Review: Lies and Diversions
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
This is the 3rd book in the Witch Detectives series following Witch and Famous. This is not a standalone novel. While there are passages that reference events of the two previous novels in the series, they are in place more to remind the reader about a certain event, not to explain it.While the story is relatively short – about 165 pages – this is not some light, flirty, little paranormal romantic suspense. It is a serious murder mystery. The fact that the main characters are witches and goblins do not make the story any less a tale of lethal intent and execution. And the motivations for the murder and mayhem that take place are no different for the magical creatures of this tale than they are for so-called humans. A psychopath is a psychopath.The novel is intelligently and systematically laid out. Each scene rolls smoothly into the next and chapter follows chapter seamlessly. The author writes the tale in first person POV; therefore, we only know what is happening as it happens to Elle, as she figures it out. However, the author is quite clever in planting the clues within that first person POV and I managed to figure out the identity of the villain a few pages ahead of Elle.While this is not the last book of the series, it does not end in a monumental cliffhanger either. The main story is wrapped up realistically but the sub-plots are still there, simmering quietly until the next time.