Blindside

A great Catherine Coulter FBI thriller, this one featuring the hunt for a serial killer targeting math teachers (of all things) and the mystery behind kidnappers who targeted a 6-year-old boy. It’s always fun watching married agents Savich and Sherlock in action, and I love the pacing in these. A lot of the action takes place in rural eastern Tennessee and the descriptions of the Smoky Mountains in the fall were just beautiful, like taking a vacation. I love the way there’s always a secondary couple who find romance, and the sheriff and the defense contractor were cute together.

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.

Synopsis: 'When six year-old Sam Kettering is kidnapped and then manages to save himself, Savich and Sherlock join his father - former FBI agent Miles Kettering - to determine why Sam would be abducted and brought to eastern Tennessee. Though the local sheriff, Katie Benedict, catches up with Sam before the kidnappers do, the case isn't over - not by a long shot.
The unanswered question is: Why do the kidnappers want this little boy so badly? The investigation leads Savich and Sherlock to a charismatic, intense evangelist, Reverand Sooner McCamy, and his enigmatic wife. As if the kidnapping case weren't enough, Savich and Sherlock are at the same time desperate to locate the killer of five math teachers in Washington, D.C.
Review: The show more storyline is delightfully creepy. The love aspect isn't particularly invasive. show less

Six year old Sam ran out of the forest in the pouring rain and changed Sheriff Katie Benedicts life forever. Getting him dried off and his father, Miles Kettering, called, the Sheriff found out that he had been kidnapped. Brave Sam had saved himself and with the help of Sheriff Benedict and her daughter, he got warm and they settled to wait for his dad. Miles was flying out to get his son with long time friend Dillon Savich and got to the sheriffs house in time to see that it was not over yet.

This story is about kid strength, I am not sure if anyone that young would really react that well. The story also incorporated a lot of bits from previous book. If you have not read the series, you may not follow all of the 'inside jokes', or know show more the other people involved. Since I have read the series, in order now, I have to say that seeing some of the same characters over again is fun. This book showed Savich get hurt and little Sean be threatened and their reaction to it. Wonderful characters, thank you Catherine Coulter. show less

I liked the main characters okay, but all the other characters, from the really bad guys to the obnoxious woman in the gym, were very unrealistic. Three mysteries were going on at once and -- surprise, surprise -- the author was able to solve them all. But there were no viable hints to enable to reader to figure the mysteries out, so it left me with a so-what feeling.

Married FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock help when a friend and former agent, Miles Kettering's six year old son, Sam, has been kidnapped. Sam manages to escape and he is saved by a small town sheriff in east Tennessee, Katie Benedict. The kidnappers keep trying to get Sam, but the question is why do they want him so badly. The answers seem to lie with charismatic and intense evangelist, Reverent Sooner McCamy and his wife. Also in the background, someone is killing female math teachers in the DC area.

I have read a few in this series and this will be my last. I am tired of this "big hair roller" turn on thing with Sherlock. And I don't know how many times the so-called law enforcement types in this book did very foolish things. I sure would not feel secure if the FBI were trying to keep me personally safe. Oh well, there are plenty more good thrillers and romance books out there.

A little different ---Savich and Sherlock are right there but not as prominent as Miles and his son Sam and Katie, and her daughter, Keely. One again, two mysteries interwoven to solve.