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While in her coma, Faith's friend Dinah, an investigative journalist pursuing a mysterious story, disappears. To figure out her connection to the kidnapping, Faith joins forces with Dinah's boyfriend Kane MacGregor and psychic FBI agent Noah Bishop. Together, these three people use Faith's dreams to try and find Dinah before it's too late.

The plot of "Hiding in the Shadows" is an intriguing one, but it falters from too many red herrings and an improbable romance. Only once did I gasp in wonder at a twist in the story, a rarity for a Kay Hooper book. It's clear there's a paranormal aspect to this mystery, but it's muddied by improbable decisions.
When the villain is revealed, there is no "ah ha" moment, and no real or evil reason for the whole action to have occurred.

Faith is just a bit too predictable as a "help me" heroine. She is continuously described as frail and lost, in constant need of being rescued. In fact, she doesn't develop a backbone until the last three chapters, even though Hooper keeps telling the reader how strong Faith really is.

Kane, on the other hand, is clearly suffering from the loss of Dinah. He performs ordinary tasks like eating and sleeping by rote as he searches for his lost love. You can feel his agony on every page, which only makes his sudden passion for Faith so annoying. Bishop jumps in and out of the story and feels more like a
shadow himself, rather than a character offering anything substantial to solving the mystery.

"Hiding in the Shadows" is a quick read, but not a very satisfying one. The ending leaves the reader hungry -- not for more stories with these characters, but for a meatier tale.

I'll buy the next "Shadow" book too...
Kay Hooper is a new favorite author for me. Her style of writing is easy to read but with enough substance and suspense to keep you interested.

Hiding in the Shadows is an easy read about Faith who wakes up from a coma with amnesia. She learns from the doctor that she has only one friend that has visited her in the hospital and has provided for her once she leaves, but now that friend is missing. Faith is cast out into the dangerous city of Atlanta by herself, but due to mayhem, that doesn't last for long. Faith & Kane are trying to find Dinah before it's too late. I really enjoyed the mystery and suspense in the book. The psychic content is very intriguing. However, the ending could have stopped at one point, but kept going. It was totally different and leaves you thinking. In my opinion, it wasn't as good as Stealing Shadows, but definately worth reading. Now I can't wait until her next book is released.

it has its moments, but end is unsatisfying
Kay Hooper sets up an intriguing mystery, but somehow this book seemed like it was written in a rush, with such an abrupt ending it left me feeling unsatisfied. I never really believed the Dinah character--too good to be true, with endless millions at her disposal for distribution among the needy. Faith and Kane aren't very interesting and their dialogue is flat. Faith is irritating because she keeps things to herself which she should tell at once, and Kane must never have had any communication with Dinah other than in the sack, because he doesn't have a clue about her private life, yet they were together six months. The most interesting character is Noah Bishop, but he's not in the book enough. Another thing that bothered me about the book is the lack of description. It takes place in Atlanta, but it could be anywhere. Characters and settings are just given perfunctory descriptions. The book isn't really suspenseful until the very end, but then we're left with no real explanation of what this big conspiracy was, and no confrontation with the bad guys. In fact, when the culprit is finally revealed, it is a surprise because I didn't even remember the character! I did feel cheated by the end, simply because of the big build-up. I expected something more. It was all wrapped up with very little explanation in just a few pages. This is a very fast read. A month from now I probably won't remember anything about it.