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Better read than dead

Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Rate this book. Victoria Laurie. Word of Abby's talents reading tarot cards has reached a mob boss who wants her help in some business matters and he doesn't take no for an answer. When the police seek out her psychic intuition to shed light on a masked man who's been attacking women, Abby finds herself working both sides of the law on her own, leading her to wonder, why didn't I see this coming? Loading interface About the author. Victoria Laurie 65 books 3, followers. Victoria Laurie is the New York Times bestselling author of 32 books and counting. Over the past 16 years Victoria has created several series and a few stand-alone novels. Write a Review. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

I read this book hoping that it would be better then the last but I honestly feel like it's much worse. I like the characters of Abby, better read than dead, Milo and Dutch. In this book you deal with a masked serial attacker and the mob.

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As if a police detective couldn't possibly be busy with other things. The ending was a twist where she gets to bring out some of her dark side with her psychic abilities, and I don't blame her a bit. I finished and have given it 5 stars because it deserves it. I flew this book again like I was hooked on book crack. Shakespeare is Good. What starts out as repaying a favour sees Abby become embroiled with a mob boss and sees her life unravel as everyone close to her is in danger. At the same time, she is just so easily provoked to jealousy and stupid behavior with her significant other — a former cop and now recent FBI recruit and trainee. Really, that's your solution when you realize you're mixed up with the mob? These add to the dimensions of her ability and keep them layered and interesting. Customer Reviews. Abby begins to wonder if despite her feelings for the hunky FBI agent, if she should work so hard to be with someone who still cant trust her and believe in the real her. I can't stand stuff like that. So what if she's a billionaire or whatever. This is my favorite literature podcast or media by far!

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The mob boss was deplorable and a bit more could have been done with some of those characters to make it spicier, but having them black and white bad did lend a push to the storyline. Rate this book. Over the past 16 years Victoria has created several series and a few stand-alone novels. The narration was ok. Lisa Kay. A lot darker than I remember the first book being. She originally got into this mess because she agreed to help her friend Kendall do readings at a wedding after the original psychic backed out. Giving up on trying to convince Milo, Abby resigns to wait and watch having no clue that she caught the attention of the Don of the mob at his daughters wedding with her talents. I will definitely be reading more of this series. So, I decided to start this series, even though it was not quite in the same vein. Her relationship to her sister is shameful. Victoria Laurie. The contextualization they bring is really helpful and interesting. Middle-Grade Fiction. There is still plenty of spookiness left in the season!