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Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #10)
by
Kay Hooper
This killer dreams in shades of death….
In each of her New York Times bestselling novels, critically acclaimed author Kay Hooper has led readers to unforgettably chilling encounters with fear and evil. Now, in her latest thriller, she takes us on a terrifying manhunt for a serial killer no ordinary cops can stop–a psychopath who seems to step out of a living nightmare.
He’s...more
In each of her New York Times bestselling novels, critically acclaimed author Kay Hooper has led readers to unforgettably chilling encounters with fear and evil. Now, in her latest thriller, she takes us on a terrifying manhunt for a serial killer no ordinary cops can stop–a psychopath who seems to step out of a living nightmare.
He’s...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
December 31st 2007
by Bantam
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Um livro surpreendente que não é nada do que estava a pensar. Com uma sensação de terror e suspense, que prevalece em cerca de 80% do livro, e com muitos elementos do sobrenatural, este livro irá com certeza arrepiar qualquer leitor.
Um assassino em série aterrorizou a cidade de Boston com os seus crimes inexplicavelmente impecáveis - sem rasto, sem testemunhas, sem aviso e sobretudo a decorrer a uma velocidade que nem a equipa da Unidade de Crimes Especiais auxiliada pela Haven - uma rede de pes...more
Um assassino em série aterrorizou a cidade de Boston com os seus crimes inexplicavelmente impecáveis - sem rasto, sem testemunhas, sem aviso e sobretudo a decorrer a uma velocidade que nem a equipa da Unidade de Crimes Especiais auxiliada pela Haven - uma rede de pes...more
I have been a huge fan of Kay Hooper’s Bishop books forever. It’s been a long time since I’ve read one, but I decided to read the Blood Trilogy, since she is coming out with a new trilogy on the new Haven group founded by one of the characters in one of the earlier novels. So, when I decided to read this trilogy, I was so excited and ready to dig into a good book.
In truth, I was a little disappointed. This wasn’t as good as all the others I’ve read, and I was a little put out by that. Oh, it had...more
In truth, I was a little disappointed. This wasn’t as good as all the others I’ve read, and I was a little put out by that. Oh, it had...more
I like Kay Hooper in general, and in particular the Bishop "Special Crime Unit" books, of which this is one.
In this outing, a particularly sick and vicious serial killer is on the loose. Bishop and team have determined that the killer may have paranormal abilities, making him even more dangerous than the "typical" serial killer.
Dani, one of the members of the Haven sub group of the SCU seems to have a connection to the killer and is trying to use her vision dreams to figure out how to catch him....more
In this outing, a particularly sick and vicious serial killer is on the loose. Bishop and team have determined that the killer may have paranormal abilities, making him even more dangerous than the "typical" serial killer.
Dani, one of the members of the Haven sub group of the SCU seems to have a connection to the killer and is trying to use her vision dreams to figure out how to catch him....more
Kay Hooper is one of my "go to" authors. Always enjoyable to read. This book was good, but I kept feeling like I had read it already. Maybe because I have previously read Blood Sins and Blood Ties, the two books which follow this one. I really should try harder to read series in order.
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'...more
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'...more
This is #10 in the Bishop Special crimes units series and #1 in the sub blood trilogy. I love this series, it's about an FBI unit that is made up of agents with special powers, psychic powers, and now there is also a civilian side, run by the same man, for people who don't work well with all those rules. So, XMen, kinda, and Bishop is Professor Xavier. The people's powers are starting to change and evolve, from using and pushing them so much, and being around other powerful people. And all this...more
In book #10 of the Bishop/SCU series Hooper appears to have a story that will continue on in the next novel. Most of her other books are really stories that stand alone. That isn't why I gave her only two stars for this book. In this book the ending was not very good at all. Normally Hooper's books have a good ending with some twists thrown in. This one is lacking.
Dani is called down to Venture Georgia to help her sister Paris find a vicious seriel killer. We are also introdutced to Haven which...more
Dani is called down to Venture Georgia to help her sister Paris find a vicious seriel killer. We are also introdutced to Haven which...more
love Kay Hooper's novels!!
From back cover:
"He's the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, conscience, or fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator.
Now, Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit find themselves in a unique situation. Aid comes in the form of a fledgling civilian organization of unorthodox crime stoppers. Operating outside of any government oversight, they are com...more
From back cover:
"He's the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, conscience, or fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator.
Now, Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit find themselves in a unique situation. Aid comes in the form of a fledgling civilian organization of unorthodox crime stoppers. Operating outside of any government oversight, they are com...more
More like 2.5 stars. To be honest I didn't pay full attention to this audio. Some things would perk up my ears, but for the most part I heard but didn't listen. The characters were interesting. A lot of time seemed to be spent explaining the psychic gifts, I got bored with this after a while. Maybe the next books won't feel the need to explain anything since the reader should already be familiar with the characters. Not sure if I will continue to the next books in this series. I wasn't really ha...more
Hooper does a good job outlining events of a serial killer and the course of action the police and federal investigators take. With this story, she utilizes psychics. While I found the story pretty well written and enjoyed the psychics connections, she started to bring in more psychics. Knowing that this is something investigators use sometimes I found a few parts a little off the wall. These psychics somehow could connect with each other and enhance each others powers and sometimes absorb them...more
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper is one in her Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series. This books focuses on twins, Dani and Paris, who use their psychic powers as part of a civilian group of psychic investigators similar to the FBI team headed by Bishop. The book begins with Dani’s precognitive dream that the team connects with a serial killer. Dani, her ex-boyfriend turned sheriff, and other members of the team track a serial killer in Dani’s hometown.
Blood Dreams is not my favorite Kay Hooper book, but...more
Blood Dreams is not my favorite Kay Hooper book, but...more
Cool concept, an FBI unit comprised of psychics working with a similar civilian unit to hunt down some seriously bad dudes. There were a few references in the book to prior action in the series that made me wish I had been able to start at the beginning (normally I'm compulsive about that, but I was in an airport and desperate). It was a good read, not too bloody and just a touch of spooky with a spunky team and a clear set of good guys. The cheesy romance is even marginally plausible. Funny thi...more
Not realizing that this is the first book in a planned trilogy, I was very disappointed in both the plot and character development, much of it background to set a scene with little satisfaction for the reader at the end. The basic premise is interesting a special crimes unit civiliam offshoot that uses people with a variety of psychic abilities to track a serial killer. But much of the dialogue is formulaic and the internal dialog is pathetic navel gazing fraught with "what might have been" The...more
I enjoyed reading this book by Kay Hooper. This was the first in a series of 3. She rights a lot of her books that way. I don't think I'm up for the other 2 right now but I'll catch them later.
I like the Special Crimes Unit and the fact that the people all have different types of psychic ability. There was some suspense and thrills but at times I had problems figuring out what was going on within the story. Oh course there is a romance which I can take or leave but evidently these are a most fo...more
I like the Special Crimes Unit and the fact that the people all have different types of psychic ability. There was some suspense and thrills but at times I had problems figuring out what was going on within the story. Oh course there is a romance which I can take or leave but evidently these are a most fo...more
Impressed. I went into this not expecting much. Reading King and Koontz since the age of 12 has somewhat desensitized me to a lot of today's Thriller/Horror genre. Only on the rare occasion does a book actually send chills down my spine and have me glancing over my shoulder. This book did that for me a few times during the read. I was a bit put out by the ending, because I wasn't aware this was the first in a trilogy, but the story was gripping, and I came to care about the main characters. Now,...more
This is the first in a trilogy but #10 in a series about a paranormal unit of the FBI. It wasn't too hard to get into the flow of what's been happening before, so I didn't feel like I missed too much. I always like stories about paranormal detectives and it was no different for this book. I actually give it 3.5 stars. Dani is a psychic with a twin. They are both part of a private investigation group that is linked with a special unit of the FBI. The groups have been investigating a series of mur...more
In Blood Dreams, the daughter of a US senator is kidnapped by a serial killer. Noah Bishop's FBI Special Crimes Unit is enlisted to find her. To capture this killer he has taken on the help of Dani Jacobs, who is really the main protagonist in the story. Her special skill is being able to dream of what is going to occur in the future, a pretty cool and useful skill to have. The most vivid aspects of the story are these dreams, which tend to be fairly horrific. The biggest drawback of the story i...more
Although this isn't my favorite story in the Bishop/SCU series, I still found it to be a quick, engaging read.
Dani has come home to Venture, Georgia, to comfort her twin sister, Paris, after her divorce. Or so she says. Both women know that there's really another reason that Dani has finally come home.
These sisters share a bond even closer than the normal one between twins, because they both possess psychic abilities. And Dani has been having dream visions that tell her an evil is coming to Vent...more
Dani has come home to Venture, Georgia, to comfort her twin sister, Paris, after her divorce. Or so she says. Both women know that there's really another reason that Dani has finally come home.
These sisters share a bond even closer than the normal one between twins, because they both possess psychic abilities. And Dani has been having dream visions that tell her an evil is coming to Vent...more
Jul 27, 2011
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I thought I had read Hooper before and liked her writing- this book was a HUGE disappointment. The dialogue was so ridiculously contrived that I raced through it just to see what happens at the end...only to find that it's a trilogy. I am not going to read 2 more books I'm sure not to like just to find out. I really wish that all books that were part of a series would say so in an obvious place on one of the covers (and which number in the series it is.) This was a complete TIME WASTER.
Ok. I am a sucker for these "Bishop/Special Crimes Unit" books. Yes, I know they are cheesy mysteries involving agents with psychic powers. I don't even think I believe in psychic powers . . .but wouldn't it be cool if the FBI had a task force comprised of telepaths and empaths and linked twins, etc.? This was one of her weaker books, but I am looking forward to reading the next one in this trilogy. I have a feeling it will make up for this book's missing pieces. Keep ya posted.
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Kay Hooper has a way of weaving her stories together like a quilt; where this story leaves off, another will begin. I've been reading the Bishop series for years and I am never disappointed. This book was no different. In fact, this may have been my favorite killer yet. If you're looking for brutal murders with the fun of a paranormal twist and characters who's vigor give you inspiration, this is for you. The best kind of crime novel, in my opinion. This was a fantastic read.
Oct 05, 2009
Laurie (Kwiltreader)
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3 of 5 stars
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Bishop/Special Crimes Unit…not sure what number this is in series and probably be one that you want to read from the start…this is about people with varying psychic abilities…parts of it grabbed me and other parts lost my interest. The ending wasn’t really an ending but more like a cliff hanger. Will go back and start at beginning of series to get more info on the characters and their connections.
I have read quite a few of Kay Hooper's books, even though I haven't gotten around to listing them all yet. I did enjoy Blood Dreams as much as any of the others, however, it seemed to me to be kind of predictable towards the end. That may be because I've read so many books from her so far, I'm not sure. Now, saying that, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read fiction, if only because the characters are so likable.
This was my first Kay Hooper book and I was very intrigued by the concept of a psychic FBI team hunting down a serial killer. However, the story fell flat for me. I really had high hopes for this series but now I'm just not sure if I want to continue with the rest of them. I must admit my expectations were a little high (I wanted something comparable to the In Death series) and maybe I expected to much but to me the story was too rushed and the character development was just not as good as it co...more
Dani Justice's dreams are haunted by a dream that seems to suggest that she's going to have trouble, that she's going to end up in a building that's colapsing but that she needs to rescue someone. The only change that occurs are minor details.
She returns to her home city and her twin Paris, who is recovering from her divorce. She also finds herself having to face up to her relationship with Marcus Purcell. The fact that he accepts her powers scares her. Can they have a relationship and what's go...more
She returns to her home city and her twin Paris, who is recovering from her divorce. She also finds herself having to face up to her relationship with Marcus Purcell. The fact that he accepts her powers scares her. Can they have a relationship and what's go...more
I'm wishing I'd waited for all three books in this trilogy to be published before starting Blood Dreams. Without giving away vital information about the plot, all I can say is the end of this book is not the end of the story. As usual, Kay Hooper did not disappoint me. If I had all three books, I would probably sit and read them one after another without resting.
I really enjoyed this book. The serial killer point of view was hard for me, but the rest of it was really good. I'm actually surprised because this isn't the type of book I'm normally into. I'm not sure how I ended up checking it out at the library but it was an ebook and I needed an ebook at the gym that day so I started it. I'm glad I did.
Jul 26, 2010
Lesli
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2 of 5 stars
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Meh. Maybe I'm tired of reading this series -- set in trilogies. Maybe I don't like all the "who's on first" feel. Maybe I don't like the "this is the mother of all monsters" build up to "he's so ordinary...and not the monster we're looking for." Whatever it was, I wasn't impressed by #10 in the Bishop series. Also, don't be fooled by the "romance" bookshelf. There's maybe five sentences devoted to the romance in the story.
not very good. This is one in a continuing series of psychic mysteries. Hooper has nothing new to say; no new angles on the stories; no intriguing characters. She is simply rewriting previous books. In addition, she repeats pages of dialogue 4-5 times, which is just an indication of how lazy the author was in writing it.
Horrible dreams of horrible reality to come - in this precognitive thriller from Kay Hooper, we follow psychics as they use their abilities to track killers. In this case, a serial killer may have moved his target area from Boston to the small town of Venture. Can the 'powers' combine to find the killer before he strikes...? Find out...
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Kay Hooper was born in California, in an air force base hospital since her father was stationed there at the time. The family moved back to North Carolina shortly afterward, so she was raised and went to school there.
The oldest of three children, Kay has a brother two years younger and a sister seven years younger. Her father and brother are builders who own a highly respected construction compan...more
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The oldest of three children, Kay has a brother two years younger and a sister seven years younger. Her father and brother are builders who own a highly respected construction compan...more
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