Blink of an Eye (Kendra Michaels Series #8)

by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen

Overview

A #1 New York Times bestselling author and an Edgar Award winner team up to deliver this gripping new novel featuring investigator Kendra Michaels—whose observational skills are worthy of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.

Delilah Winter is one of the hottest pop stars on the planet, so how in the world was she kidnapped right in the middle of a show at the famous Hollywood Bowl? If anyone can figure it out, it's Dr. Kendra Michaels, who works with local and federal authorities on only the most impossible cases. Blind for the first twenty years of her life until a revolutionary surgical procedure allowed her to regain her sight, Kendra uses her powers of observation—honed during her years in the dark—to detect what other investigators don't. She agrees to lead the race to rescue the young singer before time runs out.

Joined by Jessie Mercado, the singer's former bodyguard and a military hero, Kendra closes in on the hideout location but not before casualties mount up. Desperate for leads, Kendra must set aside her personal feelings when agent-for-hire Adam Lynch also volunteers his special skills to aid in the search.

But as the abductor's true purpose becomes clear, the trio uncover a plot they never could have imagined—leading to a showdown they won't soon forget.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538762882
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	02/02/2021
Series:	Kendra Michaels Series , #8
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	352,320
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Iris Johansen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 consecutive bestsellers.  Her series featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has sold over 20 million copies and counting and was the subject of the celebrated Lifetime movie The Killing Game. Johansen lives in Georgia and Florida.
 
Roy Johansen is an Edgar Award-winning author and the son of Iris Johansen. His acclaimed mysteries include Killer View, Deadly Visions, Beyond Belief, and The Answer Man.  He has written screenplays for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Disney, and MGM.
 
Iris and Roy have written more than ten novels together, including the New York Times bestselling Kendra Michaels series.

Editorial Reviews

12/14/2020

In bestseller Johansen and son’s engrossing eighth novel featuring FBI consultant Kendra Michaels (after 2020’s Hindsight), Kendra investigates the kidnapping of superstar singer Delilah Winter from the Hollywood Bowl during a performance. When the kidnappers demand a ransom of $20 million, dating-site billionaire Noah Calderon, who was once in a relationship with Delilah, agrees to provide the money, and Department of Justice black ops expert Adam Lynch, who has a complicated relationship with Kendra from Hindsight, is tapped to deliver it. When the delivery is aborted, the kidnappers demand an additional $5 million and ask Kendra’s friend Jessie Mercado, Delilah’s former security director, to make the delivery. Meanwhile, the FBI, Kendra, and Lynch tirelessly search for clues to the kidnappers’ identities. Kendra has ample opportunity to display her keen deductive skills as the suspenseful plot builds to an explosive finale. Series fans will be well satisfied. Agent: Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

09/01/2020

When pop sensation Delilah Winter is kidnapped in the middle of a show at the Hollywood Bowl, Dr. Kendra Michaels is called in to find her. Kendra is joined by Delilah's former bodyguard, Jessie Mercado, and agent-for-hire Adam Lynchin a hunt that turns bloody. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

Library Journal

2020-11-18
Once-blind Dr. Kendra Michaels and private eye Jessie Mercado investigate the kidnapping of the world’s most valuable young woman.

With the possible exception of Dr. Allison Walker, who’s tired of hosting her high-profile, paparazzi-rich visits to the Woodward Academy for the Physically Disabled, everyone loves superstar singer Delilah Winter. Her popularity is so immense that Jessie, who headed Dee’s security team before she decided that the star needed a friend more than she needed another employee beholden to her, is surprised that Dee’s scored her and Kendra a pair of tickets to her sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The two friends agree that it’s a wonderful event, but it ends with a crash when Dee disappears before she can sing an encore and the two bodyguards who are supposed to be protecting her are found dead. The women instantly snap to attention and give chase, but the kidnappers are too quick and too clever for them, and Dee is spirited away and held for a ransom of $20 million, a sum it probably took her several months to earn. Luckily, nobody has to raid her bank account, because her ex-boyfriend, billionaire social network developer Noah Calderon, first offers a reward of $5 million for her safe return, then volunteers to underwrite the entire ransom, since he’s probably made that much since breakfast. The first lovingly detailed ransom drop goes unexpectedly awry, but given the scant investment the Johansens invite readers to make in the new characters, the regulars, or the cookie-cutter suspense, it’s hard to imagine anyone except the heroines losing any sleep over the second.

A thrill-free actioner that’s the perfect gift for friends who’ve been warned about their high blood pressure.

Kirkus Reviews

"Filled with intrigue, wit, heart, and a twisted mystery that keeps you guessing. This creative duo always delivers gripping suspense!"
—Kendra Elliot, bestselling author on Hindsight

"5 Stars! Kendra Michaels is an exceptionally compelling protagonist."—RTBookReviews.com on Double Blind

"The mother-and-son Johansen team delivers another high-stakes, high-powered thriller in the popular Kendra Michaels series."—Booklist on Night Watch

"This read goes from good to great to spectacular as the hunt between predator and prey never stops. As always behind the name 'Johansen' in reviews, this is a definite 5-Star."—Suspense Magazine on The Naked Eye

"The Johansens power-up the emotional stakes in this page-turning thriller that cements Michaels' reputation as a force to be reckoned with."—Booklist on The Naked Eye

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