Ciel Halligan is an aura adaptor. She can see auras and then slip them on as her own. She uses her ability to help her clients sort out little troubles in their life. Her current job is helping a kindly older woman secure a position on the board of directors of Friends of the National Zoo while warding of the advances of the man interviewing her. Nothing Ciel can't handle with the help of her sort of boyfriend Billy and his little sister Molly, right? All is going well when Molly, shows signs of being an aura adaptor as well. Still too young to have any sort of control, Molly adapts into a baby orangutan and can't turn back. More is at play here then Ciel realizes. When a friend nearly dies from a gunshot wound, Ciel begins to wonder if Molly's precocious new abilities are something different. Who has been experimenting on the girl and can Ciel keep Molly safe?
QUICK FIX by Linda Grimes is a wild, orangutan-filled romp through the delightfully wacky lives of the Halligan family. The second in the series, QUICK FIX is quite simply fun to read. When Ciel and Billy try to sneak Orangutan Molly out of the zoo, I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. Ciel's voice, with her quirky worldview and hilarious predicaments, set a lively pace for the story. I didn't want to put this book down!
One of the best aspects of this book is the Halligan family interaction. Ms. Grimes knows family and she's captured the complexity of those relationships in a realistic, heartwarming, and hilarious ways. I can't wait to see how this family continues to get themselves into trouble.
Linda Grimes is a talented author who knows how to juggle the mystery, fun, and two very sexy men in Ciel Halligan's life. QUICK FIX is so much fun to read that I can hardly wait for the next Ciel Halligan mystery.
QUICK FIXβthe second installment of the original urban
fantasy series by LINDA GRIMES.
Ciel Halligan, an aura adaptor with a chameleon-like ability
to step into the lives of her clients and fix their problems
for themβas themβis working a job at the National Zoo with
her boyfriend, Billy, and his ten-year-old sister, Molly.
It's supposed to be a quick fix, giving her time to decide
if it's wise to pursue the romantic relationship her
charming scoundrel of a best friend wants, or if she should
give Mark, the CIA spook she's crushed on since hormones
first rattled her pubescent brain, a chance to step up to
the plate.
Molly has already begun to show signs of being an adaptor
herself. She's young for it, but she's always been
precocious, so it's not impossible. What is impossible is
her taking on the form of the baby orangutan she
touchesβadaptors can only project human auras. Until now,
apparently. Worse, Molly is stuck in ape form. She can't
change herself back.
Escaping from the zoo with their new baby orang, Ciel and
Billy head for New York City and the only person they know
can help: Ciel's brother James, a non-adaptor scientist
who's determined to crack the aura adaptor genetic code. But
when Billy winds up in jail, accused of attempted murder,
Ciel begins to suspect Molly's unusual adapting ability is
more than just a fluke. Who's been experimenting on Molly,
and what do they hope to gain? And will Ciel survive to find
out?
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