"Serial killer plot with a few interesting twists."

Kendra Smith has a personal interest in bringing criminals to justice. Her teenaged brother was murdered, the body never found. Hoping to bring closure to other families, she uses her artistic talent to draw composite sketches for law enforcement. She's just been called into a new case: a serial killer is brutally murdering young, blonde "soccer moms."

Kendra isn't sure how she feels about working with Adam Stark, the FBI agent she once was close to before her mother's sudden death drove them apart. But the two must put their personal issues aside as the killings continue, especially when it becomes clear that for some reason the killer is trying to get Kendra's attention. If they can figure out a connection, they can stop a madman before he claims another victim - perhaps Kendra herself.

This is a fairly typical serial killer story with a few interesting twists. I felt the killer spent too much time explaining at the end, and Adam and Kendra don't spend a lot of "quality" time together. If you don't read a lot of mystery/suspense, you'll enjoy this book, but for die-hard fans of the genre, it'll be easy to predict what's going to happen.

Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 10, 2003

Summary

FACE TIME

A skilled compositor for the FBI, Kendra Smith has a way with witnesses, helping them to remember crucial details about their attackers they might otherwise have forgotten. She believes her work helps to provide closure for the victims and their families—closure that has eluded her for the eleven years since her brother was kidnapped, his body never found.

Determined to put her painful past behind her, Kendra throws herself into every case one hundred percent. Now she is called in to sketch the face of a man the press is calling the Soccer Mom Killer. It's a difficult investigation made even harder by the presence of Special Agent Adam Stark, a man with whom she once had a brief, passionate affair. As the number of victims continues to rise, and with a killer always one step ahead, Kendra will learn a lethal lesson: You can run from the past, but you can't hide. . . .