Genre: Mystery/Paranormal/Suspense
Description:
“When Lacey finds out that her mother is suffering from a serious
health issue that is stumping the doctors, she plans to fly to Tampa Bay to
help out. At the same time, Sam gets a call from a Haitian-American woman in
Miami who claims that her deceased grandmother is being held captive—in a jar.
Operating independently, they both run up against frustrating challenges, from
unhelpful doctors to unscrupulous temple guardians… even black magic. Sam gets
a quick lesson in what happens when he pisses off a Voodoo priest—and it’s not
good.”
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
stalk her on Facebook.
Appraisal:
If you’re read other books in this series, like I have, just the book
description could have you wondering how well this is going to fit what you’re
used to seeing in these books. The answer is ultimately that while throwing
some new twists, which keeps things fresh, if you’ve enjoyed past books this
one is going to easily meet your expectations. With Lacey not there to help Sam
part of the time as she is off helping her parents deal with some difficulties,
Sam is left to figure a lot out on his own. He first has to come to an
understanding of some of the practices of Voodoo, a religion with roots in
Haiti, and ultimately to do what he always is doing, helping a soul trapped in
this life move on. Some of the specifics of why the soul can’t move on and what
needs to be done to enable this soul to be able to be able to leave this world
made for an interesting bit of detective work. How this all resolves was a fun
and interesting read that, just as I always get with this series, kept me
engrossed to the last word.
Buy now
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FYI:
While the 54th book in this series, each book stands alone.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Review is based on a pre-release reviewer copy so I can’t gauge the
final product in this area.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 30-35,000 words
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