This was a nice diversion from my ordinary reads. I do love a good paranormal cozy mystery. And while I did like this book, I didn’t like it enough to finish the series. Liz is a psychologist who disdains any type of hookom. Her mother likes to read tarot cards, and now her best friend is being terrorized with them. The terror leads to muder, which leads Liz on a hunt for a killer. She will require the assistance of occult specialist Nick, while trying to stay out of her detective brother’s way. As a reader you have to pay attention to the various types of Voodoo, Vodou, and Hoodu, as they are used differently in different area and do pertain to the crimes. Overall, it was a fun read, but it easily dates itself, and it doesn’t really make you like the characters enough to revisit them.
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As some who is a practicing pagan I found the book rather offensive in tone. The main character is annoying and smug. Also as a native Los Angelean I found her it rather appalling in the illegal cell phone use while driving. Since it is quite clear she is using the handset and not using a handsfree device especially driving down Laurel Canyon. Are you nuts? ( )

This was a light & semi-interesting read....

But since I didn't care for the characters, I really can not remember their names.....

So Friend 1 & friend 2 come hone to Friend 2's house to find an odd tarot card on her door.... Then a 2nd tarot card shows up. The two cards are the same as showed up in her her husband Josh's reading just before his fatal car accident....

Next another card shows up as well as a photo of Friend #2 with pictures of voodoo snakes across it.

After some "investigation" they find that Voodoo "princess" is pissed because she believes that Friend #2 has been poisoning her boyfriend's mind against her....

When VP turns up dead after a huge party, Friend #2 is arrested....

Friend #1 continues to investigate and comes across a fake "medium", a group of the VP's "friends" who have all purchased "amulets" for various spells from VP, a few angry spirits... as well and a bunch of pushy men "friends"...

Meh, the story was ok, but as I said, I didn't really like or ever warm up to the characters, they were all pretty shallow & lame. ( )

An entertaining first novel, Murder She Wrote with a light dose of magic. The magic is in the form of voodoo as Liz Cooper tries to help her best friend, Robin, who finds threatening tarot cards pinned to her door. Liz is a shrink who is a skeptic and author Rochelle Staab spends plenty of time bringing her lead character around to the reality of the voodoo curse she's dealing with so she can face it head-on. The story is an interesting puzzle, not particularly scary, and quite entertaining. ( )

Great first book! Really loved the lore behind the plot and really found the whole book interesting. Good characters with room to grow (although I found the mom to be silly and annoying). I look forward to book 2. ( )