Casee‘s review of Deadly Intent (Mindhunters, Book 3) by Kylie Brant.
Forensic linguist Macy Reid is an expert on kidnapping, having been abducted when she was a child. So, she is the perfect investigator to be called in when a Denver tycoon’s eleven-year-old daughter is abducted-for the second time. But Macy’s biggest stumbling block may be a member of her own team: Kellan Burke, the wise-cracking, rule- breaking investigator who relishes getting under Macy’s skin-and who just may be the man to help her confront the demons from her past.
I love the Mindhunter series. They are so fascinating. Each character has their own unique skill that they give to Adam Raiker’s company and it’s so obviously clear that he expects the best. In Deadly Intent, we get quite a look into Adam Raiker and what happened into his past. It was almost enough to overshadow the story of Macy and Kellan, but not quite. I think that Kylie did quite a good job of not crossing over that line but also whetting our appetite for more Adam. More, more, more.
Macy and Kell are called in when an eleven year old girl is abducted for the second time in her young life. When she was seven years old, young Ellie was kidnapped and not recovered for over a year. The police had given up on her when Adam Raiker found her. For that reason alone, the parents called in every favor they had to get Raiker Forensics allowed into the investigation. Their resources are considerable and Adam and his team are soon on their way to Denver.
Macy is a kidnap victim herself and is horrified at the thought if it happening twice to the same little girl. She hopes that their team can help the local FBI with their investigation to bring Ellie home as quickly as possible. When they arrive, it’s abruptly clear that that will not be the case. The fact that politics may come before a little girl’s life is something that Macy can barely stomach. The only thing that makes it okay is that Adam allows she and Kellan to do their jobs.
Kell and Macy have quite the history and don’t work easily together. Kell delights in teasing Macy and her proper British ways. Macy becomes even more straight-laced in Kellan’s presence which drives her crazy to no end. For months she has been working on comebacks when he comes at her with a joke that she would usually stutter at. Unfortunately for her, this investigation brings them way closer than she is comfortable with.
When the current case brings her to her past, Macy is surprised that Kellan is there to hold her while she falls. She can do nothing else but fall after facing the devastation and horror that she went through as a child. While she hoped that she would help Ellie, in the end all she learned was that Kellan was not the man that she thought he was.
The romance was definitely on the back burner to the suspense, but the sexual tension was so there because of their past. I thought this book was great, quite possibly the best in the series. I give it a 4 out of 5.
This book is available from Berkley. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
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I agree, it was really good! And I do admit to being more fascinated with Adam than anyone. Of course, I’m doing harm to myself with that, because I want his story so badly. And I bet she makes us wait. Darn it.
Lori, I’m writing Adam’s story right now and it will be released August ’11! Between now and then there will be another Mindhunters book, Deadly Dreams, in April.
Oooh, yay!! I’m so looking forward to them both! Thanks!
w00t! That’s awesome. I can’t wait to learn more about Adam.
I’m waiting for him to talk to me, too, lol. The man is maddenly reticent!