Published: July 4, 2017
ISBN: 978-0451473905
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by name and email address: Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com
FOUR HEARTS
Abby Cooper-Rivers’s husband, Dutch, and her best friend,
Candice’s husband, Brice, have embarked on a new venture in addition to their jobs
as FBI agents. Along with Abby and Dutch’s friend Dave, they’ve opened a “safe
room” business catering to the wealthy homeowners of Austin. Things are moving
along smoothly, however one client has a slight problem she wants Abby’s input
on. When Abby and Candice arrive the woman, Murielle McKenna, turns out to be
quite the piece of work. She’s been
pursuing Dutch and has a penchant for suing anyone and everyone. When Abby and
Candice leave Murielle’s house they find there is more to worry about than the
woman’s veiled threats of a lawsuit. They
learn from Dave’s wife that he is missing and not only that, he’s the key suspect
in the murder of four people—two of them the homeowners of a house Dutch’s
company has installed a safe room in.
The plot thickens when Dave’s wife also goes missing. As Abby, Candice, Dutch and Brice try to
locate Dave and his wife the case takes a series of twists and turns, linking
several homeowners to each other along.
Even with Abby’s sixth sense they cannot find the missing couple or
reason out why the original murders happened.
Victoria Laurie takes the characters in her Psychic Eye series down
a new road in the latest book, A PANICKED PREMONITION. With Dutch and Brice’s new business there is
some solid potential for some fun new stories.
I like how Abby continues to develop—Laurie hasn’t left her stagnant in
time, but she’s grown and matured. As
Abby approaches her 40’s she has become a bit more introspective and secure in
herself. Not that she wasn’t secure in her skills before—she just knows herself
better and is able to give more of herself to her husband. Abby and Dutch have
been totally and completely in love from the beginning, but Abby has had some
issues to overcome before she could truly let Dutch in. His own unconditional love for Abby is laid
out in the stories making them a terrific couple.
A PANICKED PREMONITION has a good mystery with some nice red
herrings…just when you think you’ve figured out what is going on Laurie throws
in yet another layer of information. You
totally know how frustrated Abby is feeling when she reaches for a thread only
to have it unravel before her eyes. The answer is there…you just need to be paying
very close attention to the clues Laurie embeds in the story.
In addition to having her supporting characters develop along
their way she adds a few new ones that will make for some good reads in the
future.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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