Review: Good start
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2013
Wicked Night began with an officer asking a private investigator for help on what appeared to be serial kidnappings. Going through official channels limits police officers, but private investigators are able to skirt the edge of appropriate legal behavior with fewer constraints. Therefore, PI Laurie Cole agreed to her friend Emily's request to serve as a police consultant on the investigation of the three kidnapped women.  Laurie learned the police suspected a celebrity, a magician named Alex Volman, because a magical tool that he used as a prop was found in the home of all three missing women. The police didn't want to accuse the magician with flimsy circumstantial evidence, but they needed to find out if and what Alex knew about the women. It became Laurie's job to discretely dig up information on Alex Volman.Laurie decided to start by questioning Alex, and get a feel for his character. But once they met, there was an instant connection that both of them had a hard time resisting. Who was this man and why did she feel like her life was somehow linked to him? Did it have to do with his "magic"? Officer Laurie Cole definitely had her hands full with solving the mystery of the kidnappings as well as the mystery of her attraction to Alex.I enjoyed this short story as it was creative and the writing was pretty fluid. I think this book should be called a prequel (Book 0.5) instead of a Book 1 because it was too short to really develop the characters well.  It definitely laid a good foundation to this new series. I am certain that a full length novel, perhaps the next installment, would do this story more justice. The author has two good things going for her in this series: Her strong writing and the interesting storyline. There were two things that didn't seem to fit my understanding of Laurie in this book. One was agreeing to have dinner with a person of interest. The second was her lack of inquiry regarding Alex's power ritual, especially considering her occupation. But I liked Laurie and I liked Alex, and found this novella quite interesting.Reviewed by  EzinwanyiMember of the Paranormal Romance Review Team