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Publisher: Fleming H Revell
Release Date: September 2004
ISBN: 0800759532
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Format Reviewed: Trade Paperback
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Genre:   Mystery/Inspirational [Contemporary, Missouri]
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Rachel A Hyde,
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Invisible
An Ivy Malone Mystery, No. 1
By Lorena McCourtney

      Ivy Malone is, in her own words, a LOL (Little Old Lady). As she ages she finds that to many people she is almost invisible - but this is a trait that can have its uses if you are as curious as Ivy is. When vandals repeatedly wreck the stones in her local cemetery she decides to do something about it and try a spot of investigation. But something nasty is going on, and the perpetrators aren’t shy of murdering people to get their way and soon there is a body to prove it. But they haven’t reckoned with Ivy, who not only has a “mutant curiosity gene” but can draw on her faith in God as well.

      Roll over, Miss Marple! This book has a lot to say about the pitfalls (and some unexpected benefits) of growing older, but people of any age can read it too and enjoy its many strengths. You don’t need to be a Christian either, but Ivy certainly is and finds some of her inner strength from her faith which is uplifting to read about - surely what “inspirational” really means. I certainly didn’t guess all of the plot which keeps the pages turning like anything, and the fact that the tale is told in Ivy’s own words makes it seem very direct and appealing. There is adventure, a little background romance, tragedy and comedy in here and together with the plot, characters, Christian message and all it fairly bursts like an overstuffed suitcase. Read another? When book two In Plain Sight comes out in spring 2005 I will certainly be wanting to read it. A very satisfying book indeed.