Review: Fortune teller: Enjoy the boardwalk - before you get murdered.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
This book begins by focusing on police officer, Mitch, a run-of-the-mill, likable. He's a cool enough dude I wanted to see what the heck he was going to get into.  Especially with Elise, since readers immediately get a sense hijinks are about to ensue between those two, and then of course, romantic fireworks.The writing was good enough to keep me turning pages, but overall I felt it was just an average read with a bit of a far-fetched story. Four, almost five murders?  That's a lot of killing being done in a small seashore community. Getting your fortune told is evil?  I realize many religions frown on gambing and voodoo type dealings, but this seemed implausible to me.I read a huge variety of novels, but didn't see all the religious blathering as a benefit to this storyline. Secondary and marginal characters were a bit lackluster even though the author put effort into developing them. I've been to many resort towns and found more interesting folks at the local coffee shop. The kind who have colorful conversations that lead you to eavesdrop and order more java than you intend to drink. I wish more characters would have become more endearing to me, but this just wasn't the case. I'm glad the lead characters were interesting enough.A little more spice and a lot less God talk would have made this a much more enjoyable read for me personally. But  I'm sure there are many readers who will give praise for this novel with its Christian appeal.