Touching Evil - (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit) by Kay Hooper (Paperback)

About the Book

Seattle police sketch-artist Maggie Barnes listens as crime victims describe their ordeals, and then draws dead-on sketches of their assailants. Some think Maggie is telepathic, but only Maggie knows the truth behind her talent. But her secret may be exposed when a madman abducts women and blinds them, leaving them barely alive. Maggie has her own dark connection to the monster--an eerie link that may stretch back to a string of unsolved murders.

Book Synopsis

Sometimes evil lingers so close, you can feel it....

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....

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 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....

Review Quotes

Don' t miss these other books by Kay Hooper:
Stealing Shadows
Hiding in the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
Available wherever Bantam Books are sold
Whisper of Evil
Coming in winter 2002

Don't miss these other books by Kay Hooper:
Stealing Shadows
Hiding in the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
Available wherever Bantam Books are sold
Whisper of Evil
Coming in winter 2002

About the Author

Kay Hooper, who has more than thirteen million copies of her books in print worldwide, has won numerous awards and high praise for her novels. She lives in North Carolina.