by Kay Hooper
Part of Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, book 1
First published 2000
Cassie Neill possesses a terrifying gift. She can slip into the minds of killers and witness their crimes as they unfold. Working with the L.A. police, she helps catch murderers until one case goes horribly wrong and an innocent child dies. Cassie escapes to Ryan's Bluff, a quiet North Carolina town where she hopes to silence the violent voices that invade her thoughts. But her psychic abilities refuse to stay dormant. She senses a murderer stalking the town, feeling his rage and twisted excitement before he strikes. The local sheriff dismisses her warnings until the first victim appears exactly as Cassie predicted. Now the police suspect her of the crimes. To clear her name and stop the killer, Cassie must do the one thing that terrifies her most. She must enter his depraved mind and hunt him from within. Each mental intrusion brings deadly risk. If the killer detects her presence in his thoughts, he can trap her consciousness so deep inside his psyche that she may never escape.
Genres: mystery, crime, paranormal, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, mind-reading, unreliable-narrator
Setting: LA, North Carolina, Ryan's Bluff
356 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Bantam
Content warnings: violence