Review: Secrets is a great additional to the PsyCop series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2010
Vic Bayne is a PsyCop. He's the psychic half of a detective team assigned to special cases where certain types of paranormal activity may be at work. His boyfriend, Jacob, is also a PsyCop, but he's the non-psychic half of a separate detective team in a different precinct. Vic rates as a level five medium (the scale goes to seven), and he's able to easily hear and see the spirits of the deceased who have not moved on yet. He also has a tendency to abuse his medications, but hey, if you kept seeing murders reenacted, you would too."Secrets" is a great read. We delve deeper into Vic like we never have before. His relationship with Jacob is being strained by both internal and external forces. He's being pressured to have a house-warming for his new place, but since he and Jacob aren't officially "out" on the force, he starts to more closely contemplate he and Jacob can or will be perceived by their peers. Also, he's come to discover that there's very little information about him on the Internet. None, actually. Someone, or some group, is going through great lengths to erase any mention of him anywhere.The characters are deep and complex. Victor's narration is addictive and compelling (and wittily sarcastic throughout). Romantic encounters are charged with eroticism and passion. This book is a little different from the rest in that it doesn't have as conclusive an ending. The ending is the obvious jumping-off point of the next book in the series, "Camp Hell". Being enjoyable in of itself, "Secrets" also serves to build great momentum for the conclusion found in "Camp Hell", making the two novels combined an incredibly enjoyable and passionate experience. Jordan Castillo Price has a winner series on her hands with PsyCop.