Publisher: NAL
Published: June 5m 2012
ISBN: 978-0451235060
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
THREE HEARTS
Settled in Austin with her beau Dutch Rivers, Abby Cooper’s life
is moving along pretty nicely. Slowly
but surely she’s building up a clientele for her psychic readings and the house
she and Dutch are building is moving along.
What more could a girl ask for? And
while Abby’s intuition can give her some pretty solid guidance, it can’t stop
the storms that follow life’s calms. And
when the storm hits, it’s a call from Washington and the CIA. A valuable piece of equipment has gone
missing—a drone that can read auras.
After an intense week of training Dutch and Abby are on their way to
Canada, the last known location of the drone.
No sooner do they arrive in Canada than someone sets Abby in
their sites…and it’s not for a date.
Someone wants Abby out of the picture.
Can Abby and Dutch find the drone and get out of Canada before someone
takes Abby out?
Victoria Laurie’s Psychic Eye series has been one of the most
enjoyable and unique in the cozy mystery / mystery genre. The premise has been refreshing and her
characters are memorable. VISION
IMPOSSIBLE just didn’t do it for me. I
felt more than once that the author wasn’t liking the story and was struggling
to tell it. I don’t know what happened
to Abby. In prior books she was a quick
witted, smart talking, confident woman. In
VISION IMPOSSIBLE she wasn’t likable for any number of reasons—the way she
treated Dutch, the self-absorption…and where were her psychic abilities? Her “crew” showed up maybe twice—whereas in
the prior books, while invisible spirit guides, they certainly stepped up to
help her out. And who was taking care of
Eggy and Tuttle while Abby and Dutch were sleuthing in Canada?
That said, I did like Maks and hope we’ll see more of him…but
please, not in a love triangle!
I’m not about to give up on the series. Every author has at least one book in a
series that just isn’t up there with all of them…we all have moments like that
and I hope this is an anomaly rather than a trend because this has been one
super series.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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