"Fantastic fantasy mystery"
After being fired from the force as someone had to take the
fall for the failed deadly bust, former Providence police
officer turned private investigator Gwen "GiGi" Gellman
thinks her mentor died from murder not an alcohol induced
accident as the evidence seems to 100 percent suggest.
However, when her running partner police officer Kate Myers
is gunned down after helping her, GiGi believes the
homicide is related to her efforts to prove that someone
forcibly put scotch into Frank Cross' before dumping him
into Narragansett Bay to drown though the ME and Kate say
otherwise. She now has a second major incentive to learn
the truth and bring her friend's killer to justice, her
style. Her style means half elf as GiGi has recently learned she
is a changeling (see SHADOWS IN THE DARKNESS). She
struggles with the concept, but also has a curiosity to
learn more about her elven heritage though that has to
remain on hold while she searches for clues to the two
murders, seeks missing people, and tries to stop a pimp
using a "legal" herbal aphrodisiac to prostitute Russian
girls. However, all converge on the corrupt PPD at the same
time elf Ian Forest demands she comes out of the closet to
their side. The Changeling Detective tale is a fantastic fantasy
mystery starring a wonderful protagonist struggling with
the loss of her job, the death of her mentor, the murder of
someone assisting her, and learning she is a half- breed.
The action-packed story line turns readers into believers
that elves and half-elves reside in New England, albeit
hiding their genetic make-up from the hated humans, yet the
story does not skimp on the investigations. SHADOWS OF
SUNLIGHT is a terrific tale that sub-genre readers will
cherish while wondering what the future will hold. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 10, 2006
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 25, 2007
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