It’s
off-season on Bay Island, sales are way down and the forecast
of a pending blizzard isn’t helping. Cass Donovan, concerned
about the future of her psychic shop, Mystical Musings, agrees
to provide psychic readings during a special event at a local
haunted mansion recently purchased by the Wellington family,
one Priscilla Wellington plans to turn into a B&B.
Cass enlists the help of her friends Stephanie Lawrence and
Bee Maxwell. Bee takes time away from designing dresses to
research hauntings on Bay Island, and especially the mansion’s
history, then uses his unique talents to create an eerie atmosphere
in preparation of the guests’ arrivals. Cass meets other
members of the Wellington family and invitees, but is stunned
when her ex-husband and his fiancée (her former best
friend) arrive.
Later, when Cass conducts a séance, a ghostly apparition
appears near the fireplace and startles everyone. Bee swears
he had nothing to do with it, and Cass wonders if the mansion
might truly be haunted. Soon the electricity fails due to
the blizzard raging outside, and then a sudden scream pierces
the air. One of the Wellingtons is found hanging from the
mansion’s cupola. Now, they’re all trapped, and
one of them is a murderer. Can Cass use her intuition to find
the killer?
Bee is his charming and funny self, and Stephanie is a truly
good friend. Stephanie's cop husband Tank provides sanity
in a sea of uncertainty, and Cass’s boyfriend Luke makes
a brief appearance. I just love Cass’s giant Leonberger
puppy who definitely needs training. But my favorite character
is Cass, a former psychiatrist who, after losing a patient
to suicide, tries to help others through her psychic readings.
She may not believe she’s psychic, but she is sensitive
and observant to the point that I believe she just might be
truly intuitive.
Reviews of other titles in this
series
Death
at First Sight #1
Occult
and Battery #2
Clairvoyant
and Present Danger #3
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