Face Off
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Face Off by Emma Brookes
When Suzanne Richards fled Omaha, she left behind her old life--and her work as a police consultant, forging psychic links with the most brutal serial killers. But she cannot run from her talent. And she cannot resist the pleading of fourteen-year-old Jessie Matthews, who has tracked Suzanne to her new home in Kansas City on a desperate mission to save her sister's life.
Amy Matthews' disappearance fits in with the pattern of other victims of the Kansas City Butcher, and the cops believe she's already dead. But young Jessie refuses to give up, for she has her own budding psychic powers that tell her Amy's alive--and that time is quickly running out. To stop a sadistic killer, Suzanne and Jessie must descend into the nightmare world of his mind. And most hellish of all, once they penetrate his twisted fantasies of death, they see their own faces projected there.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This small book packs a sizable cast, intricate plotting and expert characterization. Psychic Suzanne Richards, 28, helps resolute 14-year-old Jessie Matthews track down the Kansas City Butcher, a serial killer who has kidnapped Jessie's sister, Amy. Jessie trusts Suzanne's psychic gift because Jessie conjures up potent visions of her own. Working together, they develop a psychic link that becomes critical to saving lives. While hardly the first to use the killer's voice in a thriller, Brookes (Dead Even) succeeds better than most in creating a thorough and convincing profile. Some of the twists and connections stretch credibility a bit, and the swift wrap-up is syrupy by comparison to the body of the book. Still, Face Off is of a caliber to satisfy readers of the genre.
