Marina Fiorato, who writes about strong female characters with settings in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries combines excellent historical figure research of actual people, some embellishments on details, a good story line and even some romantic connections. So I would say check out other authors that have mystery, intrigue, and have their main characters better defined with more insights into the human condition, because both this and it's companion second book seem simplistic. Her romantic interest was a similar character and all of the people in this book seemed only two dimensional and lacking in complexity. I felt that although the book was entertaining in many aspects it lacked insights into the psychological make up of people and as such the main character became wish washy and unfocused. The main character seemingly could not decide how she would approach various situations and then would rigidly establish behavior plans for herself that she had no intention of keeping. She seemed often naive and unobservant to human nature and castigated herself for seeing and conversing with ghosts.
This one is sometimes just a little patronizing to the reader's intelligence by repeating what the main character felt and her actions as a therapist from LA and not some small town in Washington State. With two murders to solve and a killer on the loose, Jordan faces yet another equally terrifying prospect: her growing attraction to the very alive and criminally attractive pub owner Jase Cunningham.I liked P J Alderman's books about the Columbia River and the woman who was the barge guide a little better. Holt's ancestor Michael Seavey, the Pacific Northwest's most infamous shanghaier, has materialized in Jordan's house, seeking to solve his own death in a suspicious shipwreck in 1893. And this one isn't taking murder lying down. As if living with the long-deceased isn't enough of a challenge, she's just found a corpse: The town's notorious womanizer Holt Stillwell is lying on the beach with a bullet in his head.īefore Jordan can reel in a suspect, another victim surfaces.
Alderman's delightful new mystery series blends haunting ghosts with hunting criminals as therapist Jordan Marsh dives deep into the past to solve a modern murder.Ī recent transplant to Washington State's charming seaside town of Port Chatham, Jordan is still getting used to sharing her slightly run-down but historic lodging with ghosts. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author P.
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