A talented painter in her early thirties, Samille Sweeney has achieved enviable success: her work sells at an exclusive New York City gallery and her popularity is at an all-time high. Sweeney, as she is called by those close to her, loves her work and is content with her life.
Then she begins to experience the dreams -- lush, vivid dreams drenched in vibrant hues -- which are influencing her artwork. But the true dangers of her visions are about to be revealed where Sweeney least expects it: in her paintings. After a creative frenzy she can barely recall, Sweeney discovers she has rendered a disturbing image -- a graphic murder scene. When a real-life murder mirrors her creation, Sweeney is thrust into suspicious light. Now, with every stroke of her brush, she risks incriminating herself with her inexplicable knowledge of a deadly crime.
With the breathless excitement that distinguishes all of her blockbusters, Linda Howard grips the imagination and touches the heart as only she can in Now You See Her.
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"This is one of my favorite Linda Howard books, even though I can see some flaws in it. The heroine is one of the quirkiest - you never know what she'll say next, and sometimes she doesn't, either. When Richard Worth (eye roll - ridiculous name for a wealthy financier) asks Sweeney out to dinner, she blurts, "God, no!" and then compounds this by telling him he'll want time and sex and things like that, which she doesn't have time for. But Richard, in the middle of a really nasty divorce, is captivated by the resistant Sweeney, a talented painter who is trying to deal with some very peculiar talents: in the past year, she has begun to see ghosts, traffic lights turn green at her approach, she knows all the answers on Jeopardy! and now she's painting murders - before they happen. That hits a bit too close to home, as she begins a painting and lives in dread of learning who the victim is. Some of the flaws include Richard, a man in his mid-thirties who has a knack for amassing wealth. Once upon a time, he was an Army Ranger, and it seems he hasn't lost his skills or reflexes despite more than a decade out of the field. Uh, really? He finds Sweeney's celibacy charming and honors her refusal to have sex with him until he is officially a free man...but proceeds to perform acts that sound a lot like sex to me. Another flaw is Sweeney's 180-turnabout from completely self-absorbed to lover-who-is-willing-to-have-a-baby. Doesn't make much sense. But it doesn't have to. This is a really enjoyable book, mostly for Sweeney's conversation, not just with Richard, but anyone she encounters, like the exhausted cop to whom she offers a pot of coffee rather than a cup. There are a crew of secondary characters, some of whom are not well-rounded, or have conflicting characteristics, but don't worry about them, just go along for the ride - it's fun!"
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Diane (5 out of 5 stars)