Because I was out of town this weekend, and didn’t arrive home until late, it’s the perfect time to use one of Sandie Herron’s reviews of an audiobook. Thank you, Sandie, for sharing your comments about Victoria Laurie’s A Vision of Murder.
*****
A Vision of Murder
Series:
Psychic Eye Mystery Book 3
Psychic Eye Mystery Book 3
Narrated
by Elizabeth Michaels
by Elizabeth Michaels
Unabridged
Audiobook
Audiobook
Listening
Length: 9 hours and 14 minutes
Length: 9 hours and 14 minutes
Publisher:
Audible Studios
Audible Studios
Release
Date: March 2, 2010
Date: March 2, 2010
ASIN:
B003AOVP0W
B003AOVP0W
***** stars
I loved
the third entry in Victoria Laurie’s Psychic Eye series entitled A VISION OF
the third entry in Victoria Laurie’s Psychic Eye series entitled A VISION OF
MURDER. Psychic intuitive Abby Cooper buys a piece of property with her
sister Cat and
sister Cat and
Dave, the handyman who helped Abby fix up her own home.
They plan to fix up this new
They plan to fix up this new
house not asAbby’s new home but hopefully
to sell for a profit. Unfortunately, the house is
to sell for a profit. Unfortunately, the house is
inhabited by the ghost
of a murdered woman who must be dealt with before any transfer of
of a murdered woman who must be dealt with before any transfer of
ownership can take place.
In
order to do so, Abby calls MJ Holliday of Ghoul Getters (a firm in Boston featuring
order to do so, Abby calls MJ Holliday of Ghoul Getters (a firm in Boston featuring
mediums created by Victoria Laurie in another series) for some paranormal
advice on how to
advice on how to
get rid of the ghost and poltergeists in her fixer upper home.
MJ is a gifted medium who can
MJ is a gifted medium who can
talk to and see the dead, which Abby cannot
do. The women get along well with MJ
do. The women get along well with MJ
teaching Abby a thing or two
about spirits and their world. While their fields of interest certainly
cross, they are also vastly different than one another.
about spirits and their world. While their fields of interest certainly
cross, they are also vastly different than one another.
I loved
the story of the battling jewelers, in essence. The fact that not all the
jewelers are
the story of the battling jewelers, in essence. The fact that not all the
jewelers are
currently alive doesn’t stop them from trying to find and/or
protect a very unique gift that
protect a very unique gift that
goes back to World War II. Put the ghost
together with some poltergeists in the same house
together with some poltergeists in the same house
that was purchased by Abby,
her meddlesome rich sister Cat, the talented contractor Dave, independent from
Abby’s boyfriend, Dutch, and you have chaos.
her meddlesome rich sister Cat, the talented contractor Dave, independent from
Abby’s boyfriend, Dutch, and you have chaos.
The plot
was complex enough to keep me reading intently, paying attention to names and
was complex enough to keep me reading intently, paying attention to names and
places and dates, but not so complex that I needed a map through time and
space. I did not
space. I did not
get lost in details, and everything flowed smoothly, even if I
didn’t know why at all times.
didn’t know why at all times.
If I had any complaint it would be with
Abby’s seeming disregard for her own safety in her determination to achieve her
goals.
Abby’s seeming disregard for her own safety in her determination to achieve her
goals.
There are
a couple of romantic details about Abby and Dutch that don’t come to fruition,
a couple of romantic details about Abby and Dutch that don’t come to fruition,
through no fault of their own. I sure hope they will carry onward in the
fourth installment
fourth installment
to this fine series, providing all the right people survive
this misadventure.
this misadventure.
Definitely
recommended.
recommended.
Sandie
Herron
Herron
