Review: Great psychic detective story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
"Conduit" by Angie Martin is an enjoyable and gripping thriller about a private investigator with psychic abilities.We learn early onwards that our heroine, Emily, is being targeted by a serial killer, whom she ends up investigating - making her both, the hunter and the hunted.Right from the start Martin builds great suspense. The opening scene, describing the captivity of one of the killer's victims, was quite powerful and drew me right in. But Martin sets the scene carefully and gives us a lot of background to both the killer and our heroine, which gives the characters a lot of flesh and depth. To me that is what distinguishes the book from man of its peers in the genre as it allowed me to care for Emily and understand better what motivated the killer. Throw in some great chemistry and romance and you find yourself in the middle of a rather engaging thriller.I am a huge fan of psychic detective series which makes me a very critical reader when it comes to them because I expect a lot from them. Conduit did not let me down in that regard. Emily's abilities are used in an understated way, and the desriptions of the 'psychic attacks' are great.Given the current trend for paranormal and supernatural crime investigation this do should very well.I was given a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.