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Writer's pictureJudith D Collins

Blind Spot

ISBN: 979-8989677917

Publisher: Puzzle Box Press

Publication Date: 05/21/2024

Format: Other

My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC)



Every move she makes, someone’s watching.


An ambitious district attorney.

An enemy she can't see.

A daughter at risk.


Rachel Matthews is used to stress—from the cutthroat world of the district attorney’s office to her escalating clashes with her teenage daughter. So when a stranger sends a lavish bouquet with a macabre message and leaves a disturbing video on her doorstep, she’s quick to act. Teaming up with an old classmate turned private investigator, she wades through old case files, searching for someone harboring a grudge. But before she has time to pinpoint a suspect, her stalker issues a demand—he wants money, lots of it, or he’ll hurt her daughter.


Desperate to protect her child, Rachel agrees but soon finds herself fleeing a bloody crime scene, fearful for her life. Suddenly she’s in the crosshairs of a dangerous and clever enemy, someone who’s manipulated her since Day One, someone who knows her long-buried secrets, someone who’s framing her for murder. As she follows the clues, Rachel fears the answer is linked to an event eighteen years ago, a deception that could wreck her fragile bond with her daughter.


Can she solve the puzzle of who wants to destroy her and beat them at their own game before she loses her career, family, and freedom?









My Review


Podcaster and Author Maggie Smith's latest BLINDSPOT is a twisty cat-and-mouse psychological crime thriller of revenge, murder, and obsession. A woman is after a sadistic stalker and finds herself being framed for murder.


The author grabs you from the first page and hooks you until the end in this whodunit where no one is as they appear. TRUST NO ONE.


Rachel Elizabeth Mathews is a busy attorney and works for the DA's office. She is a single mom to a teen daughter, Charley, and has difficulty balancing work and home life.


Even though she might be a high-powered district attorney, her treasured job is being a mother.


Rachel finds herself with a stalker. From flowers, notes, and a disturbing video. Is it someone seeking revenge for one of her past cases? She must keep her daughter safe.


Things heat up, and she reaches out to an old high school detective for his help.


In the meantime, she meets a woman named Olivia at a charity who befriends her and wants to join her book club. Olivia is an artist with a creepy husband, Zach, and is a flirt. Is Zach the stalker?


Charley is enamored with Olivia, but Rachel gets bad vibes from Zach and does not want her around them.


The stalker wants money and she agrees to meet him alone with money she received from her attorney dad. However, she arrives someone has murdered the stalker, and now she is being framed for murder.


So who is after her, and what is the motive? She must keep her daughter safe.


Who is the killer, and why is someone setting her up? Furthermore, how will she prove it? Not knowing whom to trust, in a race against time, she must find the killer to clear her name and save her job and family.


In addition, Rachel has never told her daughter her father's identity. She never married, and the father is dead (he was married). However, soon Rachel must tell her the truth.


BLINDSPOT is a gripping crime thriller with a final twist you do not see coming. My first book by the author and look forward to reading more.


Thanks to the author and publisher for a digital advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review.


@JudithDCollins | #JDCMustReadBooks

Pub Date: May 21, 2024












Praise



"Smith's carefully unfolding exploration of the protagonist's intricate psyche deftly parallels the rising action as ADA Matthews moves ever closer to unmasking the stalker's true identity, while her taut, economical prose leaves plenty of room for the revelations to flow freely. An often-crafty whodunit laced with traditional elements of mystery and suspense,"

- Kirkus Reviews


“A smart, twisty cat-and-mouse revenge tale. If you love fast-paced suspense reads with flawed, relatable characters and twists you don't see coming, you'll love this book.”

—Robert Dugoni, New York Times Best-Selling Author of the Tracy Crosswhite series


“Blindspot is a twisty, unnerving thriller that will keep you guessing! I had no idea what to expect next. With memorable characters, a tense story, and plenty of surprises, Maggie Smith kept me glued to the page.”

—Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author


“Maggie Smith’s BLINDSPOT is a clever, authentic crime novel that delivers not only velvety-smooth prose, an appealing protagonist I’d go out to lunch with, but a denouement that surprised me. The author also slips in a subtle but genuine sense of humor that kept me reading. A must-read!”

—Libby Fischer Hellmann, The Ellie Foreman Mystery Series


“... an intense thriller … will keep you on the edge of your seat. The narrative is fast-paced and the tension is consistently built, keeping the reader engaged.”

—Five-Star Rating – Reader’s Favorite


"In Maggie's Smith's signature way, she keeps BLINDSPOT racing along, with equal propulsion from the suspense of the plot -- who's behind what's happening, and why? -- and the suspense of the narrator's personal life -- what will be the effect of all this on her family and her relationships with them? It's a masterful balancing act, with neither question outweighing the other. I raced through it myself."

- SJ Rozan, best-selling author of THE MAYORS OF NEW YORK






About the Author



Maggie Smith founded ArtSource, a leading art consulting company, but when her business was acquired in 2017, she pursued her dream to became a full-time writer. The result is her debut novel, Truth and Other Lies, which will published March 8, 2022, by Ten16 Press. In addition to writing, Maggie hosts the podcast Hear Us Roar for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, which boasts over 110 episodes and is available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, IHeartRadio, and Amazon Music. Her short story, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, was published in the 2018 anthology False Faces and she’s a monthly blogger for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. A board member of the Chicago Writer’s Association, she serves as Managing Editor of their on-line literary publication The Write City Magazine. She makes her home in Milwaukee with her husband Scott and her aging but adorable dog Colt. WEBSITE

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