The Unseen: Book 5 in Krewe of Hunters series

Just say no to The Unseen by Heather Graham. This is the fifth book in the Krewe of Hunters series. (You do not have to read the books in order.) The history in this book needs a major tune-up. Also, one of the main characters in the book, Kelsey, is the very definition of annoying. She follows the same pattern in this book as in previous outings, falling in love too quickly. The story was also too easy to figure out. While this book had other problems, I am so done wasting my time on this novel. That is why I am giving the book one star.

Jackson Crow is putting together a 2nd Krewe of Hunters. He’s in San Antonio, Texas interviewing two of his choices, a Texas Ranger, Logan Raintree, and a U.S. Marshal, Kelsey O’Brien. Raintree has grown up in San Antonio, O’Brien is a newcomer. During the course of the interviews Crow produces evidence of a serial killer in San Antonio targeting young women. Raintree and O’Brien decided to look into the killings while making up their minds about joining the Krewe. However, it is only a short time before they both decide they want to be permanently part of the Krewe. The story is mainly set at the Longhorn Hotel and the Alamo. Raintree and O’Brien and see and speak with ghosts.

Kelsey is invited to an interview in San Antonio and decides to stay at her friend’s newly reopened hotel, The Longhorn. Before she is there very long, a cowboy comes screaming out of one of the rooms saying the walls were covered in blood. Kelsey trades rooms with him to help her friend out. A woman was murdered in the room shortly before the fall of the Alamo. She meets Logan when she goes to her interview with Jackson. They proceed to the Alamo. It seems most of the women were abducted from that area. Logan has a friend there who is a ghost from the time of the battle with Santa Anna at the Alamo. They race to find the killers before another woman is abducted. They speak with ghosts, see visions, and are assisted in their search by a large group of birds. Kelsey ends up getting abducted. The killer is a surprise.

I very much enjoy Heather Graham’s books and especially this series, The Krewe of Hunters. Logan is the epitome of the Texas Ranger and Kelsey is a very capable U.S. Marshall. This is a romantic suspense story and I would recommend it to those who like that kind of book as well as those who read paranormal stories and mysteries. It is an easy and entertaining read.

The Unseen is the latest book by Heather Graham. I can say this book belongs in some part to the Krewe of Hunters series or at least it runs parallel to that series.

Jackson Crow, the leader of the original Krewe of Hunters is in Texas organizing a second crew, since his original group is already too busy working many cases and they are not enough for all the demand of work they have. They need more people and here is where Texas Rager Logan Raintree and U.S. Marshall Kelsey O'Brien come. Raintree will be the director of this new group and will work with Kelsey and other members that will come along the way.

After that blurb I think adding more than this will be telling the whole book.

There were things I liked about this book and others I wasn't so sure. Let's start with what I liked.
I really liked the historical facts and the description of the locations. I have never been in Texas let alone in The Alamo, but after reading this book I feel somehow as if I've been there and seen it. I did know about the Alamo, but not with much detail, what I didn't know about it I learned with this book; I loved history so that was good, maybe if you already know the history of The Alamo all the historical mentions can be too much for you, but for me it was just perfect. Another thing I also liked was the Native American references, especially when the difference between Comanche and Apache beliefs were explained. I'm an admirer of Native American culture, so for me this was a special treat.
Another thing I liked was that the whodunit wasn't predictable. I had my suspicions but I wasn't a hundred percent on it. I liked that very much, I liked when an author surprise me a leaves me with an "I didn't see that one coming".

Now to what I didn't like, first, the case in itself felt put together by force. I didn't feel there was any connection between the murders to think that they were all related. Ok, I don't know anything about police procedure but that was just my impression. In my opinion the case in general felt a bit farfetched.
Another thing I had a problem with was Logan and Kelsey's relationship, for sure there was an attraction between them, but I really didn't feel a deep connection. It felt more as if they were having a fling than really getting into a serious and long lasting relationship.

Despite the things I didn't liked I can honestly say I enjoyed reading The Unseen. As I said before I loved the historical aspects of the story and I loved the ghost's factor and the mystery behind the murders. I really want to know more about the other members of this new Krewe of Hunters and I'm planning to read future books in this series.
I recommend you this book if you like mystery books with a paranormal touch and lots of history behind them.

REVIEW PROVIDED BY: Kimberly Wise

*3.5 Stars* This is the first in the new Texas Krewe of Hunters. While most of Graham's books have been set in Florida (mostly Key West) or some in New Orleans this is set in San Antonio, Texas. It is the start up of the new Krewe of Hunters. A new branch of the Harrison Investigation/Krewe of Hunters in New Orleans series.

Logan is a Texas Ranger who is coming back from losing his wife three years ago after a revenge killing for putting a man into prison. Kelsey is a US Marshal from Key West. Neither of them knows why they are being called to San Antonio except there is going to be a new job offer but neither has an idea of what kind of job or why them. When Jackson Crow (Krewe leader of the New Orleans branch) explains why they have been asked to help they learn women are being killed and left around the city. Jackson feels there is something going on and because The Alamo has such history maybe Logan and Kelsey with the "gifts" they have can get to the answers before another woman goes missing.

This is a very typical Graham ghost story. And ghost stories are where Graham should stay. She has a way of writing that draws the reader in. I guess you could say that Graham writes it all. Her books fall under "Paranormal Romantic Suspense". Her books are not the same when she does not write about ghost. Thankfully we have three in this book to enjoy. The problem was I never felt a connection between Kelsey and Logan. Their relationship felt more like a working affair and when the case was over they would go their separate ways and be fine with it. What keeps this story going? The suspense of who-dunnit (which I am not sure I have ever figured out in one of Graham's books and I read a lot of suspense books) and the history of the area she is writing about. The history that we find out through Graham's writing is incredible and it makes you want to go visit. In this case it was The Alamo which of course was part of our history class growing up but Graham wraps a story around that history and brings the area to life. Is this one of her best ever? Maybe not. But I did enjoy it. And if you are a fan of Graham's then you will as well. No one tells a ghost story like Graham!

Unseen is a new novel involving the Krewe of Hunter's series and like the previous novels, I have read it is also brimming with paranormal activity, suspense and romance. This time we get to meet new characters as all of Jackson Crow's original Krewe of Hunters is paired up and have an overflow of investigations.

The story is set in San Antonio Texas in the past and the present. Young women are being murdered, and all were last seen around the Alamo and the Longhorn hotel. The Longhorn isn't just any hotel though... in room 207; Rose Langley was murdered at the hands of Matt Meyer, after being more or less kidnapped by him. The room was covered in blood, and yet her body was never found. Since then there have been more young woman slain and these murders and the mystery of the Longhorn is the first case for our new hunters.

The two characters that are focused on in this book are Kelsey O'Brien; a US Marshall who sees ghosts, is great at her job but has a certain emotional distance from people because of her ability.

Logan Raintree is part Native American and a Texas Ranger, who not only sees the dead but can also hear them.

The other characters' of the `Krewe" were not really focused on a lot, and so it's a little hard to know if I liked them or not. As with Graham's other books, we will obviously get a chance to know each character more intimately when their story is up.

Both characters were nice, and I guess I'm going to say just a little bland from her original characters. That being said I enjoyed their romance just not as much as the previous characters and I think that you really need to give something more each time otherwise readers who have read the series will come out... a little bored.

When I read the synopsis, it sounded like an awesome read, and overall I would have to say it's a good story but not great. The mystery side was the best part for me and for a while I was trying to figure out who the bad guy was which I like in a book. If it's too predictable, then what's the point right?

Overall, an enjoyable read but for me definitely not up to par with her previous books.

Unseen is another novel involving Krewe of Hunter's leader Jackson Crow. He is in Texas, putting together a new crew, since his team is stretched to the limit with investigations and the characters have all been paired off. Graham delivers a novel filled with murder, mystery, suspense, paranormal activity and a new romance. I like the way the dead assist the living in these mystery driven romances.

Young woman are showing up murdered near the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. All of these young women were last seen in the area of the Alamo and a historical hotel called the Longhorn. The Longhorn is steeped in history and death. Legend has it a young woman died by the hands of a man around the time of the battle of the Alamo in room 207. Recently, the room was found covered in blood, but the body was never found. Jackson has arranged to meet US Marshall, Kelsey O'Brien and Texas Ranger, Logan Raintree. Both have uncanny abilities to find the dead and missing. Neither of them knows what this job offer is about.

When Raintree is offered the position as leader of a new team on the FBI, he isn't sure he wants it, but his insatiable curiosity has him staying on the case. I really liked Raintree and was moved by his troubled past. He has the skills and manner to make a great team lead. O'Brien isn't sure she wants the position. She has always lived near the water and has wanted to be a US Marshall since she was a teen. Like Raintree she is intrigued by the case.

As the team takes on more members and more bodies are discovered; paranormal activity leads Raintree and O'Brien toward solving the case. Graham weaves a tale that captivates you, as she slowly reveals clues and suspects. The chemistry between Raintree and O'Brien develops slowly and was sweet. The climax finds O'Brien smack in the middle of danger. I am excited about the new team and look forward to reading more cases.

THE UNSEEN caught my interest immediately and held it tight until the stunning conclusion. The characters are wonderful and very realistic. The pacing is spot on as the reader is taken on a roller coaster of a ride as the team attempts to catch the murderer before more bodies are found.

Having a federal unit consisting of members with `special' gifts is not a new theme though most fit into the thriller/suspense genre. Ms. Graham has definitely added her own deft touch with the sparks that Logan Raintree and one of his team members Kelsey O'Brien throw off.

Also the legend of the Galveston Diamond is so possible that I had to do a web search to discover whether it really does exist. I am happy to say that it doesn't and is only a part of Ms. Graham's wonderful imagination that she shares with her readers.

I highly recommend it to any readers who enjoy their romantic suspense with a touch of the paranormal. Also readers who enjoy Kay Hooper's Bishop series will want to check out this series.

I rate this book a 3.8.

***I received this book at no charge from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. No monies have or will change hands.

The 1800's Room 207 of the Longhorn Saloon, young Rose Langley was brutally murdered. Present day San Antonio 1 yr ago in room 207 of the Longhorn Saloon another woman is assumed to be murdered, as no body was found but the room was covered in Blood.
As of present, several remains have been found all of young women all almost decayed to much to be identified.
Logan Raintree,a local Texas ranger, Kelsey O'Brien a U.S. Marshall are brought together and offered a place on a new team being put together by Jackson Crow a member of the F.B.I., but this is a special team,a Krewe, who's members have talents not disclosed to many.They see and speak with the dead,they can sense what others cannot.
Can they solve the riddle?What does a woman's death hundreds of years ago have to to do with the current ones? More importantly can they solve it before any more are claimed?

This is the second Heather Graham I have read with or involving the Krewe.The story grips you from the beginning having many interesting side plays as well as the main story line.
I look forward to her next one.

Truthfully, I didn't expect a whole lot from this book. It's described as Logan Raintree and his group of paranormal investigators solving crime. So, I thought the book would likely be a bit hokey. I was pleasantly surprised that this story had so much depth and character development, so much so that I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

The story is told from mostly two points of view - Logan Raintree and Kelsey O'Brien, the two main investigators on the case and the love interest in story. They don't sit around in dark rooms communing with ghosts... at least not much. The beauty of the story is that Graham creates characters who use their investigative skills as Texas Ranger and US Marshall, respectively. Yes, there are just enough spine tingling ghost stories to keep the ghost story lovers happy (I am one of those people) and just enough mystery/thriller to keep thriller lovers on the edge of their seats (I was on the edge of mine).

Now I just got a taste of Graham's paranoramal series with this book and am looking forward to getting my hands on the next one.

In 1835 in San Antonio, someone brutally murders a woman in room 207 of the Longhorn Saloon. One year ago in the same location as the nineteenth century homicide, another woman was apparently killed, but her body vanished. One month ago, battered dead young female bodies begin to appear all over city; some disappeared a long time ago.

Texas Ranger Logan Raintree leads a task force of paranormal law enforcement operatives investigating the murders. While he communicates with the dead, on his team is U.S. Marshal Kelsey O'Brien who sees the past. She is staying at the Longhorn where the 1835 and last year homicides occurred. The pair combines their extrasensory perception skills to obtain clues from the deceased in order to end a serial killer's reign of terror.

The Unseen is an exciting paranormal police procedural starring two dedicated individuals with special talent and San Antonio. The city comes alive during The Texas War of Independence and in the present; especially vivid is the Alamo. Although the gory killings somewhat diminish the frightening level, fans will enjoy Heather Graham's entertaining ghost story.

Harriet Klausner

Heather Graham is kicking off a spin-off series to her Krewe of Hunters books, with this romantic-suspense, peppered with paranormal elements. As someone who has never read the original series, I can tell you that this is a great place for new readers to jump in, since a crew of all-new characters are introduced. And I never felt lost at any time.

Jackson Crow is the leader of a paranormal law enforcement group and he is putting together the second team of its kind to help investigate crimes. To lead the Krewe, he chooses Logan Raintree, a Texas Ranger whose wife was killed by a perp three years ago. For an investigative partner, he chooses Kelsey O'Brien, a US Marshal from Florida. Both Logan and Kelsey can see ghosts and communicate with the dead in their own ways, and Jackson hopes they will use their gifts to solve a string of murders that seem to have very little in common.

Over the course of the story, we find that the murders are tied to the history of the Alamo and the mysterious disappearance of an ancient diamond. Somehow, a haunted hotel plays into it all, as well. Logan and Kelsey work together with other members of the new team to figure out what their victims have in common and who killed them.

It doesn't take long before our hero and heroine are inexplicably drawn to one another. And they fall in love while working the case. The romance was just OK. I never really felt gripping emotions from these two and the love scenes felt kind of uninspiring.

And it wasn't my only problem with the book. There were way too many history lessons wrapped up in the story. I'm not looking to learn the history of the Alamo when I read a romance novel. And yet, I learned as much about it here as I did in my 7th grade American history class. Plus, I figured out who the main killer was about 100 pages before it was revealed. Not cool.

I guess my biggest complaint is that the book didn't inspire much passion in me, either with the mystery or the romance. Overall, the whole thing was just kind of so-so. 3 stars.

Just got to the part where she says, " The Longhorn isn't far from the Alamo, and if you've studied the Alamo, you probably know about the Longhorn. Most of us learned about Davy Crockett, Lieutenant Colonel Travis and Daniel Boone as school kids, not matter where we grew up, but the sad tale of Rose Langley isn't as well-known." Daniel Boone??? At the Alamo. Did she mean Jim Bowie? Daniel Boone was of an earlier generation and fought in the French and Indian War. He was not around in the 1830s. Historical errors always ruin books for me. I don't know if I can finish now. I once read a book that had the characters living in Louisiana in 1863 and having a boat party on the Mississippi River with no mention of Union Gunboats. Nora Roberts once had her character living on a plantation outside of New Orleans driving to the French Quarter to grocery shop. Every small town around New Orleans has a Wal-mart. There are no grocery stores in the French Quarter. I haven't read Nora Roberts since. I just picked up Heather Graham because I normally don't like paranormal stories. But, this looked interesting. Wrong!

Overall, this is 2 stars. The action was slow and it was hard to stay with the book. The end was klunky as it read like a Scooby Doo cartoon where the villain explains all of the motives and actions. It's a good plot overall but it could have been executed better. I've heard these books are good and I've gone through a few of them and they are not keeping my interest.

This has a little of everything, ghosts of murder victims & murder,missing treasure, FBI Agent,Texas Ranger,US Marshal,Alamo, Davy Crocket, movie, mediums,romance,sex scenes and it all makes sense.
Kelsey O'Brien is US Marshal out of Florida she was sent to texas to meet with FBI Agent Crow. She not sure why but is staying with old friend who bought an old hotel & bar by the Alamo.
Logan Raintree is a Texas Ranger he also has been asked to meet and work with FBI Agent Crow. Logan sees the dread. He is a widower.
Agent Crow is putting together a second team that has extra senses and wants Logan to head up the team. Tells him to take his time but work a serial
murder right in his town.
In fact one murder victum never found but hotel room had blood all over it is the one Kelsey is staying in. The murder taken place at the time her friend was buying the hotel. Kelsey ended up in that room and saw ghosts in it.
Logan and Kelsey got very close fast as they worked together. Trying to find out who the victims were and why they were killed.
I would like to read more books about this team working together.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.
03/27/2012 PUB Harlequin Mira Books

Overall, this is 2 stars. The action was slow and it was hard to stay with the book. The end was klunky as it read like a Scooby Doo cartoon where the villain explains all of the motives and actions. It's a good plot overall but it could have been executed better. I've heard these books are good and I've gone through a few of them and they are not keeping my interest.

This has a little of everything, ghosts of murder victims & murder,missing treasure, FBI Agent,Texas Ranger,US Marshal,Alamo, Davy Crocket, movie, mediums,romance,sex scenes and it all makes sense.
Kelsey O'Brien is US Marshal out of Florida she was sent to texas to meet with FBI Agent Crow. She not sure why but is staying with old friend who bought an old hotel & bar by the Alamo.
Logan Raintree is a Texas Ranger he also has been asked to meet and work with FBI Agent Crow. Logan sees the dread. He is a widower.
Agent Crow is putting together a second team that has extra senses and wants Logan to head up the team. Tells him to take his time but work a serial
murder right in his town.
In fact one murder victum never found but hotel room had blood all over it is the one Kelsey is staying in. The murder taken place at the time her friend was buying the hotel. Kelsey ended up in that room and saw ghosts in it.
Logan and Kelsey got very close fast as they worked together. Trying to find out who the victims were and why they were killed.
I would like to read more books about this team working together.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Netgalley.
03/27/2012 PUB Harlequin Mira Books

RECEIVED FROM: Net Galley For Review

***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***

Kelsey O'Brien is a Florida US Marshall who's been summoned to Texas to learn about a job over with the FBI, she's got no interest in switching law enforcement branches, but she isn't given a choice about going to at least consider the job. Logan Raintree is a Texas Ranger sent to San Antonio for the same reason. Jackson Crow is trying to assemble a second Krewe of Hunters, his first is spread too thin and there's a serial killer in Texas killing women and it seems to revolve around the Alamo. Crow believes it's going to take people with extra gifts to solve this case and Kelsey and Logan both have them. Neither are interest in transferring but neither can walk away from the dead woman in need of justice and the missing ones that might be saved. But will their gifts help the find the killer or make them another target for the killer themselves? Can the discover why these women are being murdered before another one dies?

I'm usually a big fan of Heather Graham, she's one of my favorite writers to read and I've been reading her work for years. However this particular story didn't grab me the way Graham's work usually does. A lot of what bothered me is that the set up and follow through of the story didn't fit with my sense of logic. Some of it was that while the officers need to make the connections they did to solve the crime, they weren't logical assumptions. For one bodies naturally decompose when left to rot. With all of the woman murdered in different ways, just because they were all found decomposing doesn't seem like it would be enough to connect a serial killer into the mix. As the book progresses it does become clear that the murders are related, but in the beginning the idea that they're investigating a serial killing at all doesn't really make sense to me. Then how the second Krewe of Hunters team is compiled wasn't actually logical either. Both Logan and Kelsey sound like they've been really discrete about their gifts and while people close to them might have noticed something different about them, it doesn't explain how Jackson Crow, having never met them before would have known exactly what their abilities were. I could see if he worked with them, him figuring it out because of working in close quarters to them, but I can't see him knowing these things without ever having met them. While I'm paranoid enough to think that the government knows a little about every citizen, I'm not paranoid enough to think that they FBI knows everyone's deepest darkest secrets. If that were the case criminals would never go free and heck they'd never even get to commit the crime because since the government knew all their secrets they'd be monitoring to make sure the potential criminal didn't do anything wrong. Plus there are the other team members, where it's not really clear if their normal or gifted, there are allusions that they might be, but then again it never comes out and clearly answers that question. And here's another thing that bothers my logic quotient about the team, Kelsey is a US Marshall and Logan is a Texas Ranger. While there's lots of build up to being a Texas Ranger, it's kind got the same romanticism as being a cowboy, if they were building a federal team wouldn't it make sense to chose an agent whose already worked on a Federal level to lead it? Logan may make a semi decent alpha male, but Kelsey's previous position makes her the more logical choice for team leader. Sure they'll both be making the move to FBI, but it just seems someone whose only worked at a state level would rank lower than someone whose already in a federal law enforcement position. Back to investigation, when Logan and Kelsey first make the connection to the Galveston Diamond, it doesn't make sense. Yes, it turns out to be true. But the only thing that gives them the idea is that Kelsey keeps seeing the residual haunting of Rose's murder that happened a hundred years ago. It's not logical to think that would be related to the current murders, whether it turned out to be right or not, the thought pattern didn't make sense to me. The same for when they discovered the women all claimed to be psychic, or when they guessed It then the proof just sort of fell into place for them. It just seemed too contrived for me, the law enforcement officers would say what if and the proof of that landed in their laps. I may not have ever worked in law enforcement but I'm pretty sure life just doesn't work like that. While the book does include sex, the scenes weren't really graphic and didn't really dominate the story in any way which is one of the reasons I've always respected Graham as a writer. She writes romance and has erotic scenes in her story yes, but her stories are never just about two people falling into bed together. Graham tells a good story and the physical stuff between the characters is just sort of I guess extra, a way to enhance the romantic storyline between the characters, but the romantic storyline is always the secondary plot in her novels. But with this story neither the primary or secondary plot lines grabbed me. One of the hooks of reading romance is that usually the male and female leads initially clash, there's a battle of wills and enough fire between them to stir an argument or a string of them. Then the alpha male starts getting all protective over the vixen who's driving him nuts, their passionate arguments then lead to a physical connection and slowly they realize its more than that, they actually care about each other. Yes Graham has the protective nature in Logan, and the story has physical interaction leading into deeper feelings. However, these characters don't ever really argue. I mean there's one little spat when Logan forces Kelsey to use her abilities when she's not ready to, but Kelsey quickly forgives him and within a few pages it's over and done with. With Kelsey and Logan's love story there's never any fire really. They don't seem to be strong enough characters to get under each other's skin. Without the fire between the characters it's hard to become involved in their love story. The story was told in a close third person and it was interesting the way the past was weaved into the present and the paranormal twist of ghosts being witnesses, but nothing about it really grabbed me and pulled me in. The story is semi-fast paced, but again since I wasn't hooked it seemed to drag at points for me. When you're not hooked on a story no matter what the pacing is it's not going to seem exciting and fast paced. I'm not saying it's a bad book, but just not one I connected with. Graham's a talented writer, so its highly likely that the story line will connect with many readers and engross them in a way it just didn't with me.

The main characters, Logan and Kelsey were fairly well developed but I found them hard to relate to. Some of their behaviors just seemed off to me. For example Kelsey is a US Marshall which gives the impression that this is a strong heroine. She's not going to take orders or disrespect from anyone. But when Logan goes into protective mode even though she's supposed to be his colleague, she either goes along with what he wants meekly or she laughs it off. She doesn't get offended or show back bone when she's paired up with him. There's the idea of her gifts having made her childhood a little hard until she started lying about them to protect herself, but yet she's quick to use them after her initial meeting with Jackson and Logan. At first she hedges a little over lunch, but then she's gung ho psychic chick. The circumstances of her life, her abilities, her childhood and her job just make me picture or expect very different behaviors from the ones she exhibits. Beyond that I just found nothing I could really relate to in this character. It's hard to related to a woman who looks like a runway model that whose behavior doesn't really match with her life choices. The fact that no physical flaws seemed to be given to this character either didn't make her any easier to connect with either. Even she doesn't seem to notice any physical flaws about herself, no she's not conceited, but everyone has something physical about them that bugs them, that they think others notice about them. She worries that everyone will think she's too pretty to take seriously. Plus she's like 5' 10" and everyone treats her like a delicate little flower. The woman is half a foot taller than me, she's gorgeous and self assured, it seems to me that most men are going to be intimidated by her rather than all let's make sure she doesn't break a nail. And then there's the irritating trait the she seems to think every woman has a crush on Logan, not in a jealous way, but just in an `oh look she likes Logan way'. Logan again has no physical flaws, he has emotional issues but they don't really seem to affect him. Both of the leading characters just come across as flat on the page. The secondary characters seems poorly developed, including the villains themselves. Yeah you have vague idea about each character, but they're more stereotypical than someone easy to relate to that feels real.

Overall if you're a fan of Graham's work you might like the book, but personally it wasn't one of my favorites. It wasn't poorly written, but the plot didn't engross my attention and the characters came across as flat for me. It has a slight connection to Graham's Krewe of Hunters series, but it's not listed as part of that series even though there are cross over characters. I guess the decision about whether the book is a good read for you remains up to you as a reader, personally I didn't connect with the story.

The story had its intriguing moments, and well, after reading half a dozen books by Heather Graham, it’s great that she still manages to surprise me every now and then. The combination of the urban legend from the 1800s and present day ghosts was an interesting one. Unfortunately the romance was dull – rather boring even – and the characters had almost zero chemistry. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The Unseen is a paranormal mystery/romance novel, which deals with a mysterious murder case in 1800s and current murders.

If you like ghost stories, Southern tough guy, and some sex scenes, this is the book for you. You'll be entertained. However, if you look for a serious mystery book you may get bored.

As long as you know what you are looking for, you won't get disappointed.

I read the Advanced Readers Copy.

I recently started reading Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters series and each of her books have interesting and engaging stories this one included. I usually like a bit more spice in my romance reads but these stories are so good I can overlook the modest descriptions of love scenes.

This was a bit different from the usual mystery/suspense novel. The inclusion of an other worldly element could've gone way out there, but the author wove it into the story in such a way as to be entirely believable. Her addition of Texas historical facts made it very interesting for this Texas native.

I am throughly in love with the Krewe of Hunters. This book is great and Heather Graham continues to impress. I listen to and from school everyday, a 60 mile round trip and Graham's books keep me entertained.

Having only read a handful of Heather Graham's previous books, she was never a "must read" author to me. Not sure why, exactly I decided to check this one out, but I did....and, I'm glad! In her other books that I'd read, they had a slow start. Always ended well, making me glad I read them, but they didn't reel me in right away. This is SO not the case with The Unseen! It was good from beginning to end.

The book starts out in the 1800s, then switches to present day. Maybe that's where I'm lured in. I love books that are back in that era....one of my FAV books, Midnight Bayou, does the same thing, switching between time periods. Apparently, Heather has a series, "Krewe of Hunters", which this book involves, but this is the first in a new series that still involves the "Krewe", but introduces new characters into it.

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I read the reviews by the so called experts, this time they were so wrong about a book. This was so predictable, unbelievable, and quite an insult to a reader. I could see the outcome of this book by half way through. I sorry Mz Graham, you need to go back to the drawing board, there was no twist in the tale, nothing surprising, a good book needs to hold you ALL the way through to the end.
Don't waste your money guys, if you want to read this go borrow it from the library.

Great book. Heather Graham is a great story teller. This was well written with believable characters and an interesting plot set in beautiful San Antonio, Texas. Mystery readers everywhere should enjoy this book.