Blood Ties (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Series #12)

exciting Special Crimes Unit paranormal police procedural

Near Serenade, Tennessee, the remains of a butchered man and woman are found. The FBI Special Crimes Unit (SCU) led by Bishop and including his wife Miranda is sent to investigate. The unit moves into a nearby B&B, and quickly concludes that the male was meant for immediate finding while the female was not.

Meanwhile a sniper begins killing people and something is interfering with the special skills of the SCU team. Unsure of Hollis Templeton's rapidly changing paranormal skills since Touching Evil. and he does not want to use Special Investigator Diana Brisco as the Lodge incident is thirty crow miles away (see Chill of Fears). However, Bishop has no choice. The only hope SCU has to stop what they increasingly believe is an inhuman evil is Diana using her unique psychic ability that enables her to walk in what she calls the void of color Gray Time to communicate with spirit guides. However she must be careful how long her spirit remains in Gray Time as too long means never returning to her body; an adversary plans to strand her there.

This is an exciting Special Crimes Unit police procedural in which several team members play key roles including others not mentioned above. A glossary after the novel provides a who's who of SCU and their skills and appearances; this helps keep track as twelve members participate as do the Haven Operatives (bios also in the back). The story line is fast-paced from the moment local Pageant County Sheriff sexagenarian Duncan tells Miranda that neither he nor his department has ever seen let alone handle a case like this one and never takes a stuttering step from there. Fans of SCU will relish the twelfth SCU investigation as someone or something has brought the team to Tennessee to destroy them physically and spiritually.

Harriet Klausner

3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

The end was not what I expected!

I loved this book, just like the rest of Hooper's Bishop series, but I felt that the ending was not a good one. It seemed as though there should be more to the story. The ending made me mad, but over all, this was a very good book. Kay Hooper still remains at the top of my list, and I can't wait for her next book!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Good Read

This is the first book I've read from the series & I still enjoyed it. It was great of the author to list the previous series the xters had appeared it......it certainly gave me a list of new books to pick up!.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Always enjoy her books--

This was a very good book. I have read her books before--and there is part of he problem. This book often refers to prior books or characters which I either don't remember, or didn't read about. That is annoying early in the book. But overall, a good read.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Love all the Bishop books! Can't wait for more. Not sure I believe in Psi powers or gifts but Hooper gives very good explanations for the different possibilities associated with them. She also gives one the best explanations of why Psi's can't

predict the lottery, etc. Very entertaining books.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

HOOPER DOES IT AGAIN

I HAVE READ ALL KAY HOOPER BOOKS FOR YEARS AND ALL OF HER BISHOP SERIES, THIS IS ONE OF HER BEST IN THE BISHOP SERIES AND I LOVED THE LITTLE SUB-TITLES SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE READ THAT CHARACTER BEFORE. I LOVED THE BOOK AND WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Good but not the stronest from bishop series

Still worth reading tho

Loved it!

I hope she'll continue with these books!

Ok - not a favorite

This book is ok for a so called "conclusion" to this specific story, not one that I was really captured by. There are just too many gifted people involved with the story for my taste - its like everyone is a pyschic everwhere you turn. I liked the serial killer plot and she does a great job connect the 3 books. I didn't care for the end leaving it so she could continue the story at a later date. After you are done with a series you want some kind of closure to it and this one leaves you thinking the entire thing will start over again.

I also got a feel to these stories similar to what I get when I read a Nora Roberts Triology - you just know what the plot is.

Wonderfully written

This was my first Bishop Crime Series book. After reading it I immediately purchased the first 11 books and read them in order. Although you can understand and follow the story without reading the other books, I recommend starting from the beginning because you learn so much throughout the series. Kay Hooper keeps you invested in the characters. I can't wait for book 13.

Love her books!

I always seek her books whenever a new FBI series comes out. I enjoy her characters, the plots. Her writting sytle is excellent. A+++ for originality. Her books have a twist and grab you from the get go. Good beach read or rainy day. I can never put her books down and find myself reading late into the night.

Couldn't Fail if She Tried

In her twelfth edition to the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series, Kay Hooper continues to mesmerize readers with explosive conflicts and gripping characters. Bishop's well-trained unit of misfits work frantically to stop the escalating body count in "Blood Ties", as an unknown assailant targets the SCU and ultimately takes a small town hostage through fear.


Fans will be captivated-at every turn-as much loved players from previous volumes arrive on scene to pitch in using their unique and extraordinary abilities. As the team searches for answers, Hooper's astonishing talent for creating and juggling circling storylines-from past and present-is put to the test. I don't believe she could fail if she tried. Her creative blend of the paranormal and suspense are truly distinctive and with ingenious settings, "Blood Ties" will undoubtedly be a success.

Reviewed by Suspense Magazine
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I loved the book as much as I enjoy all of her books. One of my favorite authors.

Great book.

Her idea is too extreme

I could not relate the story to the reality. It was very boring and could not finish it.

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

i really enjoyed this book.

The way the author pieced this story togetger was phenominal.Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down....Only to take a shower.

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