Genre: Cozy
Mystery/Paranormal/Ghosts
Description:
“When paranormal investigators Lacey Fitzpatrick and Sam Firecloud are
on a case, they are all in, and don’t rest until the haunting is resolved. Now they’ve
been invited to a Murder Mystery Weekend of role-play, sleuthing and fun. Lacey
thinks they’ll have an advantage because they’re such practiced investigators,
and the tangled trail of clues, motives and red herrings creates a fierce
competition to find whodunit. Lacey fully intends to solve the mystery and win
the prize, but the weekend turns out to be surprisingly different on very many
levels.”
Author:
“Melissa Bowersock is an eclectic, award-winning author who writes in
a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres: biography, contemporary, western,
action, romance, fantasy, paranormal and spiritual. She has been both
traditionally and independently published and is a regular contributor to the
superblog Indies Unlimited. She has a tattoo on the inside of her left wrist
that says IMAGINE. In her next life, she plans to be an astronaut. She lives in
a small community in northern Arizona with her husband and an Airedale terrier.
She also writes under the pen name Amber Flame.”
Learn more about Ms. Bowersock and her other books on her website or
on Facebook.
Appraisal:
Christine, Sam’s ex-wife, asks Sam and Lacey to join her and her
husband, Ed LaRosa, for a murder mystery role-playing weekend. This was a lot
of fun, and Ms. Bowersock did a wonderful job getting all of the details right.
Everyone was given a character to portray, and a history profile they were to
keep secret from the other players. They were also given play money with which
to bribe secrets from the other players. It was also suggested to rent period
costumes for their personas. And they are reminded to try not to get their
feelings hurt if they are snubbed by another player, it is all an act. So, they
should try to have fun with it.
Lacey is a little slow taking on her character, her investigator self
is hard to let go of. However, she is sure her professional life will give her
an advantage in this game she fully intends on winning. Sam has no problem
taking on his character fully, and he won’t share a whit with her, much to
Lacey’s chagrin.
Mystery
Walk is a fun relaxing read. The details were entertaining and
captivating. The detective added an intriguing element with his tidbits of
information from his investigation for the players to chew on. I enjoyed
watching the players interact, and the murderer was a complete surprise. I did
not see that coming. I would suck at a role-playing murder mystery game.
FYI:
Mystery
Walk is book sixteen in Melissa Bowersock’s A LACEY FITZPATRICK and SAM
FIRECLOUD MYSTERY SERIES.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Review is based on a pre-release beta copy and I cannot comment on the
completed product.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 25-30,000 words
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