At First Sight [Hardcover]

Jodie Larsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 2001

At first, Kaycee Miller, a psychologist specializing in handwriting analysis, is certain she's dreaming. But one touch of the girl's tear-streaked face convinces her this nightmare is all too real. The door to the adjoining room is ajar, and the man sleeping inside is armed. Kaycee and the girl flee-but soon discover it is already too late to escape.

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Review

"Rich with good characters and full of absorbing twists and unrelenting suspense. At First Sight...grips from the very start and refuses to go." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Jodie Larsen graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Accounting. She is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma where she currently resides with her husband and two children. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 295 pages
• Publisher: Hawk Publishing Group (January 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930709331
• ISBN-13: 978-1930709331
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,231,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, October 27, 2001

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P. A. Jones (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: At First Sight (Hardcover)

Jodie Larsen's first three suspense novels, "Deadly Company, "Deadly Silence," and "Deadly Rescue," were exceptional.However, with "AT FIRST SIGHT," Larsen now stands proudly among the best in this genre.

The harrowing climax is full of unforeseen twists and turns as the main characters use all their skills to stay alive--and ultimately discover the horrifying secret that lies at the heart of the mayhem the antagonist creates.

The novel writer's first job is to help the reader to suspend disbelief. Larsen is a master when it comes to this facet of writing. You believe the protagonist and the events that lead her into life-threating situations that bring out not only a Certified Search and Rescue team with their K-9 dogs, but the FBI. You believe and live each scene as a sociopath kidnaps his own five-year old daughter, kills a cohort in crime to cover his tracks, then tries to murder a girl whose only crime is being naive and an unwitting accomplice.

This is a plot that defies review as each foreshadow, each entry of a new character, deepens the suspense. To say more would spoil the readers' fun of discovery.

Patricia Ann Jones, published writer & literary critic