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Kate Wise #1
If She Knew
55 year old empty nester—and freshly retired FBI agent—Kate Wise finds herself drawn out of her quiet suburban life when her friend’s daughter is murdered in a home invasion—and she is implored to help.
Kate thought she left the FBI behind after 30 years as their top agent, respected for her brilliant mind, tough street skills and her uncanny ability to hunt down serial killers. Yet Kate, bored with the quiet town, at a crossroads in life, is summoned by a friend she can’t turn down.
As Kate hunts the killer, she soon finds herself at the forefront of a manhunt, as more bodies turn up—all suburban moms in perfect marriages—and it becomes apparent there is a serial killer stalking this quiet town. She unearths secrets from her neighbors she wishes she never knew, discovering that all is not what it seems in this picture of model streets and neighbors. Affairs and lying are rampant, and Kate must sift through the town’s underbelly if she will stop the killer from striking again.
But this killer is one step ahead of her, and it may end up being Kate who is in danger.
178 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 27, 2018
About the author
Blake Pierce
817 books5,019 followersBlake Pierce is author of the bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which includes seven books (and counting). Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); of the AVERY BLACK mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); and of the new KERI LOCKE mystery series.
An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.
An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.
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September 20, 2019
This book is really bad. It is unbelievably, inconceivably, earth-shatteringly bad. This is a terrible, terrible book. It's poorly written, poorly researched, poorly executed, poorly edited and since I chose to try the audio-book format, it's important to say that it's poorly narrated (but more on that later).
I'm not going to trash a book this emphatically and fail to give you some reasons why--fortunately, I have plenty to choose from.
A lot of books in this genre, to some extent, follow a certain formula. This book felt like it was written while a copy of Mystery Writing for Dummies was open on the desk and the writer followed along every single step.
The writer spends the first half of the book reinforcing two points. The protagonist, Kate Wise, is not happy being retired and that she's pretty much the best FBI agent of all time. If you listen to the audio book, I recommend taking a shot every time one of these subjects is broached--but only if you don't have to be up early the next morning.
Her struggle with retirement has the depth of an inverted tea spoon. It consists of the writer essentially repeating it over and over again. And again. And again. And again. She only breaks the monotony of telling--not showing--the struggles her character has with retirement to talk about what an amazing agent she used to be.
The improbabilities of this story and book are ridiculous. Kate Wise beats up a 6'4 bodybuilder in the first few chapters but gets her ass handed to her by a much smaller person later--someone who isn't a fighter. The police work--or FBI work, if you prefer--is beyond shoddy. At one point, the great Kate Wise decides not to canvass the neighborhood of a serial killer's crime spree (even though all the killings are in the same area) because "[that rarely does any good.]"
Her former/current boss in the FBI brings her back to work the case then pulls her three days later. He assigns her a young agent for her to smooth out some edges, then decides Kate is too old and it may look bad in the press (she's 55 by the way) and instead of keeping the best FBI agent ever, with over 50 killers in custody because of her--assigns 2 noobies from the academy to replace her--because apparently that's much more suitable to the press in the middle of a killing spree?
When they catch the red herring bad guy, their case against him is silly--and the evidence is handled in such a slipshod way that the blood sticks to the bare hands of Kate Wise's partner. I mean--no reason to wear gloves right? You're only potentially contaminating evidence of a guy who's killed three women in brutal fashion.
It's not just that the characters in this book are shallow and annoying--and they are--but each is more improbable than the next. Each is dumber than the last. The dialogue is insufferable. And not a single character is written in a way that feels true. This is a problem with both the characters and the plot. It's clear that no research was done for this book. The cops don't talk like cops. The people don't talk like...well, people. There is absolutely no understanding of police procedure. There is no understanding of the criminal mind--the pop psychology thrown at the reader is laughable.
Everything about this book is bad, including and especially the end. The reveal/twist (that anyone with half a brain cell knew was coming) was boring--seriously, truly boring. The bad guy is dumb. The killer's reasons are dumb. The motives are dumb. How Kate Wise connects it all by talking to one guy she put away years ago and this situation mirroring that one exactly is dumb. It's just all dumb, dumb, dumb. This book is really terrible.
But I'd be remiss if I failed to mention how poorly this book is narrated. The audio version of this book takes a bad book and makes it so much worse--impossibly worse. It's actually the only reason I stuck with this book--it was my first audiobook. And I wanted to give the book a chance fearing that perhaps it was just the way it was being narrated that bothered me.
It turns out it was both. The narrator uses a ridiculous man-voice for all of the male characters. If a woman was going to mock/make fun of a man with a real deep stupid voice--that's the voice this narrator uses for every single male character. She seemed to emphasize things that didn't warrant it and failed to emphasize things that could have used it. It was awful. A book this bad needs a good narrator to at least try to make up for the poor writing. But this book didn't get that gift.
I can't believe I finished this book. In all honestly, it was morbid curiosity that got me through it. That and the fact that it was so bad, it became funny. I found myself laughing at parts of the book that were supposed to be serious just because they were so terribly written.
Not only did this author not do any research, I'm not sure she's ever even read another book in this genre. Somehow this book has spawned an entire series--5 books long with a sixth on the way and they seem to get decent reviews. Are readers really craving something this dumbed down? I don't understand it. The first book was published in August of 2018. I write this review in September of 2019. How you write 4 additional books in that span of time, I'm not sure. Though, the ability to ignore common sense, the unwillingness to learn the genre you're writing in and ignoring any sense to write real, meaningful characters who live in a real world probably helps.
Just flip Mystery Writing for Dummies back to page one and start all over again, I guess?
I want to close by reminding you this book is bad. If Blake Pierce felt okay with reminding me every other sentence that Kate Wise was amazing or that Kate Wise hated retirement, I feel justified in repeating that this book is bad. It's really bad. Don't read it. It is not good. Also, it's bad.
I'm not going to trash a book this emphatically and fail to give you some reasons why--fortunately, I have plenty to choose from.
A lot of books in this genre, to some extent, follow a certain formula. This book felt like it was written while a copy of Mystery Writing for Dummies was open on the desk and the writer followed along every single step.
The writer spends the first half of the book reinforcing two points. The protagonist, Kate Wise, is not happy being retired and that she's pretty much the best FBI agent of all time. If you listen to the audio book, I recommend taking a shot every time one of these subjects is broached--but only if you don't have to be up early the next morning.
Her struggle with retirement has the depth of an inverted tea spoon. It consists of the writer essentially repeating it over and over again. And again. And again. And again. She only breaks the monotony of telling--not showing--the struggles her character has with retirement to talk about what an amazing agent she used to be.
The improbabilities of this story and book are ridiculous. Kate Wise beats up a 6'4 bodybuilder in the first few chapters but gets her ass handed to her by a much smaller person later--someone who isn't a fighter. The police work--or FBI work, if you prefer--is beyond shoddy. At one point, the great Kate Wise decides not to canvass the neighborhood of a serial killer's crime spree (even though all the killings are in the same area) because "[that rarely does any good.]"
Her former/current boss in the FBI brings her back to work the case then pulls her three days later. He assigns her a young agent for her to smooth out some edges, then decides Kate is too old and it may look bad in the press (she's 55 by the way) and instead of keeping the best FBI agent ever, with over 50 killers in custody because of her--assigns 2 noobies from the academy to replace her--because apparently that's much more suitable to the press in the middle of a killing spree?
When they catch the red herring bad guy, their case against him is silly--and the evidence is handled in such a slipshod way that the blood sticks to the bare hands of Kate Wise's partner. I mean--no reason to wear gloves right? You're only potentially contaminating evidence of a guy who's killed three women in brutal fashion.
It's not just that the characters in this book are shallow and annoying--and they are--but each is more improbable than the next. Each is dumber than the last. The dialogue is insufferable. And not a single character is written in a way that feels true. This is a problem with both the characters and the plot. It's clear that no research was done for this book. The cops don't talk like cops. The people don't talk like...well, people. There is absolutely no understanding of police procedure. There is no understanding of the criminal mind--the pop psychology thrown at the reader is laughable.
Everything about this book is bad, including and especially the end. The reveal/twist (that anyone with half a brain cell knew was coming) was boring--seriously, truly boring. The bad guy is dumb. The killer's reasons are dumb. The motives are dumb. How Kate Wise connects it all by talking to one guy she put away years ago and this situation mirroring that one exactly is dumb. It's just all dumb, dumb, dumb. This book is really terrible.
But I'd be remiss if I failed to mention how poorly this book is narrated. The audio version of this book takes a bad book and makes it so much worse--impossibly worse. It's actually the only reason I stuck with this book--it was my first audiobook. And I wanted to give the book a chance fearing that perhaps it was just the way it was being narrated that bothered me.
It turns out it was both. The narrator uses a ridiculous man-voice for all of the male characters. If a woman was going to mock/make fun of a man with a real deep stupid voice--that's the voice this narrator uses for every single male character. She seemed to emphasize things that didn't warrant it and failed to emphasize things that could have used it. It was awful. A book this bad needs a good narrator to at least try to make up for the poor writing. But this book didn't get that gift.
I can't believe I finished this book. In all honestly, it was morbid curiosity that got me through it. That and the fact that it was so bad, it became funny. I found myself laughing at parts of the book that were supposed to be serious just because they were so terribly written.
Not only did this author not do any research, I'm not sure she's ever even read another book in this genre. Somehow this book has spawned an entire series--5 books long with a sixth on the way and they seem to get decent reviews. Are readers really craving something this dumbed down? I don't understand it. The first book was published in August of 2018. I write this review in September of 2019. How you write 4 additional books in that span of time, I'm not sure. Though, the ability to ignore common sense, the unwillingness to learn the genre you're writing in and ignoring any sense to write real, meaningful characters who live in a real world probably helps.
Just flip Mystery Writing for Dummies back to page one and start all over again, I guess?
I want to close by reminding you this book is bad. If Blake Pierce felt okay with reminding me every other sentence that Kate Wise was amazing or that Kate Wise hated retirement, I feel justified in repeating that this book is bad. It's really bad. Don't read it. It is not good. Also, it's bad.
January 17, 2019
Sorry to say, I wish this had been a library read rather than a Nook purchase. I really found it to be formulaic and basic. It's an easy read and would be okay for a beach read or something quick but there's not much to sink my teeth into and I'm not really interested in reading any further books in the series.
August 20, 2020
IF SHE KNEW is Book #1 in the Kate Wise Mystery series by Blake Pierce.
Kate Wise is a newly retired FBI agent that is feeling a little lost without the daily excitement of “the chase” with the FBI. When tragedy strikes the family of a nearby friend, Agent Wise is asked to see what she can find out about the case as a favor. The psychological mystery begins.
I was all in and enjoyed the premise of the book; and, I really love the author. BUT, I was distracted by the poor proofreading job done for this ebook. Sorry, one of my pet peeves.
Pet peeve aside, I do plan on reading the sequel, IF SHE SAW. I refuse to believe that I will be disappointed a second time 😏
Kate Wise is a newly retired FBI agent that is feeling a little lost without the daily excitement of “the chase” with the FBI. When tragedy strikes the family of a nearby friend, Agent Wise is asked to see what she can find out about the case as a favor. The psychological mystery begins.
I was all in and enjoyed the premise of the book; and, I really love the author. BUT, I was distracted by the poor proofreading job done for this ebook. Sorry, one of my pet peeves.
Pet peeve aside, I do plan on reading the sequel, IF SHE SAW. I refuse to believe that I will be disappointed a second time 😏
October 20, 2024
2,5 Destul de banală și fără elemente de suspans, cam telegrafică.
March 10, 2019
This book was not that good. Needed editing badly. I got very very tired reading about Kate, her retirement and what an absolutely fantastic FBI agent she was. The murderer was a total disappointment. Author could have done much better. Will not read this author again. Thank goodness it was freebie.
March 27, 2019
Did you know Kate Wise is retired from the FBI? Now you do, if you haven't read the book, you don't know this. If you have read the book, you were told on nearly every DAMN PAGE!
Besides this, the book was just not that great. I've read far better thrillers and suspense about serial killers than If She Knew.
Besides this, the book was just not that great. I've read far better thrillers and suspense about serial killers than If She Knew.
March 21, 2019
I have no idea how this book has 4.27 stars. It reads like a 6th grader wrote it.
January 3, 2021
Bit of mixed bag, starts of slowish switch ex FBI agent newly retired and wishing she wasn't. Might be just me but I was getting quite annoyed at the number of times it stated she was in the FBI for 30 years. Felt like it was In every other paragraph, on top of that it kept saying how she had been the best agent ever.
Also curious as to how a 55 year mother gave birth to a 26 year old daughter, 26 years ago? Nitpicking I know, but this and quite a few other grammar and spelling mistakes made me think this was not proof read properly.
Once the the story got going it wasn't bad and at times good. A few procedural faix-pas, like searching chief suspects bag without gloves!
Overall acceptable, shows some promise. I will read book 2 to see if it improves. 3.65 stars rounded up to 4.
Also curious as to how a 55 year mother gave birth to a 26 year old daughter, 26 years ago? Nitpicking I know, but this and quite a few other grammar and spelling mistakes made me think this was not proof read properly.
Once the the story got going it wasn't bad and at times good. A few procedural faix-pas, like searching chief suspects bag without gloves!
Overall acceptable, shows some promise. I will read book 2 to see if it improves. 3.65 stars rounded up to 4.
March 30, 2019
Blake Pierce writes several different mystery/thriller series and this new to me series did not let me down. However, there are a few things that are somewhat unbelievable that occur as part of the police and FBI investigation. I also felt that the ending should have been extended to include more of the interrogation and evidence collection. There were a few editing problems in the kindle version that I read.
Overall, the plot was good. The book did start a little slowly, but it ramped up speed as the story evolved. The slow start did give me a better feel for the main character before the action started.
I believe this book gave extra background information on Kate Wise as a set up for the rest of the series. Overall, I enjoyed the novel and look forward to reading the next one.
Overall, the plot was good. The book did start a little slowly, but it ramped up speed as the story evolved. The slow start did give me a better feel for the main character before the action started.
I believe this book gave extra background information on Kate Wise as a set up for the rest of the series. Overall, I enjoyed the novel and look forward to reading the next one.
July 4, 2020
Wow! Only a 3.95 average. Way underrated.
January 12, 2020
This is a 3.5 star read.
I wasn't quite sure about this one as I wasn't clicking with the main character Kate Wise in the beginning, but I'm glad I persevered.
This ended up being an entertaining read with a look at a retired FBI agent who is drawn back into the fold when a friend's daughter is murdered. Plus who doesn't love a 55yo who can kick the arse of more than a few douches!
I wasn't quite sure about this one as I wasn't clicking with the main character Kate Wise in the beginning, but I'm glad I persevered.
This ended up being an entertaining read with a look at a retired FBI agent who is drawn back into the fold when a friend's daughter is murdered. Plus who doesn't love a 55yo who can kick the arse of more than a few douches!
April 10, 2019
Disappointing writing, predictable story
I was hoping to like this author, but was very disappointed with the wiring. Exposition relief on telling instead of showing. It seemed juvenile. Also, I'm not sure of the author's gender, but Pierce used every possible cliche in the depiction of Kate Wise. And the story itself was extremely predicable. I've read it before, and it's been written much better by other authors.
I was hoping to like this author, but was very disappointed with the wiring. Exposition relief on telling instead of showing. It seemed juvenile. Also, I'm not sure of the author's gender, but Pierce used every possible cliche in the depiction of Kate Wise. And the story itself was extremely predicable. I've read it before, and it's been written much better by other authors.
November 15, 2021
I have lost my ability to speak and I'm just AWESTRUCK by the story.🤩🤩
Like WOW!!!
🔥The writing style is Amazing!! ✨✨
🔥The plot twist is without a doubt, completely Insane! ✨✨
🔥The characters are forever I C O N I C ✨✨
I'm just so overwhelmed!! One of the most finest yet the most underrated and misjudged book by Blake Pierce.💜💜
**Warning: Spoilers Ahead**
Trigger Warning: Lot's of blood, sexual assault, physical and verbal abuse.
Usual to Pierce's writing, the story started with a BANG!
A crime.
Yes, a murder of an innocent woman. 👁👄👁
The lady, Julie Hicks is the daughter of Debbie Hicks, who is a close friend of Kate Wise.
And let me give a grand intro to this amazing protagonist of the story.🕵🏼♀️
Agent Wise, or now more of Kate Wise, a retired FBI agent who is terribly missing her life in the bureau. A legend. An amazing woman of 55.
Spent 30 years in the bureau and now finally, as a retired agent, is seem to be quite irritated by her life.
I don't blame her though, I mean how can a person just adjust to the normal surroundings when she spent almost her entire life with a gun in one and a criminal in another hand??🤐😅
Also, Wise, is just 5 months away to become a grandmother! Wow! Yay!!
But How??
Hhhehehe simple!
Kate's daughter, Melissa is ready to be a mom! 🤰☺
Though it's a moment of celebration.. it also is a moment of fear for Kate as she thinks that something bad may happen to Melissa and the little baby aswell...😬
Anyways, skipping the middle chapters lemme move on to the climax--
3 murders.
Housewifes who cheat on their husbands.
Part of the same friend circle.
All in their early 30s.
The killer personally knows these girls.🧤
This can't be just some random killing..can it??🤔🤫
Well, No it can't.
"The first murder, was because of the love for my wife, The second in the anger for her lover and the third, well, that was just for some fun."
What would Agent Wise, now back on the track to her old life, with a new partner Agent DeMarco would do??🩸👀
🔎All the clues, assemble together and form a jig-zaw puzzle.🧩
The only thing needed is to fit those pieces in together to wrap up the case.🔍
Clues, leads, suspects, lust, emotions and secrets, what more do we need in a perfect psychological thriller like this??♥️♥️
As said before, I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!✨
Blake Pierce outdid himself this time!!!
A precious work of magical words with a pinch of insane imagination is how this story was brewed!!🔮
Final Rating- 5/5
Recommended!!!!!
Like WOW!!!
🔥The writing style is Amazing!! ✨✨
🔥The plot twist is without a doubt, completely Insane! ✨✨
🔥The characters are forever I C O N I C ✨✨
I'm just so overwhelmed!! One of the most finest yet the most underrated and misjudged book by Blake Pierce.💜💜
**Warning: Spoilers Ahead**
Trigger Warning: Lot's of blood, sexual assault, physical and verbal abuse.
Usual to Pierce's writing, the story started with a BANG!
A crime.
Yes, a murder of an innocent woman. 👁👄👁
The lady, Julie Hicks is the daughter of Debbie Hicks, who is a close friend of Kate Wise.
And let me give a grand intro to this amazing protagonist of the story.🕵🏼♀️
Agent Wise, or now more of Kate Wise, a retired FBI agent who is terribly missing her life in the bureau. A legend. An amazing woman of 55.
Spent 30 years in the bureau and now finally, as a retired agent, is seem to be quite irritated by her life.
I don't blame her though, I mean how can a person just adjust to the normal surroundings when she spent almost her entire life with a gun in one and a criminal in another hand??🤐😅
Also, Wise, is just 5 months away to become a grandmother! Wow! Yay!!
But How??
Hhhehehe simple!
Kate's daughter, Melissa is ready to be a mom! 🤰☺
Though it's a moment of celebration.. it also is a moment of fear for Kate as she thinks that something bad may happen to Melissa and the little baby aswell...😬
Anyways, skipping the middle chapters lemme move on to the climax--
3 murders.
Housewifes who cheat on their husbands.
Part of the same friend circle.
All in their early 30s.
The killer personally knows these girls.🧤
This can't be just some random killing..can it??🤔🤫
Well, No it can't.
"The first murder, was because of the love for my wife, The second in the anger for her lover and the third, well, that was just for some fun."
What would Agent Wise, now back on the track to her old life, with a new partner Agent DeMarco would do??🩸👀
🔎All the clues, assemble together and form a jig-zaw puzzle.🧩
The only thing needed is to fit those pieces in together to wrap up the case.🔍
Clues, leads, suspects, lust, emotions and secrets, what more do we need in a perfect psychological thriller like this??♥️♥️
As said before, I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!✨
Blake Pierce outdid himself this time!!!
A precious work of magical words with a pinch of insane imagination is how this story was brewed!!🔮
Final Rating- 5/5
Recommended!!!!!
May 1, 2020
On the edge of my seat !!!
really enjoyed this one. so many unexpected turns, I really wasn't sure where is was going.
I was gripped from start to finish and cant wait to start book 2 in this series
I have read quite a few by Blake Pierce and overall have found them very good.
really enjoyed this one. so many unexpected turns, I really wasn't sure where is was going.
I was gripped from start to finish and cant wait to start book 2 in this series
I have read quite a few by Blake Pierce and overall have found them very good.
May 22, 2024
Listened to this on audiobook and finished it in one day 😂 definitely kept me finding new things I could do or get done while listening! Really fun story, and I didn't see the mystery wrapping up that way!
November 5, 2021
The FBI/police procedural was just to unbelievable to be enjoyable. In retirement, retired/former FBI agent breaks the rules to gather info on a friend’s murdered daughter. Since she’s no longer an FBI agent, Kate is called in FBI office and gets slapped on hand for questioning the guy and injuring him in a physical confrontation. BUT then is offered a very limited position. Solving cold cases. Ok joyous occasion because she bored stiff… she’s glad to be out of retirement. Then offered a kind of a probationary thing for a month as a field agent - super happy with her regained title, and she’s going to get a new young female partner! They both admire each other’s field tenacity very much.
BUT Kate, falls short and doesn’t meet the expectations of the FBI directors to solve multiple murders in parts of 3 days. A killer is targeting women in the same neighborhood that hang out together. This must stop now!
What the heck?? Really??? She’s an extremely seasoned FBI agent (only having been gone 1 year and with 50 solved cases in her her whole career), but she IS 55 now, so I guess she’s a dinosaur in FBI years after being gone a year.
Relieved of duty in less than a week, the FBI assigns her again to just cold cases, and assigns this very complex murder case to a rookie and her partner (yes, the one she was just mentoring). BUT Kate breaks the rules again, because something’s not right. The FBI believes they have their man (she and partner initially believe it too) and wants to hang the suspect on circumstantial evidence. Just to make sure, refusing to leave the case (again breaking FBI directions…. Come on, really?? (How many mulligans can one story have), Kate gets the real killer figured out and captured being battered and bruised in the process, BUT is once again being offered an FBI agent job again despite breaking FBI rules and directions (I forget how many times). And ALL this in a week. Triple murder solved!
Huh?? My aching brain. Seriously, the FBI can’t be that ridiculous, and this character could never get away with so many infractions. I guess I’m more of a realist, and this story probably would have merited a much higher rating from me had she never retired.
Narrator for audiobook read accurately, but without variation in pitch, pace, power or character.
I have enjoyed some of this author’s work before, but unsure where I stand for future reading on this series.
BUT Kate, falls short and doesn’t meet the expectations of the FBI directors to solve multiple murders in parts of 3 days. A killer is targeting women in the same neighborhood that hang out together. This must stop now!
What the heck?? Really??? She’s an extremely seasoned FBI agent (only having been gone 1 year and with 50 solved cases in her her whole career), but she IS 55 now, so I guess she’s a dinosaur in FBI years after being gone a year.
Relieved of duty in less than a week, the FBI assigns her again to just cold cases, and assigns this very complex murder case to a rookie and her partner (yes, the one she was just mentoring). BUT Kate breaks the rules again, because something’s not right. The FBI believes they have their man (she and partner initially believe it too) and wants to hang the suspect on circumstantial evidence. Just to make sure, refusing to leave the case (again breaking FBI directions…. Come on, really?? (How many mulligans can one story have), Kate gets the real killer figured out and captured being battered and bruised in the process, BUT is once again being offered an FBI agent job again despite breaking FBI rules and directions (I forget how many times). And ALL this in a week. Triple murder solved!
Huh?? My aching brain. Seriously, the FBI can’t be that ridiculous, and this character could never get away with so many infractions. I guess I’m more of a realist, and this story probably would have merited a much higher rating from me had she never retired.
Narrator for audiobook read accurately, but without variation in pitch, pace, power or character.
I have enjoyed some of this author’s work before, but unsure where I stand for future reading on this series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 12, 2018
A pesar de que este escritor tiene varios libros publicados e incluso varios en serie, yo no lo conocía ni había leído nada de él y me ha gustado mucho.
Me ha encantado la protagonista, una mujer de 55 años, viuda y recientemente jubilada del FBI, que debido al asesinato de la hija de una de sus amigas regresa a la investigación activa como consejera externa.
La historia es bastante sencilla pero tiene un buen nivel de suspenso y la investigación me ha resultado de lo más interesante, yo diría que muy al estilo realista, entrevista por entrevista, pista tras pista hasta dar con el asesino. Si bien es verdad que fue predecible para mí, esto no me representó algo que le quitara puntos, sencillamente hay historias que cuando son predecibles te decepcionan y otras, como este caso, es algo que es parte del todo.
No sé para cuándo Blake Pierce pretenda sacar un segundo libro de esta serie, pero sin duda voy a continuar con ella y también, ya que lo he encontrado, seguiré leyendo a este autor, me ha gustado mucho su estilo.
Me ha encantado la protagonista, una mujer de 55 años, viuda y recientemente jubilada del FBI, que debido al asesinato de la hija de una de sus amigas regresa a la investigación activa como consejera externa.
La historia es bastante sencilla pero tiene un buen nivel de suspenso y la investigación me ha resultado de lo más interesante, yo diría que muy al estilo realista, entrevista por entrevista, pista tras pista hasta dar con el asesino. Si bien es verdad que fue predecible para mí, esto no me representó algo que le quitara puntos, sencillamente hay historias que cuando son predecibles te decepcionan y otras, como este caso, es algo que es parte del todo.
No sé para cuándo Blake Pierce pretenda sacar un segundo libro de esta serie, pero sin duda voy a continuar con ella y también, ya que lo he encontrado, seguiré leyendo a este autor, me ha gustado mucho su estilo.
January 29, 2020
An all round horrific book. Poorly written, terrible characters & zero suspense. Do not waste your time.
March 12, 2020
I listened to this book on Audio whilst I was out and about.
I found it slow to start with but 1/4 of the way through it did grab me.
It has a real good twist at the end.
I found it slow to start with but 1/4 of the way through it did grab me.
It has a real good twist at the end.
November 19, 2018
Primer libro que leo de este autor, animada por una sinopsis interesante y por una alta valoración.
La trama y la parte de la investigación me ha gustado bastante, igual que la relación de Kate Wise con el resto de compañeros y ex-compañeros, especialmente la que se ha formado entre Kate Wise y DeMarco.
Sin embargo, me ha parecido excesivo el tiempo que le ha dedicado al principio a las presentaciones previas de la ex-agente Kate Wise. Llevábamos entre un 15 y un 20% del libro y prácticamente, aún no habíamos "entrado en materia". Una vez pasado este punto, la lectura fluye y se hace interesante.
Suponiendo que en un próximo caso, podría ir más al grano ... podría echar un vistazo a su próximo libro. Pero no tengo claro si este lo recomendaría.
Por todo ello:
Valoración: 7/10
Lectura: Noviembre / 2018
La trama y la parte de la investigación me ha gustado bastante, igual que la relación de Kate Wise con el resto de compañeros y ex-compañeros, especialmente la que se ha formado entre Kate Wise y DeMarco.
Sin embargo, me ha parecido excesivo el tiempo que le ha dedicado al principio a las presentaciones previas de la ex-agente Kate Wise. Llevábamos entre un 15 y un 20% del libro y prácticamente, aún no habíamos "entrado en materia". Una vez pasado este punto, la lectura fluye y se hace interesante.
Suponiendo que en un próximo caso, podría ir más al grano ... podría echar un vistazo a su próximo libro. Pero no tengo claro si este lo recomendaría.
Por todo ello:
Valoración: 7/10
Lectura: Noviembre / 2018
October 22, 2020
En general estuvo bien, por la forma en que describe los asesinatos, pero no me termino de gustar la historia como conjunto.
July 1, 2020
Kindle Reading #4
Forse sono diventata molto selettiva con i crime ma sinceramente Kate Wise non è una di quelle Detective che mi ha preso. Non mi piace il suo atteggiamento ...
Sapete quando ho deciso il voto? All'inizio. Nel momento in cui . Se indaghi come .
E poi dopo il funerale rompere le palle .
Ne ho letti di migliori. Per il momento è nella cartella FLOP!!! sul Kindle.
Forse sono diventata molto selettiva con i crime ma sinceramente Kate Wise non è una di quelle Detective che mi ha preso. Non mi piace il suo atteggiamento ...
Sapete quando ho deciso il voto? All'inizio. Nel momento in cui . Se indaghi come .
E poi dopo il funerale rompere le palle .
Ne ho letti di migliori. Per il momento è nella cartella FLOP!!! sul Kindle.
November 1, 2023
It's a story of a retired FBI agent using her skills to solve a series of chilling crimes, all while dealing with personal challenges.
September 3, 2019
Meh.
To be fair, this was my first ever audiobook and I hated the readers voice 😂
It was just okay- the plot had potential, but I feel like the ending was supposed to be a twist that didn’t quite land, I got so tired of hearing about Kate’s retirement (did you know she was retired? If you forget they’ll tell you), the bureau head was just annoying (or maybe it was the female reader trying to read it in a male voice), and... it was meh.
I did appreciate the intensity with which the murder scenes were written, and the conversations with the suspects kept my attention. Those things saved it from a 2-star. Other than that, I feel like I wouldn’t rush out to recommend this to anyone, and I don’t feel like I need to read anymore of the series, but it wasn’t a total waste of time.
To be fair, this was my first ever audiobook and I hated the readers voice 😂
It was just okay- the plot had potential, but I feel like the ending was supposed to be a twist that didn’t quite land, I got so tired of hearing about Kate’s retirement (did you know she was retired? If you forget they’ll tell you), the bureau head was just annoying (or maybe it was the female reader trying to read it in a male voice), and... it was meh.
I did appreciate the intensity with which the murder scenes were written, and the conversations with the suspects kept my attention. Those things saved it from a 2-star. Other than that, I feel like I wouldn’t rush out to recommend this to anyone, and I don’t feel like I need to read anymore of the series, but it wasn’t a total waste of time.
October 31, 2023
This is bad, so bad. You know the jokes about men writing woman, it's this. Repetitive, every other page we are told what an amazing FBI agent our main character was, also that she is retired and that she can't fill her days knitting. EVERY OTHER PAGE. First off she is 55 so her life is not over, knitting 8 to 10 hours a day seems unlikely but I believe the author thinks that is what 55 year old women do with no job or husband, they just knit.
Also the killer is lame
March 24, 2019
Only read to 11%. For Kate having been a dedicated 31 year FBI agent, her waffling in the first few chapters is extremely annoying.
October 9, 2023
If I read this when I was 13 maybe then I'd think wow what a cool book
May 17, 2020
Une nouvelle série de Blake Pierce , j’adorais le caractère de cette agent de FBI à la retraite, son enthousiasme, sa personnalité, sa longue expérience sur le terrain, son intuition, et sa petite fille qui vient d’être accueillie à ce monde ♥️
Son retour au FBI après une année de sa retraite pour élucider une enquête bizarre et sans indice à la fois.
Finalement elle élucidait ce mystère et avait l’opportunité de revenir travailler au tant que Agent De FBI Pendant un an sur des anciennes affaires non résolues.
Son retour au FBI après une année de sa retraite pour élucider une enquête bizarre et sans indice à la fois.
Finalement elle élucidait ce mystère et avait l’opportunité de revenir travailler au tant que Agent De FBI Pendant un an sur des anciennes affaires non résolues.
June 18, 2020
Una historia entretenida y atrapante.
January 1, 2024
Last book of 2023!!! 204 books! Wow. A new record for me but only because I added audiobooks in June. I listen while I walk and ride in the car. Anywho, I enjoyed this book I got on Stuff your kindle Day so it was free. I see it is a series and even though it does have a lot of graphic content in it for killing, I did like the FBI agents who were the main characters and will look into more of this series.
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