DARK AND DISORDERLY tells the story of Lillie St. Claire, a young woman who can get rid of the spirits of the dead that haunt our world. She may be in demand, but there are still those who see Lillie as a freak or her gift as demonic. Yet when she becomes the number one suspect in her husband's murder, she may find a friend in detective John Thresher.
I enjoyed seeing a heroine like Lillie. She has had a hard life, but she still endures. She may not be a hard kick-butt woman, but she is no wimp either. She cares for other people and has her own insecurities. The attraction between Lillie and detective Thresher is interesting. While the two try to decide just how they feel about each other, they must figure out who is after Lillie and why. Even with their attraction you never really know what John thinks of Lillie, which keeps you turning the pages to discover his motives, and if he loves her.
I liked that the characters seem like people you might meet in your everyday life. It is nice to read about people like you and me once in awhile.
With its many twists, this book keeps you guessing until the end. DARK AND DISORDERLY is a fun and fast paced story that keeps you entertained all the way through. This was a nice start to a new series and I cannot wait to see what new adventure Lillie will have next.
Lillie St. Claire is a Talent, one of the rare few who can
permanently dispatch the spirits of the dead that walk the
earth. Her skills are in demand in a haunted country,
where a plague of ghosts is becoming a civic nuisance.
Those skills bring her into conflict with frightened
citizens who view Talents as near-demons. Her husband has
come to see her as a Freak; so when Nathan dies after a
car crash, she is relieved to be free of his increasingly
vicious presence. Lillie expects to be haunted by Nathan's
ghost, but not to become Suspect #1 for her husband's
murder and reanimation.
But what's most surprising of all is the growing
attraction between her and psi-crime detective John
Thresher. He thinks that Lillie killed Nathan-and Nathan
must agree, because his zombie is seeking revenge. Now she
and Thresher must work together to solve her husband's
murder-before his corpse kills her...
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