Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel

This book was a great read. As good or better than the Eve Duncan books by Iris Johansen. I can't wait to read more by this author!

Often the first book in a planned series makes a big splash, and then the second book is a let down. It is safe to say that this second novel in the series lives up to, and in some ways surpasses, the first. We have the same heroine, and a bad guy of truly frightening disposition. The book takes a lot of space delving into what makes a serial killer "tick", and it's pretty unsettling. The action moves very quickly, and covers a lot of my home state, Pennsylvania, and some of the places within it that I have been, so the ground was rather familiar to me. It's a real nail-biter of a book, and I look forward very expectantly to the next installment.

Whether or not you believe in psychics, the paranormal, or anything else that's based more on social experiences rather than science, you can appreciate the intensity of Shuman's writing. This novel like any good book of suspense is about putting puzzle pieces together. Not only are the FBI and state police putting clues together to finally stop a predator from killing but the reader is putting pieces in place to figure out the rage, the personality, the psyche behind the mask, and to some extent the pain. Shuman succeeds in making us feel both rage and sympathy for this killer. Shuman is a master-craftsman, and I am a fan. Well done.

Excellent - couldn't put it down. One of the best new writers to come along in quite some time.

In Cumberland Gap, Maryland, the State attorney general Glenn Schiff never forgot when he met blind psychic Sherry Moore in Philadelphia in 1992 as she explained how the victim grabbed her hand as he died; she was able to "see" the way his witness died. Now he wants her help on the mass murders of three kidnapped women found inside an abandoned Maryland meat processing plant. Sherry agrees and provides information that helps on the investigation. However, the FBI takes over the case and soon another victim found near Pittsburgh brings in the Pennsylvania state police. While the groups argue jurisdiction, Sherry suffers nightmares as she knows the serial killer is preparing to strike again. The key to the second Moore psychic mystery is the crime scene descriptions are so vivid they make the tale and the premise of the heroine's skill seem genuine especially when Sherry decries the deaths. The audience will find the courageous heroine fascinating as she refuses to allow her lack of sight from stopping her from living; for instance she is studying the marital arts. Although the serial killer theme is overwhelming the market and government agencies arguing over whose in charge is ancient history, Sherry's description of the victims' last 18 SECONDS or so of life freshen this delightful unique paranormal police procedural. Harriet Klausner