Currently on Sam’s desk is a pair of goggles that, with the help of special sensor discs, allows the wearer to see around corners and in blind spots.  One evening, on her way to a pizza date with hot Border Patrol Agent Mitch, Sam brings the glasses with her and stops a shooter from hitting Sergeant Diane Roth and any number of civilians at the strip mall.  Diane ends up killing the masked shooter. 

When the shooter is unmasked, he is revealed to be a man Diane served with in Afghanistan and with whom she had a very intense, short affair.  Diane and Sam bond in a matter of sorts over the incident and Sam learns Diane is a single mother whose wealthy in-laws had been trying to gain custody of her two children until recently. 

Each time she tells part of her story to Sam, Diane leaves some of it out, making Sam wonder what Diane is hiding and whether the shooter was just a scorned lover or something much more dangerous for everyone around Diane.  

Now You See Her is a fast paced mystery with plenty of gadgets and gizmos, such as a device that measures a person’s body odor and correlates it to their mood.  These gadgets and tests bind the three other members of Samantha’s team.  They are an oddball bunch, just as Sam is a self-admitted odd choice for a leader, but she works well with the team and they all support each other. 

Mitch and Sam, each with a fair amount of past baggage, are slowly working out a relationship they are both comfortable with and sure of.  Because Diane reveals her past little by little, it’s hard to piece together what is going on, though a key player is pretty easy to pick out, even though how they fit into things is not clear at first. 

Throwing suspicion on Diane as a gold digger and part of the bigger picture (as evidenced by the ease with which she accepts gifts from local merchants commending her for her bravery) isn’t very convincing.  Samantha is a complex character who is little by little, much to her surprise, finding herself fitting more and more into Air Force life.                                                                                    

--Jennifer Monahan Winberry