Blood Dreams
3 Stars

With the SCU under scrutiny by the new FBI director, SAC Noah Bishop needs to keep a low profile. But when a vicious predator targeting young women relocates from Boston to a small town in Georgia, Bishop enlists the aid of Haven, a private security firm employing investigators with psychic abilities. While Dani Justice's dream visions of the killer provide her with an edge, she and her team soon realize that it may not be enough as the hunters have become the hunted.

Series note: This book begins a new trilogy within the larger Special Crimes series. While the focus is on a new case, several characters from previous books play pivotal roles.

Although the series is classified as romantic suspense, it is actually more of a paranormal thriller with some minor romantic elements. This book falls solidly in the thriller category as the second-chances romance between Dani and her high-school sweetheart turned-sheriff, Marcus Purcell, is quite bland. Their relationship is underdeveloped and lacking in both chemistry and emotion. Their interactions are more akin to those of friends than lovers.

In contrast, the suspense elements are gripping as the killer is particularly disturbing, and Hooper skillfully weaves the tension surrounding the dream sequences within the narrative to keep the reader guessing. Moreover, the final showdown is intense with an excellent twist at the end.

All in all, an intriguing beginning to the new trilogy and it will be interesting to see how the twist plays out in subsequent installments. ( )

Review: Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper. 4* 10/22/2021

In this book Bishop and his SCU team, Dani, Paris, Miranda, and John Garrett have been tracking a vicious killer for over a month. Dani and Paris are twin sisters who both have psychic abilities that improve with a stronger bond when they work together.

This Special Crime Unit Team consists of many different types of psychics. This organization was started as an idea of FBI Agent Noah Bishop. The case they are working on now is tracking down an evil serial killer in Boston who killed a dozen women. The last woman killed was a US Senator’s daughter.

The story goes on with a lot of twist and turns and filled with plenty of action to keep the reader turning the pages. I also like the way Hooper romantic suspense and psychic abilities into the plot of Blood Dreams. The book was well researched and well written by this author to collaborate excellent different law enforcement agencies and investigations to create something almost like reality. ( )

Tenth book in Kay Hooper’s Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series about a group of FBI psychics that solve serial killer crimes. Dani Justice returns to her hometown of Venture, Georgia to spend time with her twin Paris, following the sister's ugly divorce. Both of the twins have psychic abilities. Dani can dreamwalk, allowing her to see the future, and Paris can control electricity. There are grisly murders in Venture, by a serial killer the SCU has tracked from Boston. Women from the small town are missing and the remains of some are chopped to bits and displayed to leave a message. The local Sheriff, Mark Purcell, was once Dani's sweetheart, and is open to the SCU's unconventional investigation. Dani is wracked with guilt as she is unable to interpret her recurring dream that an SCU Agent is kidnapped, imprisoned in the basement of a burning building, with the serial killer setting a trap for Bishop and his agents. I felt that the character development was weak in this one, with too much focus on the identity, motives, and powers of the killer. The continuous revisitation of Dani's morphing dream was tiresome. ( )

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This book featured a very creepy serial killer. The heroine, Dani, kept having dreams about the final confrontation with the killer, so a lot of time was spent on her dreams. I liked watching the evolution of Dani's relationship with Marc. I also liked Dani's relationship with her twin sister, Paris. Bishop was in this book too, but his part seemed almost secondary, like he has to be here because he needs to put in an appearance in all the books. He really didn't add much to the story.

This was a good book, but not a great one. Still, if you enjoy the series, you should read it, to keep up on what is happening. ( )

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. 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. 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. I've been reading this series from the very beginning and love the idea that she is doing a trilogy. I loved this book, enjoyed catching up with some past favorite characters and enjoyed meeting the new characters. I even liked the "cliffhanger". I hope that the rest of the series continues to explore the new characters and lets us know what's going on with the rest of the unit. If you like good suspense, I highly recommend this book. ( )