CLOSE YOUR EYES
A music therapist who thrives on helping others, Kendra Michaels
cherishes the ordinary life she has achieved after stem cell surgery
restored her sight. The skills she perfected during those sightless
years--the ability to pick up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and
tactile cues in the world around her--coupled with her laser-sharp mind
have made her a uniquely potent observer and problem solver. Kendra's
uncanny way of connecting the dots is as baffling to law enforcement as
it is legendary.
When former agent Adam Lynch, known as the Puppetmaster, approaches her
about a possible serial murder case, she is determined to steer clear.
But he's a notorious manipulator, skilled at handling criminals and
colleagues alike to get the results he wants. And now he holds a trump
card: The latest possible victim is Kendra's ex-lover, an FBI agent who
vanished without enough clues to follow--unless Kendra can pick up the
trail. And if she can't, she just might close her eyes again...forever.
SIGHT UNSEEN
Before the experimental surgery that gave her sight, Kendra Michaels
developed her other senses to an amazing capacity. Now she can identify
a Nissan by the sound of its engine, a Norelco electric razor by the
pattern of stubble it leaves behind, or an obscure colorless fire
accelerant by its sweet smell. Law enforcement agencies clamor for her
rare powers of perception and observation, too often disrupting the life
she has built helping others through music therapy, because very often,
only Kendra can get the job done.
But in this case, it's Kendra who first realizes that the apparent
traffic accident on San Diego's historic Cabrillo Bridge is in fact a
murder scene, and she rushes to alert the police before crucial evidence
is destroyed. As the body count rises and one murder unveils another, a
gruesome pattern emerges. Someone is killing people in ways that mirror
Kendra's most notorious cases. She has a fan: someone who admires her
work and is twisted enough to show that admiration through murder--while
naming himself after the biggest art forger of the twentieth century. He
views himself not as a monster, but as an artist. And he is not working
alone.
As the darkness closes in, near enough to touch Kendra and those she
loves, Kendra must come face-to-face with her greatest fears--and her
most ruthless enemy. A man who moves through the shadows, a man she may
even know, who hides behind the mask of sanity, sight unseen.
