Paperback for House of Cards, part of The Bishop Series, in 1992. She made the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2000 with her book Stealing Shadows and was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Her first book, entitled The Lady Thief, was published in 1981 and she has since gone on to publish over 70 books. She fosters cats and kittens for the Community Pet Center, a non-profit rescue organization on whose board she also sits. Kay Hooper lives in Rutherford County, North Carolina, near her father and her siblings. Her two younger siblings were born in North Carolina.

Shortly after Kay's birth, the family moved back to North Carolina where she was raised and went to school. James, Martha (1938-2002), and Kay lived on the base. Her father, an Air Force employee, was stationed in the base hospital. Kay Hooper was born in Merced County, California to Martha and James Hooper.

Kay Hooper (born 1957) is a New York Times bestselling American author of more than 60 books. Isothermal Community College ( Spindale, North Carolina) This time evil isn't just closer than she thinks - it's already here.East Rutherford High School ( Bostic, North Carolina) For what Riley can't remember is more than enough to cost her her life. But one of these four men knows exactly what's going on in this coastal community, and that's knowledge Riley desperately needs. Both her old army buddy Gordon Skinner and Sheriff Jake Ballard believe she can catch a vicious killer.

And a bizarre murder is on the first jarring reminder of how high the stakes really are.īishop wants Riley off the case. Alone, she is forced to feel her way through a deadly game of blindman's bluff, where no one around her is quite who or what they seem. Worse yet, with SCU resources stretched thinner than ever before, Riley is without backup. Now she's awoken to discover that she's got a sexy new man in her life and an unreliable memory, and that the clairvoyant abilities she's always depended on to protect her are MIA.

The SCU's expert in the occult, she'd been sent to the beach-front cottage on Opal Island by her enigmatic chief, Noah Bishop, to investigate reports of dangerous and occult activity.īut that was three weeks ago. In fact, she barely remembered the previous three weeks.Īn ex-army officer, now a federal agent assigned to the Special Crimes Unit, Riley was a chameleon - a clairvoyant who could blend in with her surroundings, be anyone or anything she chose to be. Even more frightening, she didn't remember what happened the night before. Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood.

Sleeping with fear by kay hooper