Wow did I like this book! It was fast-paced with twists and turns and it was intelligent. When you put together a physicist who studies the weather, a private investigator who is a psychic, a police officer who used to be best friends with the psychic until he got shot when helping him, which resulted in a 6-week leave from the police department and an angry wife, and add a father-in-law who lives with his son and daughter-in-law since his stroke, then you have an entertaining story.
Eve (physicist) and Matthew (college professor) are married. Matthew's mother died and his father, Earl, had a stroke. Earl lives with Eve & Matthew so they can help take care of him. They are well-off financially. Eve's weather plane alone cost around $3 million. Recently Matthew was relieved of his job due to his alleged inappropriate conduct with a student. One day Matthew's Tesla was found burned to ashes and there is no sign of Matthew himself.
Meanwhile, the police officer Max has just returned to the job. His gun shot wound is still causing him pain, but he feels like he needs to prove to everyone that he can do the job. He is told to stay away from the psychic (Jonah), by his superiors at the police department and his wife. Of course Jonah shows up at the station on Max's first day back. Jonah is in rough shape, still trying to find Celina, who has been missing for four months and the reason that Max got shot.
Jonah has special psychic powers that causes him great emotional and psychological pain. He sees visions of missing people. Some of the people he finds are living, but some he doesn't find in time and they are dead. He feels the emotions of the people around him. His only friend in life is Max, and Max has told him to go away.
Jonah believes that Matthew's disappearance is connected to Celina's disappearance. He has visions of Matthew being in the same barn as Celina was, bleeding, injured and scared. Jonah tries to approach Eve and Earl at their home to tell them what he believes about Matthew, but Eve, being a scientist, doesn't believe in psychics and also sends him away.
Another key element in this story is the weather. The story is set in Iowa. After a nice heavy rain, the temperature drops significantly and everything is coated in ice. Everything. So when things start happening (ie Eve & Jonah & Earl start working together), it happens on ice. This adds to the excitement, trust me.
I could have easily read this in one sitting if I had the time! All I can say is, there had better be a second book. This story is not done. I normally don't rate any mystery/thriller 5 stars because I save my 5 star reads for the historical fiction & literature that I love, but this one comes close.
Wendy's Rating: ****
No comments:
Post a Comment