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Kate Wise #2
If She Saw
IF SHE SAW (A Kate Wise Mystery) is book #2 in a new psychological thriller series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) has received over 1,000 five star reviews.
When a couple is found murdered and no suspects are apparent, 55 year old empty nester Kate Wise, after a 30 year career with the FBI, finds herself called out of retirement (and her quiet suburban life) to come back and work for the bureau.
Kate's brilliant mind and unrivaled ability to enter the mind of serial killers is just too indispensable, and the FBI needs her to crack this baffling case. Why were two couples found murdered, 50 miles apart, and in the same manner? What can they possibly have in common?
The answer, Kate realizes, is urgent-as she is certain the killer is about to strike again.
But in the deadly game of cat and mouse that follows, Kate, entering the dark canals of the killer's twisted mind, may just find herself a moment too late.
An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, IF SHE SAW is book #2 in a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
Books #3-#7 are also available!
When a couple is found murdered and no suspects are apparent, 55 year old empty nester Kate Wise, after a 30 year career with the FBI, finds herself called out of retirement (and her quiet suburban life) to come back and work for the bureau.
Kate's brilliant mind and unrivaled ability to enter the mind of serial killers is just too indispensable, and the FBI needs her to crack this baffling case. Why were two couples found murdered, 50 miles apart, and in the same manner? What can they possibly have in common?
The answer, Kate realizes, is urgent-as she is certain the killer is about to strike again.
But in the deadly game of cat and mouse that follows, Kate, entering the dark canals of the killer's twisted mind, may just find herself a moment too late.
An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, IF SHE SAW is book #2 in a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
Books #3-#7 are also available!
169 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 11, 2018
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Blake Pierce
691 books5,797 followersBlake 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.
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.
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December 20, 2022
From the Kate Wise series.
This mystery disappointed me. The story is very formulaic; it’s been done thousands of times. That being the case, the main character should have been well defined and original. Unfortunately, descriptions of the retired but recently back in the game FBI agent don’t add up to a real person. Kate Wise walks through the book with little to define her. Saying she is strong, super talented and brilliant is not enough.
This mystery disappointed me. The story is very formulaic; it’s been done thousands of times. That being the case, the main character should have been well defined and original. Unfortunately, descriptions of the retired but recently back in the game FBI agent don’t add up to a real person. Kate Wise walks through the book with little to define her. Saying she is strong, super talented and brilliant is not enough.
May 27, 2021
Another good story, not so much repetition as book 1, but definitely needs someone to proof read. 3.5 rounded up to 4.
Looking forward to book 3
Looking forward to book 3
October 21, 2024
Șablon, îți poți da seama de final cu ușurință.
June 27, 2020
A good story and I really like Agent Wise and DeMarco. Good character development, believable dialogue.
There were a couple of procedural issues, and two obvious error that should have been caught by an editor, but hey, its a novel...fiction!
There were a couple of procedural issues, and two obvious error that should have been caught by an editor, but hey, its a novel...fiction!
June 30, 2019
If Blake Pierce ever decides to go for quality instead of quantity I'm sure she'll become a great writer. Sadly she seems to prefer churning out tons of mediocre books.
This one felt rushed, almost like a first draft, with lots of grammar errors, missing words, and other inconsistencies a good editor would have pointed out. It's also terribly superficial and predictable, and it doesn't even pretend to be realistic in describing how FBI agents work.
It's basically a wannabe Criminal Minds episode, without any of the depth of characters or attempts at realism.
The only good reason for reading it was it was free on Amazon and I needed something super light and easy to read.
This one felt rushed, almost like a first draft, with lots of grammar errors, missing words, and other inconsistencies a good editor would have pointed out. It's also terribly superficial and predictable, and it doesn't even pretend to be realistic in describing how FBI agents work.
It's basically a wannabe Criminal Minds episode, without any of the depth of characters or attempts at realism.
The only good reason for reading it was it was free on Amazon and I needed something super light and easy to read.
June 29, 2021
I loved this book too. Again never saw who was doing the killing. Not just because of that but because the author draws you in and makes you need to know who is doing the killing. I used to whip through Patterson books just like this author's books until Patterson stopped doing his own writing and you could just tell it's not him anymore. This author has me so excited about mystery books again and I checked out the next book on the list. I'm so excited to start it tonight.
In this book Agent Kate Wise is now an active agent again and loving it. She gets to be a grandma and be an agent and live in Virginia. She also gets to be partnered with Agent Demarco and she is thrilled with the partnership. As a reader so am I. This book had 4 dead bodies of 2 couples all stabbed and the women had evidence shoved down their throats. Will the 2 agents get to the next victim in time?
Highly recommend this series of mystery books.
In this book Agent Kate Wise is now an active agent again and loving it. She gets to be a grandma and be an agent and live in Virginia. She also gets to be partnered with Agent Demarco and she is thrilled with the partnership. As a reader so am I. This book had 4 dead bodies of 2 couples all stabbed and the women had evidence shoved down their throats. Will the 2 agents get to the next victim in time?
Highly recommend this series of mystery books.
March 26, 2023
Repetitive of the first, but I like the characters. This series is easy, quick, and engaging listens, but nothing new.
May 14, 2020
Kate Wise saves the day again!!!! Man she’s a darn good agent for being 55! 🙃 She Can really kick some butt!!
April 25, 2019
Good book, ice character development for Kate and her partner DeMarco. I like the friendship and synchronicity between them. Good psychology into the criminal mind and killer, which I really enjoy. I also like the fact that the author’s main character isn’t a 23 year old, but a very experienced agent in both the FBI and life, even though, like all of us, she’s trying to find balance and happiness.
August 27, 2019
Es una novela policiaca muy corta. No solamente por la cantidad de páginas, pero por el desarrollo de la intriga en sí, ya que el autor vuelve a plantear, a desarrollar a su principal protagonista. Al final la intriga es muy básica. Una investigación muy lineal.
Pero uno termina la lectura con las ganas de leer el próximo libro; más para conocer el que devenir de la protagonista que por la intensidad de la historia.
Pero uno termina la lectura con las ganas de leer el próximo libro; más para conocer el que devenir de la protagonista que por la intensidad de la historia.
September 16, 2019
Initial Impressions 9/16/19: Still not too terribly impressed with the second book in this series, more notably with the character development. Being the second book, I was hoping to get into the characters more but all of that was pretty surface level and the characters are pretty flat. The mystery wasn't really doing it for me here either... It maybe had a bit more to it than the first book but still didn't love it.
February 19, 2020
Good Read//
I like this author. This book was fast paced with no despicable filler. A serial killer is on the loose, and Kate Wise and DeMarco, her partner, have to figure out who the perp is and catch him before he kills victims eight and nine. The author needs to check the grammar. Otherwise, the author's writing mechanics were good.
Thank you, Blake Pierce, for a good read.
I like this author. This book was fast paced with no despicable filler. A serial killer is on the loose, and Kate Wise and DeMarco, her partner, have to figure out who the perp is and catch him before he kills victims eight and nine. The author needs to check the grammar. Otherwise, the author's writing mechanics were good.
Thank you, Blake Pierce, for a good read.
May 24, 2019
These books are incredibly addictive and as you can see from my reading list, I am reading them at the rate of knots. I have been devouring this series and every other series this author has written. What I will note, is that the books seem to be getting shorter at the same price point and the editing leaves a lot to be desired. However, the stories just bring me back for more and more and more.
January 20, 2019
I love these crime filled detective books and like the fact that they have hd less than 200 pages. You can get lost in them and spend a day finding out who done it! The main characters are fun and smart.
October 20, 2019
With this book Kate is still struggling with how to be a grandma and an FBI agent and quite frankly she isn't doing it well. I wish she would have told her boss she had her granddaughter and would be free in a couple of hours. It would have save her so much stress and not done damage to her relationship with her daughter.
The case Kate and Demarco worked on seemed clear cut. You knew it was a kid that felt wronged, they just had to find the kid. The sad thing is that they found many kids it could have been before finding the right one. By the time they had the right one you sort of felt sorry for the kid.
I'm intrigued to see where things will go for Kate with the new choice she had at the end of the book.
The case Kate and Demarco worked on seemed clear cut. You knew it was a kid that felt wronged, they just had to find the kid. The sad thing is that they found many kids it could have been before finding the right one. By the time they had the right one you sort of felt sorry for the kid.
I'm intrigued to see where things will go for Kate with the new choice she had at the end of the book.
May 7, 2021
3...Though I did enjoy this one more than the last, it gave me a little whiplash with Kate working a couple cases this time...though I am hoping with Kate's reinstatement this won't happen in newer novels! Love Kate, and all her quirks! But Demarco is my favorite by far...Time to listen to the next novel...
September 1, 2019
The things I loved about the first Kate Wise mystery didn't stand out as much and the little annoyances seemed magnified. Still, Pierce writes a solid mystery and the next time I want something light, I'll look for Kate Wise.
October 27, 2021
I enjoy a story with a strong female lead. In this series, there are two. That said, the plot is fairly predictable. The narrator's mispronunciation detracted from the story telling. I'll wait awhile before reading or listening to another.
December 15, 2019
3 stars. review to come
November 6, 2020
Si son un poco predecibles y con finales rápidos pero me tiene entretenida, me doy por satisfecha.
March 24, 2025
Listened to this on audiobook on the way to Orlando. Easy to listen to and follow. Didn’t guess who the murderer was, so I’ll take it as a win! Definitely will continue the series.
September 20, 2019
I liked this book a lot but I got so into Kate Wise in the first book that I think my excitement towards her dwindled a little bit. A solid murder mystery with agents on the case, nonetheless.
February 2, 2020
Kate is just a great FBI agent, even retired and back. This is book 2. Great series
June 5, 2021
The murder mystery in the story is always interesting, but I'm going to save you a LOT of time...
The protagonist, 55-year-old Kate Wise, is not happy being retired and she's pretty much the best FBI agent EVER! The FBI director brings her back to work to help solve a case and train a new agent who is going to be the next best FBI agent EVER!
She stands her boyfriend up, ignores her daughter and grandaughter, and heads back to work, but laments about it throughout the book. After working on the case for a matter of hours or maybe a day or so, her director pulls her from the case because she hasn't magically solved it, nevermind the fact that there are very few clues to work with.
She defies the director, and goes rogue. She misses clues, arrests a suspect, then second-guesses her arrest, finds the right suspect, but only after failing to properly follow safety procedures and getting her ass kicked (while constantly lamenting her age -55 OMG!) at every opportunity and whether she should just give in to retirement. Then, she cleverly solves the case.
The director calls her back to DC where she gets lambasted by the angry (wink-wink) director. She returns home where her boyfriend and daughter forgive her and understand that she simply MUST work because she's pretty much the best FBI agent EVER! Now you're ready for the next book, which is pretty much the same.
BLURB: When a couple is found murdered and no suspects are apparent, 55 year old empty nester Kate Wise, after a 30 year career with the FBI, finds herself called out of retirement (and her quiet suburban life) to come back and work for the bureau.
Kate’s brilliant mind and unrivaled ability to enter the mind of serial killers is just too indispensable, and the FBI needs her to crack this baffling case. Why were two couples found murdered, 50 miles apart, and in the same manner? What can they possibly have in common?
The answer, Kate realizes, is urgent—as she is certain the killer is about to strike again.
But in the deadly game of cat and mouse that follows, Kate, entering the dark canals of the killer’s twisted mind, may just find herself a moment too late.
An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, IF SHE SAW is book #2 in a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
The protagonist, 55-year-old Kate Wise, is not happy being retired and she's pretty much the best FBI agent EVER! The FBI director brings her back to work to help solve a case and train a new agent who is going to be the next best FBI agent EVER!
She stands her boyfriend up, ignores her daughter and grandaughter, and heads back to work, but laments about it throughout the book. After working on the case for a matter of hours or maybe a day or so, her director pulls her from the case because she hasn't magically solved it, nevermind the fact that there are very few clues to work with.
She defies the director, and goes rogue. She misses clues, arrests a suspect, then second-guesses her arrest, finds the right suspect, but only after failing to properly follow safety procedures and getting her ass kicked (while constantly lamenting her age -55 OMG!) at every opportunity and whether she should just give in to retirement. Then, she cleverly solves the case.
The director calls her back to DC where she gets lambasted by the angry (wink-wink) director. She returns home where her boyfriend and daughter forgive her and understand that she simply MUST work because she's pretty much the best FBI agent EVER! Now you're ready for the next book, which is pretty much the same.
BLURB: When a couple is found murdered and no suspects are apparent, 55 year old empty nester Kate Wise, after a 30 year career with the FBI, finds herself called out of retirement (and her quiet suburban life) to come back and work for the bureau.
Kate’s brilliant mind and unrivaled ability to enter the mind of serial killers is just too indispensable, and the FBI needs her to crack this baffling case. Why were two couples found murdered, 50 miles apart, and in the same manner? What can they possibly have in common?
The answer, Kate realizes, is urgent—as she is certain the killer is about to strike again.
But in the deadly game of cat and mouse that follows, Kate, entering the dark canals of the killer’s twisted mind, may just find herself a moment too late.
An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, IF SHE SAW is book #2 in a riveting new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.
June 29, 2019
Disappointing. I read the first book in the series and it was good. Not great, but good. This book was a serious drop in quality. The writing was sloppy, with several fairly substantial editing errors. For example, "'Four kidnappings in the last three weeks,' this man said. 'One is Bethesda, Maryland, two outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the other two in Louisville, Kentucky.'" Five locations are given for four kidnappings. And why "this" man? Why not "the" man? Many ideas/thoughts are repeated several times on the same page. The main character has devolved into someone who is unable to make a decision and second guesses her every move. This idea of her as torn between her family and her job is shoved down the reader's throat. Also the idea of her as a mentor to her younger partner is beaten to death. Her boss continually compliments her on her mentoring ability, but then tells her not to demean younger agents. He actually says at one point "you're here as support, not as a teacher." The overall book reads as if the author does not know who his characters are, and has not established them as people.
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July 5, 2019No star rating because I stopped reading. It's unfair to an author to rate a book if I haven't finished it. That being said, I loved Blake Pierce's Riley Paige Mysteries. I'll be passing on the Kate Wise series. I'm bored with women who choose to get married, choose to have children, choose to work, and then jump through hoops to juggle all the components of their lives. Here, Kate Wise, in the first 25 pages, continuously laments about leaving her granddaughter for whom she's babysat once. She's also indecisive about coming out of retirement. Good lord. Make a decision and live with it. And why is her partner being gay any concern to me, the reader, or her when she hadn't figured it out? Who her partner has sex with has no interest to me.
February 10, 2020
This is my second book from this series and I’m still not thrilled. The way this stories are presented is not very usual for FBI procedure. Even to leave after a suspect got arrested is a bit ridiculous, than to come back, starting again, checking again ..... Not very much believable! Having back up and not using it to secure the back door before shooting out the lock in the front door hearing screams inside? Naaaaaaa.........
June 23, 2019
I can't believe I read this whole book. It's a fragile story that has been repeated in other books. The actions taken in this book do not follow reality very carefully. The author feeds the ego of the main character at the expense of what would actually happen in real life. This was a predictable mystery. I am sorry I wasted my time on it
July 4, 2025
2.5. This book was kind of silly. It's not very well written, and the procerdural/motive story isn't too great. But it's an easy audiobook listen. Also, I don't understand the choice of book titles for this series. It's so detached from the actual story, it feels super generic.
May 4, 2021
What do I want?
Kate Wise, retired from the FBI and bored with retirement, has a deal with her old boss to investigate some old cases and to help advise some of the younger agents on some of their cases.
For the first time since her husband was murdered, Kate has found a man she likes a lot and she is also trying to enjoy being a grandmother! Just when she has her first chance to keep her granddaughter for an overnight stay, she gets a call from DC that there has been two couples murdered about 30 miles apart in VA. Does she want the case? She has one hour to decide! While she looks at her sleeping granddaughter, she knows her answer is YES she wants the case!! Kate calls her daughter to tell her that she has to come back and pick up the baby. Melissa is NOT happy about her mother's priorities.
Agent DeMarco picks Kate up and they head to the crime scene. Both couples are in their 50's -early 60's. NOT MUCH TO GO ON!! BUT both women has a piece of a childs blanket pushed down her throat. There investigation leads them to a man who will not co-operative with them and tries to run so he is arrested. There is another call from DC to tell Kate she is needed back in the office leaving DeMarco to work The case alone.
While Kate in in DC helping some young agents see what they are missing, she gets a call from DeMarco that there has been another murder and she is sent back to Virginia. Their investigation leads in another direction and then another.
Kate has to admit to herself that there are three different interest in her life: her job, her granddaughter and the new man in her life. Can she have all three or does she have to give something up?
Kate Wise, retired from the FBI and bored with retirement, has a deal with her old boss to investigate some old cases and to help advise some of the younger agents on some of their cases.
For the first time since her husband was murdered, Kate has found a man she likes a lot and she is also trying to enjoy being a grandmother! Just when she has her first chance to keep her granddaughter for an overnight stay, she gets a call from DC that there has been two couples murdered about 30 miles apart in VA. Does she want the case? She has one hour to decide! While she looks at her sleeping granddaughter, she knows her answer is YES she wants the case!! Kate calls her daughter to tell her that she has to come back and pick up the baby. Melissa is NOT happy about her mother's priorities.
Agent DeMarco picks Kate up and they head to the crime scene. Both couples are in their 50's -early 60's. NOT MUCH TO GO ON!! BUT both women has a piece of a childs blanket pushed down her throat. There investigation leads them to a man who will not co-operative with them and tries to run so he is arrested. There is another call from DC to tell Kate she is needed back in the office leaving DeMarco to work The case alone.
While Kate in in DC helping some young agents see what they are missing, she gets a call from DeMarco that there has been another murder and she is sent back to Virginia. Their investigation leads in another direction and then another.
Kate has to admit to herself that there are three different interest in her life: her job, her granddaughter and the new man in her life. Can she have all three or does she have to give something up?
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