Deadly Visions is a book in a series featuring police detective Joe Bailey from Atlanta. I haven't read any of the others, but I will be seeking them out now. Anyway, his job on the force is to debunk crimes like fake seances, and any other paranormal-type illegal scams.
As the story opens, Joe is called in to an investigation of several high-profile murders which seemingly have no link except for two things: 1)each of the victims claimed to have heard voices that seemingly no one else could hear; 2) a strange motif has been burned into all of their chests. Why is Joe there? Well, it seems that the police department has been somewhat pressured into bringing in a TV psychic, and Joe is supposed to make sure that everything is on the up and up. But things get a little too close to home for Joe, and he finds himself a target as well.

The book is easy to read and is fast paced; the murderer is not revealed until the very end. There's a lot of information about how paranormal scam artists do their business (a little too factual at times, but interesting), and it's just one of those books you read for fun. Not great literature, but it will take your mind away for a few hours while you read it. I liked it, and so will mystery readers who don't mind a bit of the supernatural in their mysteries. ( )