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Here is a review of this book I found. It's called BLIND CURVE by Annie Solomon. Published by Warner Forever,
ISBN: 0-446-61358-4. Summary: Police Detective Danny Sinofsky was participating in a drug sweep in a bar when he sustained a blow to his neck. A few days later, during an undercover gun buy, he suddenly loses all vision. As he stumbles from the shock of it, he hears a shot; his experience tells him from the sounds that the street kid who was to sell him the gun is hit. He manages to hold out until his backup arrives. The kid is dead; and the sniper gets away, and Danny's prognosis is bleak. The blow to the neck caused a stroke that gave him cortical blindness -- most probably permanent.
Orientation and mobility instructor Martha Crowe is shocked to learn the identity of her new client. Beautiful bad boy Danny Sinofsky was the lead player in her high school fantasies...and beyond. A skinny six-foot frame, wild black hair, and over-large features made Martha the butt of jokes. Wicked Witch and Scare Crowe were two of the names she was called, but Danny once told a crowd of boys to knock it off. It's now Martha's job to teach Danny how to cope with his new blindness. He doesn't remember her, nor does she enlighten him that they've met.
Martha arrives at Danny's house and encounters an attempt on his life. The would-be assassin gets away, but now Danny and Martha are sequestered in protective custody...together. But somehow, word of their whereabouts gets out, and Danny and Martha must now run for their lives, not knowing whom to trust or where the leak came from.
BLIND CURVE is a marvelous book! Not only is it exciting -- the chase scene with Martha leading a stumbling Danny through the woods is guaranteed to make your heart pound -- but the characterization is heartbreakingly real. Both Martha and Danny have difficult pasts; perhaps that's fortunate in a way, for they need extraordinary strengths to overcome more trials to come. The portrayal of the tough cop, who has been a caretaker most his life and is now dependent on others, is extremely realistic and moving, as is his resentment toward Martha, who becomes the target of his frustration over his plight. She takes his guff without letting on that she's hurt, for all the old infatuation comes rushing back. She even tells Danny she's fifty-eight years old in order to put distance between them to protect herself. The details of how she teaches Danny to get around, feed himself, and even to scramble eggs, are fascinating. He's not the sweetest or most cooperative of students.
Meanwhile, the search for the killer and the reason behind the attempts on Danny proceed in a well-wrought plot. I highly recommend BLIND CURVE as an unusual, riveting, and deeply moving romantic suspense. In fact, after I'd slept on it, the extraordinary conflicts faced by the hero and heroine and the skill with which Ms. Solomon so realistically portrayed their emotions through actions and dialogue cried out to be rewarded with a Perfect 10. Tens aren't given to merely good books; they are reserved for works that have something really special about them. BLIND CURVE fits that category. See if you don't feel the same.
Jane Bowers ... I haven't read it yet, but who knows maybe I will. Star
Sounds wonderful, and comical! I wasn't really concentrating because well... anyways, it sounds great!