Every now and then I'll offer a review of a book that catches my eye. This week it's Elizabeth Delisi's Fatal Fortune. Liz will be my guest in the next couple of weeks.
Lottie (Madame Carlotta) Baldwin’s flamboyant ways ruffle
the feathers of the small town in which she is a decided outsider. She speaks her mind, claims psychic powers, and lives in a house designed for a witch.
Worse, she reads the Tarot. Accurately. None of which endears her to the stolid
citizens of Cheyenne, ND, and least of all to Sheriff McCarthy, who rejects and
resents everything she stands for.
This creates a problem for McCarthy’s Chief Deputy,
Harlan Erickson, because he is madly in love with Lottie. Unlike his boss, he
trusts her intuitive senses and has often relied on them in difficult cases.
But now Harlan and Lottie must join forces to investigate a murder and rescue a
kidnapped child.
Elizabeth Delisi creates a cunning story of deceit,
resentment, jealousy and greed in Fatal
Fortune. Through it all she weaves a thread of the Tarot. Whether or not
you accept the validity of the cards, you will be engrossed in the plot and in
Lottie’s interpretation of the patterns she lays out. The cards serve as both
meditation and foreshadow, but it is up to Lottie to pursue the clues they
provide. With or without Harlan’s cooperation, she puts herself in danger to
solve the mystery and prevent further mayhem.
Fatal Fortune is
an engrossing read, replete with the intricate web of small-town connections
and an understanding of what drives people to extreme actions. I can’t wait to
read the rest of the series.
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