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Zusatztext “ Color Blind is fast paced! suspenseful! and surprising. Forensic psychiatrist Jenna Ramey is a great heroine! whose synesthesia offers a fascinating approach to investigation. Colby Marshall has written a top-notch debut novel.” —Meg Gardiner! author of Phantom Instinct “Readers will look forward to seeing more of this appealing heroine.”— Publishers Weekly “[A] stellar debut… Marshall's style is clipped and spare! her main character and her powerful perceptions an intriguing hero.”— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “High stakes and frequent setbacks keep the action taut and demonstrate Jenna's human frailties. Readers will eagerly await Jenna's next adventure! and with an imminent sequel! their wishes will quickly come true.”—Shelf Awareness “One of the most original heroines to grace the pages of thriller fiction in years...[A] rivetingly effective tale that will stoke memories of early James Patterson at his best.”— Providence Journal Praise for the novels of Colby Marshall “Colby Marshall has written a book that deserves to be called THRILLER.”—R.L. Stine! New York Times bestselling author of the Goosebumps series “An intricate puzzle that will keep you guessing until the very end!”—C.J. Lyons! New York Times bestselling author of Broken “Colby Marshall’s sterling debut may transpire over more than six or seven days! but like me you'll probably finish it in a single night! racing the dawn to flip the last page. A classic concept updated to fit our politics wary world.”—Jon Land! bestselling author of The Tenth Circle Informationen zum Autor Colby Marshall Klappentext SYNESTHESIA: A neurological condition characterized by automatic! involuntary sensory perceptions triggered by seemingly unrelated stimuli. There is something unusual about Dr. Jenna Ramey's brain! a rare perceptual quirk that punctuates her experiences with flashes of color. They are hard to explain: red can mean anger! or love! or strength. But she can use these spontaneous mental associations! understand and interpret them enough to help her read people and situations in ways others cannot. As an FBI forensic psychiatrist! she used it to profile and catch criminals. Years ago! she used it to save her own family from her charming! sociopathic mother. Now! the FBI has detained a mass murderer and called for Jenna's help. Upon interrogation she learns that! behind bars or not! he holds the power to harm more innocents—and is obsessed with gaining power over Jenna herself. He has a partner still on the loose. And Jenna's unique mind! with its strange and subtle perceptions! may be all that can prevent a terrifying reality... Leseprobe For David, a deep, rich navy blue ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Prologue Isaac Keaton shifted the scope of his M16 from the five-year-old tripping on his own shoelaces to a forty-year-old guy ten paces to the side of the boy outside the Futureland Chow Station. Kid might grow up to be stupid and pathetic like the man Isaac was about to gun down, but hell, he might’ve spared the next great. Kid might grow up to be just like Isaac, hoping and praying someone would take out his parents with two quick shots. Isaac laughed. Idiots, all of them. Treat kids like they need to be protected from these kinds of valuable experiences. Teach ’em tolerance, make sure they know it’s okay to cry. Media screamed for a national campaign to stop school bullying after those two kids lit up that high school in Colorado. Parents freaked out about what kind of music their teens listened to, whether or not a trench coat hung in someone’s closet. Morons didn’t realize that if those two kids hadn’t shot up the school and then themselves, they’d have had a lot worse on their hands a couple decades later. T...
