COLOR BLIND
Jonathan Santlofer
HarperTorch
Suspense
ISBN: 0060541059

THE DEATH ARTIST introduced Kate McKinnon, former cop turned polished art historian with her own PBS series. A serial killer who strikes too close to home draws Kate back into the police station and her former life. And she becomes the only one who can find the death artist.

Kate returns in Jonathan Santlofer's sophomore effort, COLOR BLIND. Happily married and well respected in Manhattan art circles, Kate has put the previous murders behind her. She is focusing all her time and energy on her marriage, her volunteer work, and her career.

But two eviscerated bodies found with oddly colored paintings lead the police to call on Kate's expertise. Despite her reluctance, she agrees to offer her opinion on the troubling pieces of art. And then, before she can extricate herself from the case, she is once again drawn in by a personal –-- and devastating --– connection.

Grieving and angry, Kate teams up with her former partner, now chief, Floyd Brown to track down the homicidal maniac the police have dubbed the Color Blind Killer.

As in THE DEATH ARTIST, Kate's involvement in the case transcends an investigatory role and she becomes pivotal in future crimes. She immerses herself in a world better known to the people who live on the streets or behind bars. She is equally comfortable and believable as a character in the world of cops and socialites. Santlofer has drawn a likeable and convincing female in Kate. Vulnerable, pained, smart and strong, Kate returns to the mean streets of Manhattan in an exciting, fast-paced and worthy sequel to Santlofer's first book.

   --- Reviewed by Roberta O'Hara

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