Card Shark [Paperback]

Gigi Miner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2011

A young widow tries to regain her life. Soon, she finds that everyone around her is being murdered. As she uses tarot cards to try to make sense of things, the killer is using them to pick out his victims.Who will be next?

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

While writing this book took just over a year, birthing this book took several. It was born of a dream. It was a persistant dream as well, not letting me rest until the idea was down on paper. Enjoy.

About the Author

Gigi Miner lives in Upstate NY with her husband, younger daughter, three cats, and an english springer spaniel. Miner also writes a monthly column for the online newsletter, The Meta Arts.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: lulu.com (August 11, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411642805
• ISBN-13: 978-1411642805
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,473,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tapestry, September 10, 2005

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Falconess - See all my reviews

This review is from: Card Shark (Paperback)

Gigi Miner, in her tale of a young window trying to live through life after sorrow, wove a thousand intricacies in her tapestry of mystery that left my head spinning. With her interesting tone of narrative and a disturbingly capturing look into the world of a murder mystery, she used tarot as an inclusive factor, and added an entirely new dimension to this book. I would read it a thousand times and still be left in awe.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trusting the Tarot, October 30, 2005

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Sigrid Macdonald (Ottawa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Card Shark (Paperback)

In a captivating and action packed story, Gigi Miner describes the life of Mahin, a young woman whose husband died one year ago. Mourning the loss of her soul mate, Mahin takes up tarot card reading to make ends meet. She encounters a number of interesting clients but one day, her cards begin to give her ominous messages.

Card Shark is a taut, romantic mystery, which teaches us much about life and the philosophy of the tarot. It poses the question of whether events are determined by fate or free will. Miner, who is an Adult Education Instructor, uses excellent character development with crisp and realistic dialogue. She has a fine eye for detail and we can easily envision the historical town of Herkimer, New York.

This book is a must-read for animal lovers, since both cats and dogs play a major role in the novel and are portrayed in a unique manner.

Suspenseful and unpredictable, Card Shark moved along quickly with many twists and turns. It was a real page turner and I would highly recommend it.

Sigrid Macdonald

Author of D'Amour Road

1.0 out of 5 stars Are you kidding me?, February 22, 2007

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sleeplessman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Card Shark (Paperback)

So much for trusting the Amazon star rating system (4 1/2 stars?)! Serves me right for basing my buying decision on only 3 reviews. This is an amateurish attempt at a mystery novel and the ending is pathetic! Don't waste your time and money!