Book 7, 2018
Jan. 20th, 2018 09:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeJust completed reading Grave Errors by Carol J Perry. It's part of the "Witch City" mystery series, which features teacher and reluctant scryer, Lee Barrett.
A new semester at the academy of the arts brings a new group of students to Lee's class on television production. She soon learns that one of the students, a young woman named Dorothy, is only taking the class to learn how to be an investigative reporter so she can investigate her sister's recent death. Initially, it was ruled an accident, but Dorothy is convinced that Emily was murdered. Also taking Lee's class are a pair of retired police officers, twin brothers named Roger and Ray. Soon, the entire class is caught up in Dorothy's investigation, even as Lee struggles to rein them in and keep them focused on their class project to introduce Salem, MA to the Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Lee relates Dorothy's concerns to her police officer boyfriend, Pete, but he dismisses them at first. It's not until the school receives a threatening note, directed at Lee, that Pete begins to take the students' investigation seriously. With a creepy stalker or two, a mysterious white cat, a new million-dollar real estate deal, Lee's visions, and another murder thrown in, the investigation becomes even more imperative.
Certainly a fast-paced, engrossing story. I had planned to spend the weekend reading the book, but instead, I knocked it back in about 24 hours. I enjoyed reading about the interactions of the students and how they quickly gelled into a team. It's refreshing to see that Pete supports Lee and takes an interest in her visions, even though he doesn't understand her ability. Lee barely understands it herself, but she's learned to pay attention to the visions, rather than trying to hide from them, as she used to.
Favorite line: Cops need hard facts. Real truths. They can't accuse people of crimes because of visions in mirrors or messages from cats.
Excellent story! Five stars:
*****
A new semester at the academy of the arts brings a new group of students to Lee's class on television production. She soon learns that one of the students, a young woman named Dorothy, is only taking the class to learn how to be an investigative reporter so she can investigate her sister's recent death. Initially, it was ruled an accident, but Dorothy is convinced that Emily was murdered. Also taking Lee's class are a pair of retired police officers, twin brothers named Roger and Ray. Soon, the entire class is caught up in Dorothy's investigation, even as Lee struggles to rein them in and keep them focused on their class project to introduce Salem, MA to the Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Lee relates Dorothy's concerns to her police officer boyfriend, Pete, but he dismisses them at first. It's not until the school receives a threatening note, directed at Lee, that Pete begins to take the students' investigation seriously. With a creepy stalker or two, a mysterious white cat, a new million-dollar real estate deal, Lee's visions, and another murder thrown in, the investigation becomes even more imperative.
Certainly a fast-paced, engrossing story. I had planned to spend the weekend reading the book, but instead, I knocked it back in about 24 hours. I enjoyed reading about the interactions of the students and how they quickly gelled into a team. It's refreshing to see that Pete supports Lee and takes an interest in her visions, even though he doesn't understand her ability. Lee barely understands it herself, but she's learned to pay attention to the visions, rather than trying to hide from them, as she used to.
Favorite line: Cops need hard facts. Real truths. They can't accuse people of crimes because of visions in mirrors or messages from cats.
Excellent story! Five stars:
*****
