Bloodprint

by Kitty Sewell

Book Overview

When her beloved husband dies in a hurricane, Madeleine Frank flees her Florida home to find solace in the English city of Bath. As a psychotherapist, Madeleine helps her clients deal with the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416585141
• ISBN13: 9781416585145
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A Roller Coaster of a Read

Psychotherapist Madeleine Frank's husband loses his life in a Hurricane, so she leaves her home in Key West, crossing the ocean to Bath, England. England is also the country where Madeleine's mother, a Santera priestess is institutionalized, a victim of paranoid schizophrenia. Now there's a mom for you, a priestess of a really strange African based religion who's gone round the bend, what's that gonna do do your psyche? Madeleine sets up a practice and hopes to get on with her life, even though she knows it's almost impossible to get over some loses, but unknown to her, her life is going to take a very unpredictable turn when Rachel Locklear shows up looking for therapy. As Madeleine's trying to put the past behind her, dealing with Rachel seems to put it front and center. Rachel is a caring mother who used to be a lady of the evening and she's trying to shed her life of some not so nice characters, including the pimp father of her child. Bad things are swarming around her client and they threaten to engulf Madeleine as well as the lives of these two women become intertwined. This story is crammed full of plot twists, especially as you approach the latter part of the book, so you might feel as if you're being jerked around. You are, but don't worry about it, because this is a roller coaster of a read that will have you burning the midnight oil as you hurriedly finger through the pages.

great

this was a terriffic book and I enjoyed it. Full of twists and turns

A stunning thriller

This book has everything a great thriller needs -- two fascinating locations (Key West and Bath, England), well-drawn and believable characters, and a gripping plot that has many twists and turns while being completely believable. Think of a cross between Ruth Rendell (for the characters and plot) and Michael Gruber (for the south Florida/Santeria theme) for a totally satisfying read.

Riveting psychological thriller

This book had me mezmerized. For nights on end I stayed up way past my bed time unable to put it down. This book looked intriguing but that is certainly an understatement. Kitty Sewell has certainly arrived with BLOODPRINT and stands up there with the best writers of psychological fiction. The book started a little slow for me and then it kicked into gear and never let up. This is one of those stories where giving away more than a little will ruin the shocks and surprises for other readers so I will be brief on that. The novel is a story of two women - Madelaine Frank and Rachel Locklear - whose lives become intertwined at random and then there are unique similarities that bond these very different women. The book starts dramatically with Madelaine loosing her husband to a hurricane in Key West and moving to Bath where she has become a therapist. Rachel has a very troubled marriage and is abused by her husband. She comes to see Madelaine for help in removing herself from her husband for the sake of her son. These two women are more than believable. They are very rich three dimensional characters with secrets and depth that creates great psychological suspense. All the other characters in each of their lives are just as real. This book will grab you as you care about these characters and are enthalled by the plotline. The author also does the difficult task of making Key West and Bath so real and descriptive that they become characters in their own right. This book also encompasses Cuban sorcery, prostitution, street life, a relationship with a convicted killer and murder. All is believable. This novel would have succeeded had it merely been a psychological profile of these two women and their lives but it goes even further and becomes a full fledged A++ thriller. You will be at the edge of your seat and quickly turning each page with anticipation. There is much pop fiction in this genre out there. This is in no way pop fiction. Kitty Sewell is a gifted author and this piece of literature rises a level above the genre. Often with these novels the endings can seem a lttle convoluted but here everything rings true. The story here is very complex and very well crafted. There is no disbelief as the story unfolds. If you a a fan of psychological suspense this book is a must for you. So unique and following no standard formula this story with all its sorcery and magic included will enthrall you. Kitty Sewell is now on my list of favorite authors.

Thoroughly Entertaining

Bloodprint: A Novel of Psychological Suspense by Kitty Sewell is a very deeply spun tale that takes the reader on many twists and turns through what promises to be a rich reading experience from cover to cover. I found myself intensely engrossed in a story revolving around Cuban black magic, murder, mystery and deception, that was not only thrilling to read, but also terrifying on a deep subconscious level. I give Kitty Sewell a standing ovation for her finely crafted wordsmithing with this story, one I'm sure will not forget for a long time to come.