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A Mansion, A Drag Queen, And A New Job by C.C. Dragon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This morning, I took the time to finish reading A Mansion, a Drag Queen, and a New Job by CC Dragon. It's the first book in the "Deanna Oscar" paranormal mystery series, featuring psychic and psychologist Dr Deanna Oscar.

Deanna was planning to apply for a teaching job at several prestigious universities, but when a grandmother she didn't know dies and leaves everything to her, Deanna ends up in New Orleans. There, her psychic abilities are revered, rather than feared, and the police actually listen when Deanna's visions lead them to the body of a murdered little girl. What the police don't know, but Deanna does, is that this man is going to kill again. Now, she finds herself immersed in the investigation, trying to track down a killer and dodge the ghost who's been egging him on.

As if that wasn't complicated enough, the mansion that Deanna inherited comes with Ivy, a drag queen, Greg, who used to assist Gran, and Missy, the ghostly maid. In addition, the house has several haunted objects that need to be kept under control, and Deanna's Gran keeps appearing to her to offer advice. Deanna has yet to decide if she wants to return to the safe (and boring!) world of academia, or if she wants to embrace her psychic abilities and take over her grandmother's business.

I truly enjoyed the story. Characters were relatable, the plot flowed smoothly, and it was just creepy enough at some parts. Even the villain was someone you could sympathize with. Grammar was good, for the most part. However, once I got to the last few chapters, the formatting of the ebook was borked, and several "pages" were blank/missing. That irritated me to no end. By that time, the main plot had been wrapped up, but I was still angry about it.

Favorite liness:
♦ Hell, my curiosity hadn't killed me--yet.
♦ "There's no one right religion. People are judged by their deeds, not by their affiliations."
♦ "As opposed to what? Playing Scooby Doo and chasing pirate ghosts in the Mystery Machine?"

Would have given this five stars, but the missing pages knocks the score down to four.