Publisher: NAL
Published: June 4, 2103
ISBN: 978-0451414908
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Back in Austin and slowly but surely recovering from her caper
with the CIA psychic Abby Cooper is planning her wedding to FBI Agent Dutch
Rivers. Well, she’s not exactly doing
the planning. It’s actually her sister
Cat who is doing the planning. Actually it’s
more like orchestrating the invasion of Normandy given Cat’s love of attention
to detail and a flair for the spectacular.
And that is so not Abby so Abby has engaged in her own plan which is to
avoid Cat. Meanwhile she has also been
avoiding Dave, the contractor building her and Dutch’s future home. Along with avoiding any of the details needed
to be completed to move ahead with her marriage to Dutch, a mysterious new
client appears in her office.
Ms. Smith…not her real name of course, appears in a wig, dark
glasses and all but her face and nose covered up. And her story is really quite strange—she professes
to be an attorney who is aware that a client of her firm may have killed
someone. Ms. Smith will say little, if anything, except she suspects foul play. Not one to leave such an odd story alone, Abby
engages her business partner, PI Candice Fusco, to join her in the search for
this missing woman who Abby knows without a doubt is dead. Can they find the killer before he strikes
again?
After my disappointment with VISION IMPOSSIBLE, the Psychic Eye
mystery just prior to this one, I was thrilled when LETHAL OUTLOOK had Abby
back to being the character I love.
Laurie’s signature quick wit comes through not just Abby but Candice as
well. I did start to get a little bored
by the repetitive references to her aching hips—reminded me of a co-worker of
mine who starts every conversation with a litany of her aches and pains. But kudos to Abby (and of course Ms. Laurie
for her taking Abby in that direction) to have her goal being able to walk
without her cane on her wedding day rather than a lot of other petty little
details that could be raised. That’s
part of what I mean about Abby being the Abby I’ve come to consider one of the
best mystery sleuths out there.
Laurie does a great job with the twists and turns in this one,
leading up to the killer being revealed.
She throws out just enough information for the reader to guess along
with Abby and Candice and still be surprised at the outcome.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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