Avant qu'il ne voie

Mackenzie White #2

by Blake Pierce

Dans AVANT QU’IL NE VOIE (Un mystère Mackenzie White – Volume 2), Mackenzie White, agent du FBI en formation, fait de son mieux pour prendre ses marques au sein de l’académie du FBI à Quantico, tout en essayant de faire ses preuves en tant que femme et transfuge du Nebraska. Espérant être à la hauteur afin de devenir agent du FBI et laisser pour de bon sa vie dans le Midwest derrière elle, Mackenzie cherche à faire profil bas et à impressionner ses supérieurs.

Mais tout change lorsque le cadavre d’une femme est retrouvé dans une décharge publique. Le meurtre présente de surprenantes similarités avec l’affaire du tueur épouvantail – qui avait rendu Mackenzie célèbre dans le Nebraska – et, pris dans une frénétique course contre la montre pour arrêter un nouveau tueur en série, le FBI décide de contourner le protocole et de mettre Mackenzie sur l’affaire.

C’est une occasion en or pour Mackenzie, une chance qui lui est donnée d’impressionner le FBI – mais les enjeux sont des plus importants. Tout le monde ne souhaite pas la voir travailler sur cette affaire et très vite, les choses vont de travers pour elle. Alors que la pression monte et que le tueur frappe à nouveau, Mackenzie se retrouve isolée dans une mer d’agents expérimentés et elle réalise très vite que sa voix n’est pas entendue. Tout son avenir au FBI est en péril.

Aussi résistante et déterminée qu’elle soit, aussi brillante et efficace dans sa chasse aux tueurs, Mackenzie se retrouve confrontée à une situation impossible à résoudre et presque hors d’atteinte. Il est possible qu’elle n’y parvienne pas et elle voit sa vie s’écrouler autour d’elle.

Un thriller psychologique sombre avec un suspense qui vous tiendra en haleine, AVANT QU’IL NE VOIE est le volume nº2 d’une fascinante nouvelle série, et d’un nouveau personnage, qui vous fera tourner les pages jusqu’à des heures tardives de la nuit.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Ebooks, Audiobook

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 14, 2016

About the author

Blake Pierce is author of the bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which includes seven books (and counting). Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); of the AVERY BLACK mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); and of the new KERI LOCKE mystery series.

An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

Reviews

[Apoorva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Blake Pierce's second book in the Mackenzie White Thriller Series has come back with a bang. Mackenzie is all set to get to her next serial killer out on the loose, while she is yet to complete her Academy as an FBI Agent.

Blake, in his books, masterfully sets the character's conflicts, landscapes, and plot twists. However, I was sorry to read that the end was very abrupt. The writer didn't take efforts on the actual final confrontation between the murderer and Mackenzie, unlike the first book, hence the feeling of incompleteness. Unfortunately, this book also had many grammatical as well as spelling errors.

Before He Sees is an action-packed, crime-thriller book. The author tries to capture the essence of the human soul in a very intricate manner, balancing out both the negatives as well as the positives of the characters involved. There are some murder scenes in the book which I felt to be too crude and dreadful. Other than the wrap-up, this book will not fail to impress you.

The more you read Blake Pierce's murder mysteries, the more you consider yourself to be a detective. I, for one, can't help myself from being too curious in my own life after reading his books. The moment you finish one of his books, you are ready to go on to his next; it's like you by yourself are on a mission to solve the murder mysteries. For all those who have a prying or inquisitive inclination, please do pick this book up.

[Petra · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. The second book in the Mackenzie White mysteries series. Following the events in Before He Kills, Mackenzie is now an FBI trainee. The storyline is fairly similar to the first book. Mackenzie is still superwoman who follows her gut and single-handedly catches serial killers while the male FBI agents are basically useless and act like cartoon characters. Saying that the plot was actually a bit more developed than in the first book, but I prefer a protagonist with at least a little flaw here or there to make her credible and the storyline has to be halfway believable. There was no sense of mystery (the serial killer is known from the start) or suspense. So, unfortunately, I'm ready to give up on this series. The author, Blake Pierce, has written several mystery series, which all have high ratings, so I guess it's just a case of me not connecting with this series at all.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the first in this series. I found it somewhat predictable but I have the 3rd in the series and will read it. Something was lacking in this one, no real twists but I enjoyed it enough to want to finish it.

[Hannah Fenner · Rating 2 out of 5]

After reading the first book (Before he kills) I was looking forward to reading what would happen now Mackenzie White was in the FBI. As it turns out it is exactly what she done in the first book. The plot is essentially exactly the same as the first book just in a different location. There was no real content to the story in my opinion.

[Wissal H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Toujours les tueurs en série et rien d’autre, j’aime bien cette série spécialement sans raison particulière, le personnage de Mckenzie White est très attachant et je suis toujours hate de lire le next tome.

Mackenzie est devenue de plus en plus brillante et elle a pu developper une bonne réputation grace à son assiduité et son perfectionnisme au travail.

cette affaire effrayante a commencé sans aucun indice connu pas de chemins à suivre et absolument pas d événement attendu, un suspens graduant en filant les pages et la fin est totalement choquante.

un autre tome que j ai tant adoré.

[Jennifer Hartman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing is this book rings true. Why would the FBI need a trainee recruit to help solve an obvious case that any non police trained person could see clearly? The author didn't do his research. Quantico isn't in the J Edgar Hoover building. And so many others. Needs a new editor. Uses main character's name and then refers to her as he. Just basic 2nd grade stuff. No consistency with book one. Overall disappointment. If you're looking for a good crime novel, keep looking.

[Mabel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read book 1 and book 2 back to back. First of all, don't waste your money getting Audible for this series. Although I've never been to Nebraska or Quantico I doubt that everyone there speaks with a heavy Queens English or uses English terms such as vit-a-min or Mum. That being said the plot was unbelievable and drawn out with too many unnecessary details about irrelevant things. I struggled to continue through till the end.

[Kimba Tichenor · Rating 2 out of 5]

The premise of this book is fatally flawed: a rookie agent who knows more about solving crime than the entire FBI and an FBI that is stymied by clues that Nancy Drew could easily decipher!

[Darcy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's nice to see Mac going after becoming a FBI agent. I hated how it seemed like she was just as alone in this new direction of her life as her old one. Not sure how I feel about her semi-celebrity. Part of me thinks she deserves it as she worked her ass off in a police department that didn't appreciate her, while another part hates how that same hard work creates jealousy with the others in the academy with her.

It didn't help that due to her past at being good she was place in a bad situation, one where no choice was a good one, rock met hard place. It wouldn't have been so bad if it was just the initial aspects, but it was the whole way through. I liked the support that Mac got from her favorite teacher, hated the advice she was given at the end, mostly because it seemed like Mac got used.

[Carsten Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second book by Blake Pierce that I have read. The first one was in the Avery Black series. This one, however, was the second book in MacKenzie White series. While decidedly better than the other book I read, the plot is very simple and the mystery seems easily solved. Try as I might I had a hard time feeling any connection with any of the characters in the book, it just didn't seem to happen.
Furthermore, as with the other book I have read by the author, the superior officers (to the main character) are described in a way that seems almost cartoonish, blowhards that overreact and are unwilling to listen, even to common sense.
The performance of the narrator was okay, not bad, nothing amazing either.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a surprise! Nobody in the FBI can solve a case so they grab Mackenzie out of her fbi training to “help” with a case. And once again her smarts outwit every serious and experienced agents that have been in the FBI.

And guess what? No one respects her here either.

As Dwight Schrute says, it’s always the person you most medium suspect. And of course Mackenzie ends up in a struggle where her partner always manages to turn up right on time.

It’s so predictable! It’s so bad! And yet... I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

[Vivisection · Rating 2 out of 5]

Clarice can still hear the lambs screaming...oh wait. Sorry.

Cheap Silence of the Lambs knock off right down to the rookie, female FBI academy agent in training pulled out of training to work a case.

[Stillgrowing · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have a hard time with spelling errors.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books written by Blake Pierce aren't ground breaking or gripping but they are short fun mystery thrillers. There isn't much more I can say about the books she writes. I've said a lot in The Katie Wise series, in the Riley Paige series, and the Jesse Hunt series. They are easy and fun mysteries. I love the characters in all her series. I'm not is wild about Mackenzie White yet but I'm sure she'll grow on me eventually.

The only reason why the book got 3 stars is the fact the Agent White can't follow directions. You know in real life if your boss said don't run after anybody then you would listen to the boss or lose your job. In this book Mackenzie would run regardless what the big boss said. That just wouldn't happen in real life and that bugs me so bad. Other then that they are good stories

[Anto M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Magari il killer non doveva dare la caccia alle sue vittime. Forse erano le vittime ad andare direttamente da lui.

Una nuova avventura per la detective Mackenzie che si ritrova, nel corso del suo addestramento all'FBI , a prendere parte a una nuova caccia. Un altro caso complicato, un serial killer che le vittime non deve cercarle. Tutta l'FBI brancola nel buio, Mackenzie rischia di terminare la sua avventura a Quantico ancor prima di iniziarla. Anche questo secondo volume della serie è promosso. Mi piace il ritmo veloce e incalzante, mi piace l'approfondimento sulla protagonista.
Non ho gradito il cambio titolo solo per questo secondo volume...Tutti i libri della serie sono tradotti con "Prima che...", solo questo viene invece tradotto ad cazzum!
Per una frase contenuta nel libro.

"Vada lì fuori e mi dimostri che non sono un completo idiota per averle concesso una seconda chance".

Misteri dell'editoria.

[Wonda · Rating 3 out of 5]

3...Though this case was a good one...creepy...it was bogged down with recycled firing drama...literally every character in most of BP's novels go through this several times...it's rather annoying! Lucky for BP I'm a genre junkie...yet there is still only so much I can take...

[Zoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was not as good as the 1st book in the series. ( Before He Kills) which I highly recommend , it is still worth a read.

[Anitta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro de la serie Mackenzie White. Son libros fáciles de leer, ligeros y con tramas que enganchan.

[Susan Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this one much better!!

[Gabriela Vargas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es entretenido, muy parecido al primero, es corto y fácil de leer. Voy a continuar con la saga por qué me recuerda mucho la serie Criminal Minds y es de mis series favoritas en el mundo.

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though not even graduated from the FBI academy yet, Mac is on her first case. She might be a little impulsive, but her instincts are great.

[Moraine Peterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical men never wanting to see a smart and successful woman

3.5⭐️

[Debbie Oxier · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great addition to the series!

Mackenzie White left her hometown in Nebraska to enter the FBI Academy. She'd been successful in capturing a serial killer and her fine work on the job drew the attention of one of the FBI agents. He'd urged her to go to the academy and join the Bureau. Everything there is so different from what she's used to but she knuckles down, determined to get the most she can from her classes.

When she's suddenly called on to help on the case of two murdered women whose bodies were found in the local garbage dump, she can't believe her good fortune. Her partner, Agent Bryers seems glad to work with her. However, when Mackenzie messes up and her career is on the line it's a whole other ballgame.

Love the main character in this one. Mackenzie is like a fish out of water on her new assignment. She has a difficult time following orders and it plays havoc with her career. At the same time, her partner and her supervisor can't fault her skills. She's dedicated and somewhat bullheaded but she's a fast learner and has a strong desire to succeed.

What I also liked about the story was that in several chapters you get a closer look at the killer, his life, where he lives, how he chooses his victims. And of course, at the end, Mackenzie is somewhat of a her even though she doesn't get the credit for it. Looking forward to the next book.

[Dawna Bodin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The storylines of the White series are well thought out and constructed in a way that keeps me reading. However, this author needs an editor and proofreader DESPERATELY. There are so many errors I stopped reading for a bit to go enjoy another favorite writer!
Sentences have redundant use of the same descriptive words. Characters are misplaced, at times the names of the character being referenced is reversed, good guy is replaced by bad guy.
Sentences end abruptly when they could have more meat and better flow, it's a bunch of short sentences that, to me, are "fact-like" instead of fluid.
I read a LOT. I've been reading novels since I was in second grade and these days I typically have two books being read and another audio book going when I'm able to listen.

I really enjoy these stories, it's just a personal quirk that makes me wish I was a proofreader!! I hope this author can find a better editor and a second set of eyes to ensure that the flow of the book is accurate which will only make the writer look better, more professional....because right now it's kind of sad that there are so many issues that could easily be straightened out to create a much more enjoyable reading experience.

[L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cinque stelle più che meritate.
Questo è il secondo audio libro che mi capita di ascoltare e torno a confermare che sono una fantastica trovata. Anche se credo che il tutto dipenda dalla voce narrante, ma in questo caso è di ottima compagnia, per niente fastidiosa e molto espressiva.
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Per quanto riguarda la storia, invece, ritroviamo la cara detective Mackenzie lasciata nel primo volume dopo la soluzione del caso de "Il killer dello spaventapasseri". Ora è a Quantico, sta facendo l'accademia per entrare nell"FBI e un nuovo killer è all'agguato...
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In questo secondo volume ho trovato maggiore attenzione all'aspetto "personale" del personaggio, ma questa cosa non mi è affatto dispiaciuta e non ha tolto spazio al caso.
La Mackenzie si è confermata, testarda, tenace e un tantino ribelle. La adorooo! Ed ecco perché non vedo l'ora di proseguire la serie! 😍😍😍

[Leslie · Rating 1 out of 5]

While there is endless discussion of Mackenzie's emotions, there was no description of what she looked like, or of what any other of the characters looked like, so I could form no mental picture of them. This was especially frustrating as regards the murderer!
Many, many pages were spent describing her FBI training, and I was there to read a murder mystery, so YAWN!
The worst thing about this book was that it could have been solved in three chapters. 2 bodies were dumped at the same landfill, so if they'd put surveillance on it, they could have nabbed him before murders 3,4 5, and 6. Guess I should have joined the FBI.

[Thomas M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

I can relate to McKenzie because she's got issues, but she's quick to follow the impulse that puts doing the right thing over doing the standard things expected of her. She's got unresolved injury from the trauma of finding her father dead, but she'll address those issues after the work is done. I'd like to continue to see her character develop and mature, and maybe just once do what satisfies her instead of what she's obligated to do.

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8
English and Spanish

This book made me wonder a lot but in the end everything was clarified.I definitely love the way Blake Pierce makes us fully enter a story and makes us feel what this makes us feel, however, I liked the first book more since it becomes more real to me in this case in which Mackenzie is about to become an FBI agent and is offered an opportunity before it is, and yet they make her see how the best detective without having graduated from her Training and being better than an agent who have years of experience makes me ridiculous, but, here they take that concept and it makes you not care because the way in which the chapters of the murderer and the chapters of Mackenzie are inserted make me one of the best in the world, and if perhaps there are other books that do the same, but in this book the antagonist is very well constructed, it is written in a masterful way.
If it is true that in various parts of the book you tell yourself that it is possible that they may not see such clear clues if they are the FBI when in the Nebraska police in the last book they discover faster things before, but that goes to the background at the end of counts. I still find it incredible the endings that really give you a suspense that even though you think you already know what is going to happen at the moment you feel a huge suspense



Este libro me hizo dudar mucho pero al final todo se aclaró.Definitivamente amo la manera en la que Blake Pierce nos hace entrar de lleno en una historia y nos hace sentir lo que esto nos hace sentir ,sin embargo , me gustó más el primer libro ya que se me hace más real en este caso en el cual ya Mackenzie está apunto de ser agente del FBI y se le ofrece una oportunidad antes de que lo sea y sin embargo la hacen ver cómo la mejor detective sin que se haya graduado de su entrenamiento y siendo mejor que agente los cuales llevan años de experiencia se me hace ridículo,pero, aquí toman ese concepto y te hace que no te importe porque la forma en la que va intercalando los capítulos del asesino y los capítulos de Mackenzie se me hace de los mejor del mundo ,y si talvez hayan otros libros que hacen lo mismo ,pero en este libro está muy bien construído el antagonista esta escrito de una forma magistral .
Si es cierto que en varias partes del libro te dices que como es posible que no vean pistas tan claras si son el FBI cuando en la policía de Nebraska en el libro pasado descubren cosas más rápidas antes ,pero eso pasa a un segundo plano al final de cuentas. Me sigue pareciendo increíble los finales que le dan de verdad te generan un suspenso que aunque pienses que ya sabes que va a pasar en el momento sientes un suspenso enormeee

[Connie B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am so confused at why Blake chose the narrator for this audiobook series. She is British and Mackenzie is from Nebraska and is now at Quantico in Virginia. As far as I know she has never been to the UK, much less speak with an English accent! Although the narrator does a very good job, it's confusing.
Does anyone else get that?

FBI agent-in-training Mackenzie White struggles to make her mark in the FBI Academy in Quantico, trying to prove herself as a woman and as a transplant from Nebraska. Hoping she has what it takes to become an FBI agent and leave her life in the Midwest behind for good, Mackenzie just wants to keep a low profile and impress her superiors.

But all that changes when the body of a woman is found in a garbage dump. The murder bears shocking similarities to the Scarecrow Killer—the case that made Mackenzie famous in Nebraska—and in the frantic race against time to stop a new serial killer, the FBI decides to break protocol and give Mackenzie a chance on the case.

It is Mackenzie’s big break, her chance to impress the FBI—but the stakes have never been higher. Not everyone wants her on the case, and everything she touches seems to go wrong. As the pressure mounts and the killer strikes again, Mackenzie finds herself as a lone voice in a sea of experienced agents, and she soon realizes she is in way over heard. Her entire future with the FBI is in jeopardy.

As tough and determined as Mackenzie is, as brilliant as she is in hunting down killers, this new case proves an impossible riddle, something just beyond her reach. She may not even have time to crack it as her own life falls apart around her.

[Eclectic Review · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me and I am happy to report that Before He Sees is a gripping and chilling story told by an eager rookie protagonist and a creepy antagonist.

Mackenzie “Mac” is an overzealous and intelligent FBI-agent-in-training who is placed between a rock and a hard place. When she is unofficially pulled from the Academy to partner with a seasoned FBI agent to help with a local serial killer case, Mac’s excitement to solve the case gets her in trouble. With her future threatened she needs to solve the case fast or risk going back to Nebraska as an unappreciated detective.

I feel for Mac and her predicament. She really had no choice in her situation, but she is being punished. Her desire to become a Profiler for the FBI really shows in how she finds clues seasoned agents miss and breaks down the case to find a sadistic killer who is abducting people who are literally coming to him.

I recommend this fast-paced suspense thriller for those who enjoy strong characters and an engrossing and nail-biting plot. This book can be read as a standalone, but I recommend one start from book 1 to get a full view of Mac’s past.