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BLIND RAGE
by Terry Persons
Doubleday, May 2008
352 pages
$24.95
ISBN: 0385518757


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Terri Persons' second novel is an improvement on BLIND SPOT, which was released last year. The same protagonist travels a dangerous path but this time I found the mystery rather more engrossing than the last.

Bernadette has psychic abilities. If she handles something belonging to, or used by, a murderer, she is able to see through the killer’s eyes and overhear his thoughts. This ability becomes rather more prominent in this outing than in the first Bernadette adventure.

Someone is killing female students in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul. The deaths are made to look like suicide but Bernadette is sure there is a killer loose. She discovers she is sharing her basement office with former, now deceased, FBI Special Agent (although he refuses to accept his status as "former") Ruben Creed. He is finding his afterlife to be a little tedious and is very anxious to help Bernadette. To her surprise, she finds the dead Special Agent to be perfectly able to operate a computer and even to leave the basement, turning up, unexpectedly, in places where she feels he has no business. It is only toward the conclusion of the book that she learns, to her discomfort, the reason Ruben is not tied to the FBI office - mobility which has proved fortunate for her during the adventure.

All the women who have died have had psychological problems and several have been taking the same university course-- which throws the lecturer under suspicion.

Although Bernadette is able to see through the killer's eyes, she is unable to discover who he is for the simple reason that he is sufficiently uncooperative not to look at his reflection in a mirror. Oh well, back to more conventional means of solving the mystery,

For those who enjoyed Bernadette's first adventure, BLIND RAGE will no doubt prove even more of a treat. The somewhat abrasive ghost, Rubin, is a delightful addition to the detecting team and one whom I trust Ms Persons will not drop in future adventures.

The mystery itself is not terribly baffling (it's unusual for me to spot whodunnit before the detective, but this time I did-- more by good fortune than shining intellect, I fear.)

The baddies, with varying degrees of guilt, are a nasty bunch, on the whole. It was quite delightful to watch them get their comeuppance.

Let’s hope that author continues to improve with practice. I also hope that the engaging ghost, Ruben Creed, will appear in the next outing.

Reviewed by Denise Pickles, June 2008

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