Truly, Madly by Heather Webber
Lucy Valentine is psychic - she can't see people's auras as her father can, but she can find lost objects and see into the future, just by shaking someone's hand.
The plot for this cozy mystery is unique - Lucy takes over her father's successful and well known match-making business while her dad recuperates after heart surgery. She matches couples by the color of their auras noted by her aura-seeing father in each client's personal file.
Synopsis: When Lucy gets a new client, shakes his hand, and sees a vision of the ring he has lost, she literally freaks out. The ring just happens to be on the finger of a skeleton buried in a grave in a forest preserve.
How Lucy solves this mystery and determines who-dunit is the basic plot of the book. Along the way, she plays Cupid to several other couples, both clients and friends, and does her father proud as an asset to his matchmaking business. She also finds the love of her life.
Comments: The book has all the elements of a nice cozy - the murder takes place off scene, the mystery is light and easy to read, only the bad guys get hurt, and everything is hunky dory at the end. Love blooms throughout, so make this book a cute romance as well.
I'm looking forward to more Lucy Valentine books - she is a very likeable and lively character with psychic as well as sleuthing abilities and a personality you'll just love.
(ARC made available through LibraryThing Early Reviewers). Submitted to the Thriller and Suspense Reading Challenge 2010 and to the 100+ Reading Challenge.
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I just saw on another blog that the second Lucy Valentine novel will be out in August. I can't wait for more fun with Lucy :-)
ReplyDeleteI'll look out for the second novel. Lucy is a fun character.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review...always looking for another good book to read!
ReplyDeleteI've read over positive reviews of this one including yours...so I must read this!!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds cute. I flew through the first half of Through Black Spruce and then put it down over Xmas and haven't bothered picking it up since. I'm going to finish it! It was recommended very highly to me.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a good book. I need some mysteries for a reading challenge this year :)
ReplyDeleteI've heard pretty good things about this book so far. I'll have to check it out, I always love a good chick lit/mystery.
ReplyDeleteI've read several good reviews of this one, so I think I need to add it to my wish list. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm adding this to my TBR list too!
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