk 2 - Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5
Author: Kay Hooper
ISBN-13: 9780553583465
ISBN-10: 0553583468
Publication Date: 6/25/2002
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 383 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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ccwriter avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 186 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Even though I'm not into mysteries involving a psychic detective, it was an enjoyable read for the subway.
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Helpful Score: 3
This was really a surprise. To find out who the bad guy was. Great reading.
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Helpful Score: 2
A good mystery with a psychic thrown in too.
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Helpful Score: 2
Very good suspense thriller!
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Helpful Score: 1
Another good one in her series.
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Helpful Score: 1
This book is excellent!! I couldn't stop reading it!!!! It really keeps you guessing!!
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Helpful Score: 1
I love Kay Hoopers books, there is a psychic element to all of her books.
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Helpful Score: 1
Ms Hooper is every bit as good and prolific as Nora Roberts. This book was particularly good.
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Helpful Score: 1
awesome!!
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Helpful Score: 1
She is one odf my favorite authors so I find all her stories great. She keeps you guessing to very end.
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Helpful Score: 1
Page-turner
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This is the second book in the "Evil" trilogy/
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Helpful Score: 1
Excellent book. read it out of turn of the trilogy. First experience with Kay Hooper. Awesome writer. Will re-read in turn with trilogy.
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Helpful Score: 1
If your a van of the series on paranormal abilities - it's good. I found little in it which was what I consider paranormal.
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Helpful Score: 1
Loved it!
jerjer avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 54 more book reviews
Very good book...Kept me interested all through the book.
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ages upon pages of pseudoscientific explanations and stale dialogue clutter up Whisper of Evil, the newest in Kay Hooper's paranormal mystery series (after Touching Evil). Reluctant psychic Nell Gallagher never planned to return home to Silence, especially not to settle the affairs of her father, whom she hated, or to help solve a string of murders that has the local sheriff scratching his head. But before long, she teams up with her old high school flame, Max Tanner, to root out the killer. While the romantic tension between Nell and Max is strong, the book's action is virtually nonexistent. Instead, Hooper fills her story with unwieldy discussions of psychic powers, energy fields and electric brain impulses.
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Great read.
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Great book. Keeps you in suspence till the end. Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers , Nell must call on her psychic skills. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind.
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Great book, with some Crime Drama thrown together with psychic powers to make a verrry interesting read! Kay Hooper has written a series of books with a task force of people with EXTRA SENSES, psychic and otherwise. It is ran by a man named Bishop. The great thing about these books, is that they do not need to be read in any particular order! All of the Kay Hooper/Bishop Series books I have read, are just fabulous!
JoyReadsLots avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 51 more book reviews
THis is the first Kay Hooper I have read. At first I was not very intrigued because it seemed to get off to a slow start. But the story eventually got rolling with a full head of steam and I am glad I stuck it out. Good read!
maggieminnich avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 400 more book reviews
This is another great Kay Hooper book that keeps you guessing until the very end. And twists and turns are throughout the book, not just the ending. Not too much romance to junk up the story and the blood and gore is at a minimum, focusing instead on the mystery itself. Highly recommend.
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Great characters, and fantastic story. It kept me guessing. I highly encourage anyone to read this book, they won't be dissapointed.
daylilylover avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 768 more book reviews
Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Nell must call on her psychic skills to try and find the killer.
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Excellent book!!! I really enjoy Kay Hooper's writing.
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from amazon...
Someone is killing people in Silence and know one knows who the killer is. Nell returns home to settle her fathers estate. It is the first time she has been home in a long while and she does not know what to expect. Max is not thrilled to see her. In fact he would be thrilled to see the backside of her as she heads out of silence. Somehow they both get caught up in the hunt for the killer stalking the people of Silence.

This is a paranormal thriller and romance does take a back seat in the storyline. That is not to say that it is lacking either. A good story that has many twists and turns. You won't know who the killer is until the last moment (unless you cheat).
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GREAT THRILLER NEVER FIGURED OUT WHO DONE IT LOL 2ND BOOK IN HOOPERS EVIL SERIES
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This book will keep you up all night finishing it! It kept me guessing until the very end!
MELNELYNN avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 669 more book reviews
Reluctant psychic Nell Gallagher never planned to return home to Silence, especially not to settle the affairs of her father, whom she hated, or to help solve a string of murders that has the local sheriff scratching his head. But before long, she teams up with her old high school flame, Max Tanner, to root out the killer. While the romantic tension between Nell and Max is strong, the book's action is virtually nonexistent. Instead, Hooper fills her story with unwieldy discussions of psychic powers, energy fields and electric brain impulses.
An excellent read! It's the 2nd in the trilogy but they are all stand alone books. A couple of characters appear in all Kay Hooper's Special Crime Unit books but it isn't at all confusing if you don't read them all or in any particular order.
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if you hear it, it's already too late. good book, keeps you guessing.
LisaBeth0413 avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 59 more book reviews
Kay Hooper is awesome!!!

Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community - yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister?

Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability - and already so close she'll never see death coming...
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Reluctant psychic Nell Gallagher never planned to return home to Silence, especially not to settle the affairs of her father, whom she hated, or to help solve a string of murders that has the local sheriff scratching his head. But before long, she teams up with her old high school flame, Max Tanner, to root out the killer.
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Like the rest of the series, very good. You really dont realize who the killer is until the end!
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community--yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister? Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability--and already so close she'll never see death coming . . .
robinmy avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 2115 more book reviews
The second book in Hooper's "evil" series. Good suspense.
swingsistert avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 78 more book reviews
A murder mystery with a psychic twist. What a great book! I was caught up in the story in such a way that I starting imagining noises and slept with the light on!
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Kay Hooper is at her best in this one.
Harleygirl avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 248 more book reviews
Someone is stalking the little town of silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community--yet each also harbore a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Where their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or somethng wven more sinister?

Neil Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark noght with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Neil must call onthe psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability--and already so close she'll never see death coming...
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Love this lady's books!
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First time I have read a story by Kay Hooper. I have to say she does a great job. She has several changes in direction and a very nice twist in the book. I think I shall seek some more of her work and read on...
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I have not yet read the Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper, but if it's anything like the other books in the Bishop series, I'll give it 5 stars, just like the ones I've read. There are 12 now and I've read 5 of them. Each has been impossible for me to put down once I read the first few pages.
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I really enjoy this author. Sadly, this book did not live up to previous efforts. I hope someone else can enjoy it.
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A psychic returns to her home town where there has been 3 murders of men all with secrets. The psychic has her own secrets. Very good book.
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Kay Hooper is the best writer to incorporate paranormal phenomenon into a storyline!
andi89 avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 98 more book reviews
This was an excellant book. Kept you guessing until the end. Another great book by Kay Hooper
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Pages upon pages of pseudoscientific explanations and stale dialogue clutter up Whisper of Evil, the newest in Kay Hooper's paranormal mystery series (after Touching Evil). Reluctant psychic Nell Gallagher never planned to return home to Silence, especially not to settle the affairs of her father, whom she hated, or to help solve a string of murders that has the local sheriff scratching his head. But before long, she teams up with her old high school flame, Max Tanner, to root out the killer. While the romantic tension between Nell and Max is strong, the book's action is virtually nonexistent. Instead, Hooper fills her story with unwieldy discussions of psychic powers, energy fields and electric brain impulses.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW
knittymama avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 424 more book reviews
Several people killed by a stalker. Nell Gallagher will try to use her phychic skills to find the killer, because she is being stalked by him, too. Lots of plot twists to keep you guessing. Quick paced and action packed.
MaxieCat avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 261 more book reviews
Nell Gallagher returns to her hometown of Silence, LA to help solve a rash of murders. She has her own painful past, including the lover she left at seventeen, to deal with. This book is part of Hooper's "Evil" trilogy and her Bishop paranormal FBI series. Not the best of the bunch, the mystery is a bit disappointing and the romance was quite stale.
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This book is great. Has psychics and FBI suspense. I love the idea of a special FBI psychic unit. There are three books in this series and all of them are good reads.
vhope00 avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 30 more book reviews
Another intriguing mystery by Hooper. I really enjoyed the mixture of ESP, danger, with a bit of romance woven together.I particularly enjoy that the main characters are well rounded characters and motivation seems logical in the story.
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Excellent read! Love Kay Hooper's suspense novels.
Chesara avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 153 more book reviews
Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killers savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community--yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister?

Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderers vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability--and already so close shell never see death coming....
Lulu68 avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on
Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community- yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister?
Linda avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 770 more book reviews
If you hear it .. it's already too late.. Someone is stalking the town of Silence....

Excellent psychic mystery ... she's one of my favorites!
Formor avatar reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 99 more book reviews
Someone is stalking the town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a savage killers vengeance. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for keeping a secret or something even more sinister.
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someone is stalking the little town of silence
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Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community--yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister? Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability--and already so close she'll never see death coming . . .
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Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengence. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community - yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after their deaths. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister?
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From back of book:

Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killers savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community--yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister? Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderers vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability--and already so close shell never see death coming . . .
reviewed Whisper of Evil (Evil, Bk 2) (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Bk 5) on + 67 more book reviews
ages upon pages of pseudoscientific explanations and stale dialogue clutter up Whisper of Evil, the newest in Kay Hooper's paranormal mystery series (after Touching Evil). Reluctant psychic Nell Gallagher never planned to return home to Silence, especially not to settle the affairs of her father, whom she hated, or to help solve a string of murders that has the local sheriff scratching his head. But before long, she teams up with her old high school flame, Max Tanner, to root out the killer. While the romantic tension between Nell and Max is strong, the book's action is virtually nonexistent. Instead, Hooper fills her story with unwieldy discussions of psychic powers, energy fields and electric brain impulses.
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Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community-yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister? Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs, Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability-and already so close she'll never see death coming....
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Someone is stalking the little town of Silence. Three victims have fallen to a killer's savage vengence. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community - yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder. Were their deaths the ultimate punishment for those secrets? Or something even more sinister?
Nell Gallagher has come home to Silence more than a decade after leaving one dark night with her own painful secrets. Forced now by family duty to return, she has also come home to settle with the past. But past and present tangle in a murderer's vicious attacks, and to find the answers she needs Nell must call on the psychic skills that drove her away years before. She must risk her own life and sanity, and regain the trust of the man she left behind so long ago. For the killer she seeks is seeking her, watching her every move, preying upon her every vulnerability - and already so close she'll never see death coming....