Book Review
Occult & Battery by Lena Grgeory
Book 2: A Bay Island Psychic Mystery Series
Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: April 4, 2017
Format: Paperback - 304 pages
Kindle - 1711 KB
Nook - 1 MB
ISBN: 978-0425282762
ASIN: B01J2STXD0
BNID: 978-0698406476
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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Buy The Series: A Bay Island Psychic Mystery Series
Book 1: Death At First Sight
Book 2: Occult And Battery
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Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author / publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review and participation in a virtual book tour event hosted by Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours.
Book Description:
A murder mystery weekend becomes a little too real in the latest Bay Island Psychic Mystery from the author of Death at First Sight.
Cass Donovan uses her skills as a former psychiatrist to get away with pretending to be psychic, but she’s not about to let anyone get away with murder…
The outlook is not so good for Cass’s psychic shop, Mystical Musings. With winter winds discouraging tourists from riding the ferry from Long Island to Bay Island, Cass hopes to draw in more customers by hosting a murder mystery weekend, complete with a séance, in a supposedly haunted mansion.
But Cass begins to lose her spirit when her ex-husband shows up, along with his fiancée—Cass’s ex-best friend. Then, after one of the guests is found dead, a blizzard blows in, trapping everyone inside with a murderer. Now Cass must divine who did the deed before her reputation and her livelihood fade away.
My Book Review:
In Occult & Battery, the second book in the Bay Island Psychic Mystery series, author Lena Gregory weaves an intriguing cozy mystery tale that follows the latest amateur sleuth adventures of psychic Cass Donovan.
Set in the quaint Long Island coastal town of Bay Island, Cass is the owner of Mystical Musings, a psychic shop in her hometown. She has provided the local residents with many psychic readings, but as winter sets in, Cass's business wanes, so she decides to host a murder mystery weekend hoping to draw in customers. But when a blizzard traps everyone inside the haunted mansion, a guest is found murdered, and Cass's ex-husband shows up with his fiancee (and Cass's ex-BFF), suddenly the murder mystery weekend turns into a murder investigation with Cass using her psychic abilities in order to find the real killer and save her reputation.
Occult & Battery is a captivating and fast-paced whodunit tale that has enough quirky characters, witty banter and humor, drama, danger, and intriguing twists and turns that will keep you guessing the identity of the murderer. You can't help but get caught up in the drama and calamity that ensues as Cass uses her psychic instincts to solve the murder. Cass' amateur investigative adventure unfolds with a wonderful balance of comedy, drama, and suspense that easily kept me guessing, and left me wanting more. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how much I enjoyed the rich description of the wintry setting of the quaint coastal Long Island seaside town of Bay Island.
Occult & Battery is an entertaining cozy murder mystery that will easily engage you to join Cass in her latest psychic mystery adventures!
RATING: 5 STARS
About The Author
Lena Gregory lives in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island with her husband and three children.
When she was growing up, she spent many lazy afternoons on the beach, in the yard, anywhere she could find to curl up with a good book. She loves reading as much now as she did then, but she now enjoys the added pleasure of creating her own stories.
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Thank you so much for sharing the release of Occult and Battery! And thank you for such a lovely review :) I'm so happy you enjoyed the story!
ReplyDeleteHi Lena! Thank you for the opportunity to host your virtual book tour event. I really enjoy reading this series, and can't wait to read more! :)
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