After an ominous Tarot reading, Sedona bookstore owner Rarity Cole must find a killer to keep her friend safe from harm—even if the cards are stacked against her . . .
Following her recovery from breast cancer, Rarity has embraced a life of healing and service in her Sedona, Arizona, community. She welcomes the opportunity to participate in the annual summer healing fair with her fittingly named new-age bookstore, The Next Chapter. The members of the Tuesday Night Survivors’ Book Club are also volunteering, maintaining a cooling station for overheated festivalgoers, and hosting a Tarot card reader for entertainment.
But one member, Darby, is anything but entertained when the Tarot reader pulls a Death card. With a mammogram coming up, she’s freaked out and goes home—only to walk into a crime scene where someone near and dear to her has been murdered. Despite the objections of Detective Drew Anderson, Rarity is determined to help her friend and protect her from being the killer’s next victim. (Goodreads synopsis)
I have read many of Lynn Cahoon’s novels, because she is one of my favorite authors. However, her Survivors’ Book Club series is actually not one of my favorites, but I continue to read them anyway. I love the camaraderie of the group and how everyone pitches in to help each other. I also really like Rarity’s friendship with Police officer Drew Anderson. It’s very rare that I can find a cozy mystery that allows for the amateur’s talents to be used and accepted by law enforcement.
The mystery was also very good, because I had no idea who the killer was until the ending. I had figured out who Darby’s grandmother was pretty early on, but that plot point is typically used in mysteries, so I didn’t take any points away for that.
Normally I enjoy how Lynn Cahoon writes her novels, but these ones always feel disjointed to me. I don’t know if it's a time lapse issue (for example, Rarity and Archer just arrived at the restuarant but three paragraphs later are leaving…?) or if it is a lack of descriptive thoughts that are missing. It just seems like there were gaps between sentences, a leap from one thought process to another.
Overall, I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars.
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