Close Your Eyes

De: Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen

Narrado por: Elisabeth Rodgers

A music therapist who thrives on helping others, Kendra Michaels cherishes the ordinary life she has achieved after stem cell surgery restored her sight. The skills she perfected during those sightless years - the ability to pick up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her - coupled with her laser-sharp mind - have made her a uniquely potent observer and problem solver. Kendra’s uncanny way of connecting the dots is as baffling to law enforcement as it is legendary.

When former agent Adam Lynch, known as the Puppetmaster, approaches her about a possible serial murder case, she is determined to steer clear. But he’s a notorious manipulator, skilled at handling criminals and colleagues alike to get the results he wants. And now he holds a trump card: The latest possible victim is Kendra’s ex-lover, an FBI agent who vanished without enough clues to follow - unless Kendra can pick up the trail. And if she can’t, she just might close her eyes again ... forever.

©2012 Johansen Publishing LLLP, and Roy Johansen (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved

Edge of your seat

Loved every minute. Lots of twists and turns out of every day ways to look at things. This book makes you wonder how much we miss in life. Fantastic performance.

Exiting and a touch of romance

Loved it can't wait to listen to book two. I had to think hard to figure out the ending.

Run of the mill crime drama

Liked the professionalism brought out in story about the FBI

Disliked the arrogance of the females ( non stop )

Overall - rated only a 3 stars
Book not totally enjoyable.

Loved it!

Wonderful performance and the story was excellent! Highly recommend you give it a listen! Worth the credit = )

Story Good, Reader Leaves A lot to Be Desired

I personally like the story line, but the narrator didn’t pause between chapters and I couldn’t tell when she moved from one chapter or character to another.

Does she glow in the dark?

The premise of this book is that someone blind will perceive things other people don't. The protagonist is blind, regains her sight and then become super humanly able to perceive people. She very rapidly reads everyone and is astonishingly annoying.

It's a good enough mystery, but the characters are blown so far out of proportion on that they can't be real, and the book is clearly not s&f. It's a near miss in several ways. Not terribly bad but sadly not developed well.

kept loosing interest...

Any additional comments?

I don't know why I had so much trouble staying connected to this audio book. The reader was OK... Not a fan of romance tucked in to suspense novels - to me it detracts from the story.

Love Kendra and a great story and the voices!

I liked this better than many of the Eve Duncan books. Great action and really moved.

Don’t listen

The negative comments!! The book is excellent!! The narrator is superb the story is very entertaining. Enjoy!!

A good story told really badly

This is a wierd one: a really interesting story with unique characters and a fascinating outcome, but told with really sophomoric dialogue. I was initially interested because the lead character is, like me, a music therapist. Not your typical mystery character. She has some personal history and gifts that make her really unique in the police procedural world. I was able to get past the 8th grade description of the drama and the dialogue between this PhD psychologist and the FBI agents until, at the height of the dramatic action, while jumping over gulfs to save a man, she says to an agent,"if you drop me, you'll not be my favorite person." throughout the last 20 minutes, there are a variety of laughable varieties of this memorable phrase: "I want you to die and be on your way to hell." I don't think I'll listen or read the rest of the series. It really needs a better writer. Cudos to the narrator who made a valiant effort to make dumb dialogue seem dramatically compelling.