Review: Jazzy Ghosts and Hot Lovers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
Solving a murder is difficult enough, but when ghosts and threatening messages mysteriously appear, the task is daunting. Throw in a torrid romance and the family of your lover as prime suspects, and you end up with a nearly impossible situation.Ms. Feuer weaves those elements into a gripping who-dun-it. An adult orphan---Josie Fagan---with no known family, receives an assignment to remodel a splendid old Chicago home. Not only does she discover she has a strange emotion for the house, she also has a connection through an unknown aunt to the building.Even more haunting is the strange emotion she has for her employer---Patrick Pullman. This is not just some male-female attraction. It's that, but it's more. It's like the electric shock you get from a metal doorknob after walking over a carpet and building up static electricity. Only there's no walking here. It just happens every time they touch one another---deliberately or accidentally.And then there's the jazz club. When Josie enters the place she experiences a kind of deja vu. She has seen photos of her unknown Aunt Lola by now and has a strong intuition this was a place Lola sang. Before the evening is over, she finds herself onstage, singing songs Lola sang.The challenge to complete her assignment, to discover her Aunt's killer, and to avoid romantic entanglements gives this romantic adventure of Josie Fagan many an exciting twist ere the tale is done.This is a book everyone will enjoy because of the excellent writing and splendid sleuthing woven into the story. Recommendation: Purchase two---one to enjoy and one to give as a gift.