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Deadly Visions

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A serial killer in Atlanta has murdered six high profile individuals. The athlete, attorney, college president, newspaper columnist, public relations firm owner, and former deputy mayor all complained of hearing voices that no one else heard. After they died, the police saw the same symbol marked on their chests. The police don't have a clue as to the identity of the killer so when psychic Monica Gaines offers her services to the police department, City Councilman Edward Tallman forces them to use her.

Atlanta police detective Joe Bailey works in the bunco squad and is well known for debunking paranormal cons. He is assigned to work with homicide so he can make sure that the psychic isn't pulling any con. He doesn't believe in the paranormal. When Monica's clothing spontaneously combusts and she has the serial killer's mark on her Joe is still looking for a rational explanation. When Joe hears the voice of his dead wife and lifts her prints in his home, his belief system get rattled. Still he is determined to find out who is doing these things and how it is being done.

DEADLY VISIONS is a very exciting police procedural with just the right touch of romance which is not at all surprising since the author's mother is the New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen. The protagonist is a single father nurturing his eleven-year-old daughter and that immediately endears him to the audience. Fans hope that the protagonist will give his former lover a chance at beginning a new relationship. The who-done-it is cleverly set up so that readers will finish the book in one sitting to see who is playing head games with Joe.

Harriet Klausner

I am a big Iris Johansen fan and I have also enjoyed her books co-written with Roy and when I saw Deadly Visions I had to give it a go.
The story is well put together and the characters are interesting enough to keep things rolling though it is not the quality that you find in more seasoned writers... (it is ironic that I should say that because I could not write a novel to save my life)

If you are looking to get this for your Kindle I would pass and go borrow it from the library. The formatting is horrible, wordsruntogether, and it looks like it is a bad OCR scan since words like "well" become "we11" and the like.

If you can get the paperback I say go for it, you will enjoy it. If you are going to read it on the Kindle... pass

Like the previous reviewer, I read this in one sitting. That's only because it's a quick read, not because it is particularly compelling.

Once the mystery is solved, you realize everyone except maybe the Illuminati was involved in one way or another. Whatever. Once the cast of characters got that complicated, I lost interest.

Roy Johansen is a great writer, but has only written 3 books so far. his mother, Iris johansen has written several books with Roy Johansen. Roy Johansen is a unique writer in that he writes weird stories , but they are captivating. I am looking forward to reading more of his books when he publishes them

This is a good, quick read. The protagonist is a magician-turned-detective, which is an interesting premise. He is nicknamed "The Spirit Basher", somewhat derogatorily, because he busts phony psychics and mediums. This book has him involved in solving a murder. The end is very interesting, I just wish it could have moved a bit quicker. Overall, I would recommend it, though. I liked it, just not as much as his first novel, Beyond Belief.

Just reading on IJ's site and noticed her son Roy had a first book out. Always interesting to see children of best selling authors writing on their own.

I haven't read this yet. I had to give it a rating to get this note up, so I picked "3".

SCD