Author: Lena Gregory
Genre: Mystery/Paranormal
Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781958384046
Beyond the Page Publishing
199 Pages
$13.99; $4.99 Amazon
June 28, 2022
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When the spirit of Ophelia Wilson turned to clairvoyant Cass Donovan for help, Cass was able to prove Ophelia's innocence in the century-old murders of her family members -- and solve a contemporary murder in the process. But Ophelia's spirit has returned, this time angrily demanding that Cass expose the identity of whoever did kill her family. And then eerily, two descendants from the Wilson family tree are murdered, suggesting that Ophelia has the power to meddle in modern-day events to satisfy her rage.
As Cass struggles to solve the two recent murders and unravel the sparse clues about murders from a hundred years ago, she and those around her begin to suffer Ophelia's wrath -- including an attempt on the life of one of Cass's closest friends. Relying on all of her own psychic powers, CAss has to confront the spirit's hunger for vengeance and track down a merciless killer before she becomes the next victim of both...
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Cass Donovan is a clairvoyant who lives peacefully in the home she grew up in on Bay Island. Most of the time, that is. She has a full life, with a best friend named Bee, her dog Beast, and a romantic relationship with Luke, a police detective. But one morning she walks into her shop and sees a vision that shakes her to her core. She knows she needs to decipher what it means, but then she learns that a new tour group is coming to the island, and they want to keep the old insane asylum standing -- the one where Cass recently had a bad experience, and both she and the owner want it torn down.
But how far will these people go to keep it standing? When there are two murders -- and Cass discovers that they are descendants of Ophelia Wilson, whom she proved innocent of killing her family members a century ago, she has to wonder if both are connected, and how. Now it seems Ophelia has a new mission for her -- find out who killed her family members or more people might die...
This is the seventh book in the series and I have read them all. I love the characters and how they interact with one another, I do love that in this book Bee shows his love, in more ways than one, for Cass. There are heartwarming scenes between the two of them that are worth the read alone.
When Cass and Bee decide to visit relatives of Ophelia's they get a huge surprise, and in Bee's research he discovers things that neither he nor Cass do, and can completely change everything. But in learning this, they have to figure something else out, too; it is this that brings the meat of the story into play and kept me reading this in one session. Finding a killer is difficult; but when the killer is keeping secrets of their own, it proves nearly impossible.
The book was wonderful; the story highly intriguing, and the secrets well-kept. It is only the purposefulness of both Cass and Bee that finally brings everything to light. In the end, when the killer is revealed, we come across a ruthless person who has their own line of vengeance to follow. Murder is never pretty, never worth it, never understood. But the story is told well, and I cannot wait to read the next in the series. Highly recommended.
I received an advance copy from the publisher and NetGalley but this in no way influenced my review.
More on Lena Gregory's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/lena-gregory/
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