Blind Rage (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries) [Paperback]

Terri Persons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 2009 | Series: Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries

A string of troubled young women committing suicide is haunting the Twin Cities—but FBI Agent Bernadette Saint Clare has a hunch that these women didn’t die by their own hand.

It’s a big leap to take, and Bernadette’s going to need some serious evidence to back it up. Unfortunately, her best lead is an uncooperative psychiatrist, and when Bernadette uses her second sight, she’ll discover dark secrets in the doctor’s past as complex as they are disturbing.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Persons's by-the-numbers second novel to feature psychic FBI agent Bernadette Saint Clare (after Blind Spot), Saint Clare, who's based in St. Paul, Minn., investigates a baffling series of water-related deaths. Some apparent suicides in the Mississippi have been followed by bathtub drownings—the latest of which, of troubled University of Minnesota student Shelby Hammond, has clear signs of foul play. The efforts of Saint Clare and Tony Garcia, her hunky supervisor, to find a link between Hammond and the other victims lead to a psychiatrist who had treated some of the dead girls and to a professor who had some of them as students. Saint Clare consults the ghost of a dead FBI agent on the case, though the author provides no backstory explaining how the paranormal exists in this fictional universe. Thriller fans who can't get enough of the familiar story of the attractive female agent vs. the psychopathic serial killer will find more of the same. (May)
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Review

“Persons is a great new voice in crime fiction.”
—LINDA FAIRSTEIN

“Saint Clare is an appealing protagonist.”
—PIONEER PRESS

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (April 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425224961
• ISBN-13: 978-0425224960
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,362,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars engaging serial killer investigative tale, May 24, 2008

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This review is from: Blind Rage (Hardcover)

As a white Halloween hits Minnesota, the lone FBI Agent in St. Paul, Bernadette Saint Clare ponders the deaths of six female college students in the past few months. There were four watery deaths either in the Mississippi or in bath tubs at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus while two perished in water at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. Though there is no evidence linking the six deaths or of foul play, she wonders if these so called troubled coeds were murdered by a clever serial killer.

Deciding to follow up on her intuition especially in light of the bathtub drownings, Bernadette visits the University of Minnesota to question the students, faculty and staff to learn whet they know about victims Kyra Klein and Shelby Hammond. She with the help of her superior find two connections between the six dead; a strong one involving uncooperative psychiatrist Dr. Luke Von-Hader who fears family law suits and less likely that of an uncooperative professor who had several in his classes, but no evidence either or both is a killer. Playing her hunch that at least one is, Bernadette turns to her "mentor", dead FBI Agent Creed for help.

The second FBI Agent Saint Clare thriller (see BLIND SPOT) is an engaging serial killer investigative tale starring an interesting lead character. The inquiry is fun to follow as the star struggles with simply connecting the dots beyond age, gender, and water to make a case that a serial killer is loose. Entertaining as the storyline is, the paranormal subplot comes from out of jarringly nowhere with no explanation why or how she has a "wireless" ghostly contact to assist her. Still fans of FBI serial killer investigations will enjoy Terri Persons' solid police procedural.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New author, July 19, 2008

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This review is from: Blind Rage (Hardcover)

Before this book, I had not read anything by Terri Persons. When I found out it was the second book in a new series, I bought BLIND SPOT, then read them in order. I am glad I did; and I can hardly wait for Ms. Persons' next book.

If you, like me, are a fan of James Patterson, Jeffrey Deavers, Patricia Cornwell, and Tess Gerrisen - you will enjoy reading Ms. Person's books.

Good reading!