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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Luminosity and Murder
Strangled Intuition is an incredibly fun read and delightful mystery written in the cozy, amateur sleuth style. But it offers more than just a clever whodunit (Which was indeed clever. All the clues were fair, but I didn't guess the murderer's identity until the end.). Part way through the book, I realized what Claire Daniels meant by "strangled intuition."...
Published on March 9, 2004 by Raoul Zuleger
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Reasonably good mystery, but I won't bother with others
Although I mostly enjoyed reading this story, there were several things that kept it from being a page turner for me. The mystery, itself, unravels logically and within the story's framework. The solution does not drop out of the sky; it makes sense. Kudos to the author for that. Still, I found the long middle of the story did little to advance...
Published on July 4, 2005 by Patricia Tryon
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Luminosity and Murder,
By Raoul Zuleger (Sonoma County, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Strangled Intuition (Paperback)
Strangled Intuition is an incredibly fun read and delightful mystery written in the cozy, amateur sleuth style. But it offers more than just a clever whodunit (Which was indeed clever. All the clues were fair, but I didn't guess the murderer's identity until the end.). Part way through the book, I realized what Claire Daniels meant by "strangled intuition." The books protagonist, Cally Lazar, is a medical intuitive, but her intuition can't help her find a murderer. Cally is also an incurable optimist, but people die near her. Her struggle to maintain inner peace while the dead bodies pile up was the bonus that put Strangled Intuition over the top for me. I couldn't ask for more. A good solid mystery with an endearing protagonist, humor, great plot, believable characters, and an underlying theme that spoke to me. I give it five stars!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Reasonably good mystery, but I won't bother with others,
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This review is from: Strangled Intuition (Paperback)
Although I mostly enjoyed reading this story, there were several things that kept it from being a page turner for me.
The mystery, itself, unravels logically and within the story's framework. The solution does not drop out of the sky; it makes sense. Kudos to the author for that. Still, I found the long middle of the story did little to advance the plot. Readers are "treated" to an exposition of the problems exhibited by every client the protagonist sees during the days the mystery is unsolved, and to what end? The tension between light and darkness manages to become almost boring. A tantalizing subplot about the deaths of the protagonist's parents pops up briefly and then, without explanation, disappears. The presence of one sibling in the story makes sense. The other three pop up without any real purpose. Finally, the author's use of faux-expletetives (Dack!) got on my nerves. She makes the case, unwittingly, that use of expletives signals an uninspired vocabulary. I do not regret having read this book, but I feel no need to browse any of the author's other titles. |
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Strangled Intuition: A Karma Crime Mystery by Claire Daniels (Hardcover - July 20, 2004)
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