Unsatisfied with the police investigation of his brother's murder, FBI agent Mick Kline embarks on a journey to discover the truth. A young blind woman holds the key, but her fear for her own life keeps her silent. Readers will be gripped by the suspense and moved by the underlying themes of faith and spiritual blindness in this novel by up-and-coming author Rene Gutteridge. *Starred Review* Gutteridge's The Splitting Storm is about an FBI agent, Mick Kline, who seeks the murderer of his brother. Mick is also an amateur tornado chaser. He finds some solace for his troubled soul in the awesome power of nature, and Gutteridge uses storm scenes to good effect to suggest the mystery of God, whose creations include serial killers and whose essence is always beyond our power to comprehend. Mick becomes so obsessed with his theory that a serial killer is responsible for his brother's death that he is put on administrative leave. But instead of dealing with his grief, he heads to Texas, where several seemingly random murders have occurred. He crosses paths with Faith Kemper, a blind woman whose husband was murdered and whose story begins to corroborate Mick's intuitions. The Splitting Storm is the first entry of what looks to be a fine series; Gutteridge's characters are believably eccentric, and she has done her homework with police procedure. John Mort Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Used Book in Good Condition