Review: Captivating Supernatural Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
Elliot is a homicide detective for the Tulsa police department. Right after he thinks he sees a girl, Laura, that disappeared 8 years earlier, an old college friend, Gerald, and former boyfriend of Laura, calls him claiming to have seen her as well. They arrange to meet and talk, but Gerald never shows and Elliot gets the feeling that he's in trouble. He starts his own investigation, and when he gets more involved he gets time off of work so he can dedicate himself to finding his missing friend. Everything he finds leads him back to old friends from his college days, places he would never have though of visiting, and mostly a strange Aztec knife. But more and more people keep disappearing and dying. He continues delving further, ignoring the urges and warnings he receives to drop the case trying to piece together the past with the present.The story is really well written and keeps you reading, wanting to figure out the mystery. It's also nicely paced, so you're not being thrust with tons of information at once. The story also delves into more personal aspects of Elliot's life, like dealing with the 10 yr old son he just found out he has, and helps provide more depth to his character and gives the reader a bit of respite from the investigation/mystery.It's definitely not your normal detective/cop/mystery. I found it much more interesting and liked how it delved into the supernatural. It had a satisfying ending, that also felt like it could lead into another book - which I would definitely be interested in reading.If you like this genre I don't see how you couldn't enjoy this book.