MEETS THE EYE by Christopher Golden
    Category:  Mystery/Thriller
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  2/1/00
    Publisher:  Simon Pulse
    Reviewed by:  Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
    Rating: 5 Stars


    Every time I start reading a book in the Body of Evidence Series, I'm immediately reminded of how much I enjoy the
    actual mysteries that abound in these stories. Sure, I love the characters, especially Jenna Blake, but the interesting
    story lines are what keep this series fresh, fun, exciting, and interesting.

    After the last case that Jenna worked on in the Somerset Medical Examiner's office (SOUL SURVIVOR), she
    decided she'd had enough. She quit her job as a deiner for the M.E., even though she had become friends with both
    Dr. Slikowski and Al Dyson. She's spending more time with her best friends, Yoshiko and Hunter, and she's finally
    becoming an actual girlfriend to Damon. She hasn't done much looking back or wavering about quitting her job--
    well, maybe a little--since she made her decision, until two things change her mind: 1) during a frat party at DTD, a
    freshman drops dead at her feet and even her CPR attempts fail to revive him, and 2) Jenna sees with her own two
    eyes what appears to be someone bringing a dead person back to life--as a zombie.

    Jenna knows that, scientifically, there is no room allowed for zombies or people who come back from the dead. But
    when a body comes alive and starts screaming during its autopsy, all of her previous beliefs fly out the window.
    Suddenly, Jenna is thrust into yet another mystery, this one of mind-bending proportions. Why are seemingly dead
    people coming back to life to commit crimes? How can a person be declared dead only to come back to life on a
    steel slab? Why are these "zombies" acting as if their brain power is gone, doing only violent, evil things instead of the
    normal, sane things they did before their "deaths"?

    And when this time it's Dyson who gets a little too close to danger, Jenna and Slick must work together to put an end
    to this zombie business--before someone else ends up being one of the undead.

    Once again, I read this installment in the life and times of Jenna in one sitting. Although I stayed up past midnight to do
    it (thanks, Mr. Golden!) I wasn't disappointed in the least. And, as always, I can't wait to read the next book in the
    series!
Body of Evidence Bk. 4:
Meets the Eye
by Christopher Golden