He's no ordinary kidnapper. Not only does he strike again and again, but he collects the ransom, gets away safely, and leaves his hostages dead. Now, after months of eluding the best law enforcement can put against him, this monster is looking for a new challenge. He's no ordinary cop. Lucas Jordan is a profiler in Noah Bishop's Special Crimes Unit. But his uncanny ability to locate missing people comes at a tremendous personal price...and stirs mistrust among the hard nosed cops he's forced to work with. Now in Clayton County, North Carolina, where the latest in a string of kidnapping victims has turned up dead, Lucas, with the aid of carnival psychic Samantha Burke, is doing what he does best: hunt fear. But this time fear is hunting back.

Geri (
geejay) - MI wrote on 8/30/2009...
Kay Hooper is one of the best when it comes to the paranormal suspense genre. Hunting Fear is the beginning of a new series that includes Bishop and his crime fighting team.
They use more than regular police investignation techniques to catch the bad guy. In this one Lucas Jordan is tracking a serial kidnapper that takes the victim, asks for a reasonable ransom, and than kills the victim all without leaving any clues behind. Luke as been on his trail for eighteen months when the case takes a turn and becomes very personal. Now the clock is ticking and his past has now caught up to his future but is he strong enough to deal with the fear that lives inside of him?
Samantha Burke has not had an easy life. She lives day to day working as a fortune teller in a carnival and one night she picks up an item and has a vision. She knows that she must face her past and that means dealing with Lucas Jordan. But that's okay because she has the strength to do what she must in order to stop a serial killer that hunts a person's fear.
This was a strong paranormal romance that I inhaled. It's a bit complex with equally complex characters. I think you'd be drawn to both Lucas and Sam for very different reasons. Their chemistry is intense but will not overshadow the main storyline and that is catching a killer before he has a chance to kill again. I highly recommend this as well as the other Fear books.

Carla B. (
puppyluv) wrote on 6/24/2007...
The Barnes & Noble Review
New York Times–bestselling author Kay Hooper ratchets up the tension in this fast-paced thriller about a psychic profiler and his hunt for a seemingly invincible murderer. Profiler Lucas Jordan has been able to locate missing people by sensing their fear, the very fear that excites the killer he's trying to find. But there's a twist in the latest kidnapping -- a carnival psychic predicted the crime a week before it happened. Psychic "Zarina" turns out to be Samantha Burke, a woman from Lucas's past; warily, they team up to beat the killer to his next victim. As they get closer to the truth, Samantha's powers are stretched to the breaking point, and Lucas's success will depend on overcoming the emotional barriers that shut down their relationship in the first place. Ginger Curwen
Lucas is a profiler in Noah Bishops Spec. Crimes Unit. His uncanny ability to locate missing persons has put him in the middle of a kidnapper who collects his ransom,but still kills his hostage.He teams up w/ a carnival psychic to try to solve this one.

Janet wrote on 4/16/2007...
He's no ordinary kidnapper. Not only does he strike again and again, but he collects the ransom, gets away safely, and leaves his hostage dead. Now after month's o eluding the best law enforcement can put against him, this monster is looking for a new challenge. He's no ordinary cop. Lucas Jordan is a profiler in Noah Bishop's Special Crime Unit. But his uncanny ability to locate missing people comes at a tremendous personal price...and stirs mistrust amoung the hard-nosed cops he's forced to work with. Now in Clayton County, North Carolina, where the latest in a string of kidnapping victims has turned up dead, Lucas, with the aid of carnival psychic Samantha Burk, is doing what he does best: hunt fear. But this time fear is hunting back.

Andrea Z. (
andi89) wrote on 4/8/2007...
Enjoyed this book very much. Kept me guessing until the very end.

Cindy H. (
catnip38) wrote on 4/1/2007...
He is no ordinary kidnapper. He strikes again and again collects his ramsom, gets away safely and leave his hostages dead. Now the monster is looking for a new challenge and it is up to Lucas Jordan, a profiler in Noah Bishop's Special Crimes Unit, to use his uncanny ability coupled along with psychic Samantha to hunt down this monster. But this time, fear is hunting back.

Glenda D. (
ggid) wrote on 2/25/2007...
He's no ordinary kidnapper. Not only does he strike again and again, but he collects the ransom, gets away safely, and leaves his hostages dead. Now, after months of eluding the best law enforcement can put against him, this monster is looking for a new challenge.
He's no ordinary cop. Lucas Jordan is a profiler in Noah Bishop's Special Crimes Unit. But his uncanny ability to locate missing people comes at a tremendous personal price...and stirs mistrust among the hard-nosed cops he's forced to work with.
Now in Clayton County, North Carolina, where the latest in a string of kidnapping victims has turned up dead, Lucas, with the aid of carnival psychic Samantha Burke, is doing what he does best: hunt fear.
But this time fear is hunting back.