Review: great start,  but silly ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2012
Contains SpoilersI always like a stoic cop and Matthew Bennet was a well-drawn character with a believable background. His first meeting with the 'ghost` of a recently murdered child was actually handled well,  and his sister in law/bf's subsequent meddling introduces him to the very cute Kiernan Fitzpatrick.  And I liked Kiernan too,  so that also worked.What I didn't like was the handling of the supernatural element which,  frankly,  just became too silly for me.  It snapped me out of the world of the novel and just made me sigh and shrug. It's a pity,  because the characterizations were well done,  there were signature notes (Kiernan's tee shirts)  that added charm. But the silliness of the powerful and manifesting ghost,  coupled with the standard crazy villain,  just robbed the book of any grounding,  and brought it down to 3 stars for me - I read it from start to finish,  but I won't read it again,  and I won't really remember Matt and Kiernan,  they are too overshadowed by the ghost and mishandled crime plot.