Book 66, 2019

The Fortune Teller by Mary Bowers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Last night I finished reading The Fortune Teller by Mary Bowers. It's the fifth installment in the "Tropical Breeze" mystery series. This story once again focused on Taylor Verone, and it was written in her first person pov.

In the days leading up to Halloween, Tayor holds a fundraiser for her animal shelter, Orphans of the Storm. It's a theme party, complete with haunted house and a fortune teller. When the fortune teller is running late, Taylor goes into panic mode, but just as she's about to take on the role herself, the woman appears. Unfortunately, however, all of her predictions for her clients are of gloom and doom. Taylor is not pleased, but she does become concerned when the woman who played the role of fortune teller disappears. When Eden is found murdered and her time of death makes it impossible for her to have been at the party, Taylor finds herself at the center of another investigation. After another young woman in town disappears, the clues seem to be pointing at a newcomer in Tropical Breeze--a former computer hacker who claims he's trying to go clean and start over. Is Victor really on the up and up, or has he come to town for more sinister reasons? After another vision from Bastet, Taylor is more determined than ever to find out who dunnit.

The story was interesting, with lots of nifty plot twists

Favorite line: ...he had a way of looking at you appraisingly, as if he knew all about the Twinkies you ate back in 1960, after your mom told you not to.

Well done...four stars.