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Title: Cassie Scot: Paranormal Detective (Cassie Scot #1) Author: Christine Amsden Category: Paranormal Mystery Published: May 15, 2013 by Twilight Times Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository Cassie Scot is the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. At 21, all she wants is to find a place for herself, but earning a living as a private investigator in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. When she is pulled into a paranormal investigation, and tempted by a powerful and handsome sorcerer, she will have to decide where she truly belongs.   Cassie Scot is a good mystery with a paranormal twist, but to be honest Cassie herself is what sold me on the book. Setting: Eagle Rock is an interesting town full of regular folks and magical folks. The magic is not in the open but it's kind of one of those known secrets. People suspect and respect the magical families but never actually accuse...

Title: The Baker Street Letters (Baker Street Letters #1) Author: Michael Robertson Reader: Simon Vance Category: Mystery Audio published: May 29, 2009 by Blackstone Audio Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | Book Depository In Los Angeles, a geological surveyor maps out a proposed subway route--and then goes missing. His eight-year-old daughter, in her desperation, turns to the one person she thinks might help--she writes a letter to Sherlock Holmes. That letter creates an uproar at 221b Baker Street, which now houses the law offices of attorney and man about town Reggie Heath and his hapless brother, Nigel. Instead of filing the letter like he’s supposed to, Nigel decides to investigate. Soon he’s flying off to Los Angeles, inconsiderately leaving a very dead body on the floor in his office. Big brother Reggie follows Nigel to California, as does Reggie’s sometime lover, Laura---a quick-witted stage actress who’s captured the hearts of both brothers. When Nigel is arrested, Reggie must use all his wits to solve a case that Sherlock...

I'm starting Missing Barbados by Willem Pain sometime today, so I'd thought I'd share the first bit of Chapter 1. Susan Berg passed by the ninth floor like bird poop falling out of the crystal blue Miami sky. At 32 feet per second, most would think that the building would be moving by very quickly. Funny how the mind works in an unusual circumstance like this, she thought. It all actually slows down, almost to a snail's crawl, perhaps because your body and mind have entered some sort of shock. Robert Merchant looked the same way as he seemed to float on a downward descent next to Susan, his eyes as big as saucers, his moth agape like a dry-bed guppy gasping for air. How was she to know he wasn't Luther Stein, the weasel bastard whom she was sure had broken into her eleventh floor condo to steal the evidence she had on him? So, what do you think? Keep reading or...