"Scientific method never prepared Jarron for dealing with visions and voices or murderers and mayhem"
After seeing N.D. Hansen-Hill's post on the PNR List about
her book excerpts, I decided to check it out and found
treasure. By the time I finished reading the third online
chapter of GRAVE IMAGES, I was hooked and immediately
ordered the e-book version for my Rocket reader. What a
wicked imagination she has! (And I mean that in a most
complimentary way.) One of the ghosties in this paranormal
suspense story scared me enough that I turned on a night
light when I went to bed. If GRAVE IMAGES doesn't speed up
your heartbeat, then you have no pulse.
Mycologist Jarron Marshall could have studied fungi happily
all the days of his organized life until he discovers an
endophyte that promotes plant growth and could possibly
confer some degree of insect resistance, without poisoning
livestock. He applies for a grant and unwittingly opens
the door to specters -- both the human variety and those of
the spirit world.
Strict adherence to the scientific method never prepared
Jarron for dealing with visions and voices or murderers and
mayhem. But, on the plus side, while he faces this
overwhelming challenge, he counts among his mortal friends
a wily magician who makes corporate espionage look like
child's play, a mathematician who writes best-selling SF on
the side, and a lady robber known as The Wraith who knows
how to deliver the goods.
I've never read a book with so many male characters and
only one female, but I found it refreshing, probably
because N.D.'s talent for characterization is so well-
rounded. The plot is heaped with equal amounts of intrigue
and action. And the paranormal elements are described
vividly.
Nora Simpson (writing as Nora Santella) © Copyright August
2001
for ParaNormal Romance Reviews
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 21, 2002
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