BLINDSIDE

When 6-year-old Sam Kettering manages to escape after being kidnapped, FBI Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich pursue his kidnapper, a creepy Southern evangelist who's into sadomasochism. At the same time, a series of teacher slayings in Washington, D.C., demand their attention. Coulter's popular FBI series, featuring married agents Sherlock and Savich, suffers from predictability and clichés. Still, she has legions of fans. Reader Sandra Burr labors gamely to impersonate vaguely Southern men and women as well as oily "perps." She's fine, if you can stand the writing. D.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 03]