Wait For Dark (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, #17) (Bishop / Special Crimes Unit)

by Kay Hooper

An SCU team investigates a string of accidents, only to uncover a deadly and deliberate monster in this novel from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper. 

In Clarity, North Carolina, the residents have fallen victim to an unfortunate series of events. Seemingly random accidents have taken the lives of several citizens in the small mountain town. But these deadly coincidences are anything but. Something is on the hunt in Clarity, and the only clue is a cryptic note given to the victims 24 hours before they meet their ends: “Wait for dark.” 

Sheriff Mal Gordon knows how to handle his town, but he has no idea how to handle this. Hollis Templeton and her team from the Special Crimes Unit—including her partner and lover, telepath Reese DeMarco—are called in to investigate.  

But while the SCU has prepared them for the unknown, the incredible evil stalking Clarity shakes the team to its core when one of their own is targeted. Now Hollis, the “cat with nine lives,” finds herself facing death again. 

And this time, not even her partner can protect her…

• ISBN10: 0515156043
• ISBN13: 9780515156041
• Publish Date: 6 March 2018 (first published 7 March 2017)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Tall Rack)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780515156041

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Bad decisions... I like Kay Hooper but it's a very bad decision to start reading one of her books when I'm about to go to bed.
 
When there are a number of mysterious deaths that are apparently accidental but there are too many of them in too short a time in this small town.  Each of the deaths have first text messages with "Wait for dark" in them and when the sherrif discovers this he realises that he's out of his depth and he asks for help from the SCU unit.  Bishop sends Hollis Templeton and some of the rest of the team.  The killer is hiding in society well and is almost taunting them.
 
While the story was quite satisfying in some ways I did feel like I was missing something in it and the conclusion felt somewhat random.