Blood Dreams (Blood Trilogy) [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Kay Hooper (Author), Joyce Bean (Reader)

Book Description

Series: Blood Trilogy | Publication Date: November 28, 2008

He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator. Now, with the national media calling for justice and a grief-stricken father seeking vengeance, Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit find themselves in a unique situation. This time even psychic cops aren’t enough to stop evil. Aid comes in the form of a fledgling civilian organization of unorthodox crime stoppers. Operating outside of any government oversight, without sanction or official authority, they are comprised of a membership every bit as talented and eccentric as Bishop’s SCU - if not more so. And that is no coincidence. For Bishop helped launch this organization barely two years before. Dani Justice knows all about monsters. They haunt her nightmares - and her life. But she never expected to find herself doggedly on the trail of a real flesh-and-blood predator so cunning, he’s eluded the best law enforcement could send up against him; so deadly, he doesn’t hesitate to kill even a senator’s daughter. Or a cop. Dani doesn’t want to hunt this killer. She doesn’t want to risk the life she’s made for herself, or her hard-won peace. But she doesn’t have a choice. Because his bloody rampage has hit far too close to home. Because Dani alone commands a weapon powerful enough to destroy him. And because Dani knows something even Bishop doesn’t. Dani knows how the hunt ends. It ends in fire. And blood. And death. What she doesn’t know is who will survive.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In the plodding first of a new psychic crime fighter trilogy from bestseller Hooper (Sleeping with Fear), Noah Bishop of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit is now supervising an all-female team of civilian contractors known as Haven. Together, they track a serial killer who has moved his maniacal atrocities from Boston to a small town outside Atlanta, where he continues to kidnap, torture and kill women. Psychic Dani Justice, who can often predict the future through her dreams, becomes obsessed with the case. The investigation of the crimes gets lost amid lots of psychic babble by members of Haven, hand-wringing by the local police, and frequent snapshots of the killer with his victims. An abrupt ending doesn't deliver on any of the trauma and drama that Justice's dreams have predicted, though presumably readers will get satisfaction on that score in the next entry in the series. (Jan.)
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Review

" A good read for fans of other serial-killer books and the TV show, Criminal Minds."—Booklist


From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Value Priced; Abridged edition (November 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423333020
• ISBN-13: 978-1423333029
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #798,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

KAY HOOPER is the award-winning author of Sleeping with Fear, Stealing Shadows, and more than ten other novels of suspense and intrigue along with dozens of other books. She lives in North Carolina.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good., January 7, 2008

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A. Halsey (Washington DC area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novels) (Hardcover)

*Warning....Mild Spoilers*

I was really disappointed in this book, especially after looking forward to a new book from her for so long. It was all fluff. The character developement was poor, I never felt a liking towards the main character at all. She was just kind of there, giving us information about her "dreams". The whole book was dedicated to her dream and then the dream she was having never even occured. I guess it was because the book ended as a (and I use this term VERY loosely) cliffhanger.

I didn't realize this book was the first in a trilogy, but even so the book was so unsatisfying. I'm not even sure I want to read the rest of the trilogy. Also, this book seemed so short. I found myself at the end and nothing had ever really happened. Looking at the book more closely I realized that the margins are really large and the type pretty large. The book should be half the size it is. What a waste of paper!

Hopefully Kay steps it up for her next book in the series or she will probably loose a lot of her loyal readers.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cures Cancer!, February 29, 2008

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E. A. Montgomery (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novels) (Hardcover)

Ok, well, probably not. But I spend hours in a medical chair these days and it's hard to concentrate on a story unless it's very engaging. I read Blood Dreams continually today, came home and kept reading. When it was over I wanted the next one Right Now. That's the mark of a great read. Blood Dreams goes a little too far into the killer's mind for my personal taste, but it seemed to be part of the story and it works very well in the plot and tone. I can see why we do but don't want to give any plot points away in the review.

Several times in Blood Dreams I thought I'd spotted a 'mistake' or a hole in the plot, but I should know better. Kay Hooper works her plots till they sing. I was completely wrong with my smug reader predictions. Dani Justice is a very engaging heroine. Her ability, dreaming the future, has led her to believe that she causes the future. Because her dreams are always bleak, Dani has emotionally distanced herself from those around her. The difference between what she knows with her head and knows with her heart is a universal dilemma that feels very true. Part of Dani's journey in Blood Dreams is learning that knowing something and causing it are not the same.

Noah Bishop makes appearances in Blood Dreams but is definitely a secondary character. Blood Dreams brings the stage to several new characters who work along character from the past. You don't miss anyone. This isn't a book that would be better with more of (your favorite SCU character.) This is the start of a multi book arc, and (like Nora Roberts does in her 3 book series) Blood Dreams wraps up some of the mystery and relationships while leaving others to develop along the way. If you like Iris Johansen's early Eve Duncan books, you'll enjoy Blood Dreams. It's very much a page turner in the best tradition.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting beginning to a new trilogy if a bit short!, February 20, 2008

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Valerie Matteson "Bookaholic" (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novels) (Hardcover)

Dani Justice has pre-cognitive dreams or rather nightmares. She has been having this particular one for some months now. She has come home to her hometown just outside of Atlanta, Georgia to spend time with her identical twin sister, Paris, who has just gone through a very painful divorce. Dani and Paris have known since they were kids that they have more than just a special "twin" connection. They each have their own psychic abilities that are enhanced when they work together. In order to help others, they have joined a private organization (Haven) run by John and Maggie Garret that consists of many different types of psychics. This organization was started as an idea of FBI Special Agent Noah Bishop. Bishop is the head of the Special Crimes Unit that also has primarily psychics working for it.

Bishop and his team had been tracking a very evil serial killer in Boston who killed a dozen women. The last one killed was the daughter of a US Senator who has offered his help and resources to Bishop and who very much wants this killer caught if he has to do it himself!

Dani's dreams show her and other members of Bishop's unit in a warehouse that is on fire as they are searching for the killer and someone he has captured that they know. The dream keeps changing a bit but some things are consistent so that Dani knows this will happen in some way. Dani also runs into her former love, Marc Purcell who is the sheriff. Marc has some special abilities of his own.

The story grows in intensity and plot twists although not quite enough time is spent telling us more about Dani and Paris' relationship and work for Haven. I anxiously await the next book in the series!