Chameleon

This was my 2d Kennett book. In both cases I couldn't go to sleep until I finished. If you like Cornwell, and mysteries with plenty of hi-tech this is the series for you!!

3rd fantastic book in a row! Don't miss her 4th in the series written under the name of Avery Morgan titled Act of Betrayal! Also, check out her Web site for more about Kennett.

I want to know when she will have a 4th book published? I have been going through withdrawal??????

Talk about ripped from the headlines. This book deals with juvenile violence, and I swear the author must be psychic because this book has been out in hardcover since last year but it forecasted current happenings. The story centers on a young sociopath (Ever wonder where those 30 year old serial killers come from? Well, here's one in the making.) who has created a world for himself inside his computer that is more comfortable for him than the real world. Then he starts to get them confused, real vs. fantasy. As Kennett develops this, it is 100% plausible and chilling to the bone. Not only does this book have a great villain, it also has investigators that are real people I can identify with, especially PJ Gray. I can hardly wait for the next book in this series so I can find out where the relationship between PJ and Schultz is going. If there's a relationship at all!! What Kennett has got here is a hard-boiled romantic suspense, something completely new, something for those of us who find Mary Higgins Clark a piece of fluff. I couldn't put the book down, especially the last 50 or 60 pages. I read this book in the series first, but now I'm going back for the others. I've got to find out how PJ and Schultz met for the first time, and what they thought of each other then.

The St. Louis police have noticed a recent increase in homicides, but no discernable pattern appeared to the law enforcement officials. Desperate to figure out what is happening in the Gateway City, the police turn to the relatively new Computerized Homicide Investigations Department, headed by Penelope Jennifer "PJ" Gray, a trailblazer in forensic simulation modeling.Using her virtual reality program, PJ is able to visualize the killer from the eyes of the victim. She begins to find the elusive pattern to the murders. Meanwhile, old fashioned detective Leo Schultz continues to pound the cement, seeing if he can break open the case. However, neither one of the police officers expected to find the identity of the killer to be a twelve-year-old ingenious misfit, who has chosen PJ's son as a future target.The information technology age meets forensic psychology in a novel that will leave readers stunned by its brilliance, ease of understanding, and entertainment value. Shirley Kennett is at her best. Anyone who enjoys forensic psychological investigations will enjoy CHAMELEON and Ms. Kennett's previous mysteries (FIRE CRACKER and GRAY MATTER).Harriet Klausner