Review: Little Mystic, Lots of Mystery,
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 24, 2013
The mystic twins, one his lovely wife, sometimes give Oliver and his partner a little edge in solving crimes. (The twins do not want and deliberately avoid publicity, only Oliver and his partner are aware that they sometimes provide some information.)The story line was well done, a sniper kills one woman and then another a few houses away and is not done, eventually the detective and his family are targets. The kills do not appear to be random, and why is an issue.  The wife of the DA becomes one of the victims, she had terminal cancer and only a short time to live. As the killing continuers, the initial prime suspect, the husband of the first victim, no longer seems a rational choice.The twins, while sharing premonitions and occasionally visions of things to come, do not get clear pictures but only flashes of what happened or what might happen and it is not enough to identify the killer or the motivation. It is sometimes enough to locate something or provide a few bits of information, such as the killer is male.Good detective work is still the basis of the case, Quentin and his partner, Jake, and other members of the team, chase many leads.Lots of details and a good story.  There are a few mentions of  Quentin and his parents belonging to a clandestine organization called "Quest" which did not require daily involvement but occasionally an assassination or a smear campaign or other intervention,  to try to lead the world down a better path.  This will probably be brought out in  other books.Interesting and good read.