Genre: Mystery/Supernatural/Ghosts
Description:
“Most departed souls want to move on to the next stage of existence,
but have unfinished business that Lacey and Sam need to resolve for them. When
the pair is called to a home in south Los Angeles, a poor area in a rough
neighborhood, they find a soul so completely riddled with guilt that it cannot
move on; doesn’t feel that it deserves to move on. What was it this person did
that was so terrible? And are they ever going to be able to crack the
impenetrable wall of secrecy that’s been built around the truth?”
Author:
“Melissa Bowersock is an eclectic,
award-winning author who writes in a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres:
paranormal, biography, western, action, romance, fantasy, spiritual, and
satire.”
For more visit Ms.Bowersock’s website and
follow her on Facebook.
Appraisal:
As I was reading this book I was thinking about how book genres and
series can follow a pattern and yet each book is unique enough that if a reader
likes one, they’ll probably see appeal in most of them. Readers of books in the
romance genre will recognize that there is a basic pattern to most books in
that genre with specific high-level things happening in each book, with the
pattern making for an entertaining and fun read, but with each story being
unique in the specifics so you can’t predict exactly what is gong to happen or
how the story’s conflict will ultimately be resolved. While the pattern and the
specifics of this series are obviously much different, I feel the same way
about the books in the series. Every one I read is entertaining, draws me in
quickly and I have a hard time putting the book down until I get to the end.
They’re quick reads, roughly the same length as a typical romance book too. As
soon as I finish one, I’m eagerly awaiting the next.
While the big picture story in each book has some patterns, the
specifics of the characters involved and their story is not, which is what
makes each book unique and what draws you in. The characters in the story and
where the story happens is different each time which also adds to the unique
parts of the story. Recent books have happened on cruise ships, the Navajo
reservation, or in this case the less well-to-do sections of Los Angeles,
specifically the Compton and Watts areas. I recommend this book and all of them
in the series to anyone who likes mysteries with some different twists from the
norm (like a little supernatural twist or two).
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FYI:
Although this is book 46 in this series, each book stands alone, so
there is no need to have read any others in the series to understand this one.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Review is based on an advance reviewer copy,
so I can’t gauge the final product in this area.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 20-25,000 words
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