I, for one, love the Bishop/FBI SCU stories, and thought this book was an excellent addition to the series.

Riley Crane wakes up in bed at her rental cottage in Opal Island, only to realize she's covered in dried blood and has no memories of the last three weeks. Apparently, she was on the island to investigate supposed black magic/occult activities while claiming she was on vacation--but she has no recollection of that fact. She also doesn't remember that she's become romantically involved with Ash Prescott, Hazard County District Attorney.

Bishop and the rest of his agents are spread thinly across the United States working on their own investigations, so Riley is on her own, without a partner or any back-up. As situations turn deadly and a body is found tortured and mutilated in a small woods, Riley knows that she must uncover what has been happening to her the last three weeks, and uncover it quickly.

As her mind plays tricks on her, even leading to blackouts where she loses hours of her day (besides the very important memories she's already lost), Riley knows that something evil is happening on Opal Island. It is up to her, and her blind trust in Ash, to figure out what that evil is, and stop it before it ends up killing her.

SLEEPING WITH FEAR is an excellent addition to the SCU series, and I, for one, am glad I picked up a copy of the book. I can't wait to see what Ms. Hooper has in store for Bishop and his team next. ( )

Always enjoyable ( )

Interesting book. I liked the twist with the physic powers. This was a fast read for me, but wasn't something that I couldn't put down. ( )

Reilly Crane wakes up with no memory of the last three weeks, covered in blood and her normally reliable psychic senses are on the fritz. She's not sure who to trust particularly when there's a dead body in the woods and he's decapitated with a missing head.

Who to trust? Are her abilities gone forever? Can she do her job without her abilities?

It's a book that struck some resonances with me, the idea of losing my memory fills me with a large amount of fear. Kay Hooper made me very aware of the character and the situations and I was rooting for them all.

I didn't expect who was to blame until the end. ( )

This is the first time I've read this author, and I liked her. Will definitely look for other titles! ( )

I read this book in just under 4 hours and while it was a gripping story, it was over too quickly. The ending was unexpected, and also uncommon for a Kay Hooper book in that you actually got to meet and get to know the badguy before the climax.

The only things I didn't like about it were that I wasn't left with any strong feelings while reading it, and also that I felt too much of it was explanatory and repetitive. On the whole though, this was a good and solid thriller. ( )