THE IMPERFECT PSYCHIC: A DUBIOUS DEATH is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by Ashley King. Charlotte Vale, 30, a psychic from New York City, has a dubious gift—her vision, not always accurate, often leaves her customers more confused than happy. When Charlotte, at a crossroads, gets a vision on what she should do next in life, she follows it, and it leads her to a quaint town … leads her to a quaint town upstate, her beloved cat and companion Oliver by her side. Quiet and peaceful, the town offers the exact escape she needed. And when her own vision leads her to a charming historic for sale, she spontaneously decides to buy it and follow her forever dream of running a bed and breakfast.
But Charlotte is in way over her head. Desperate to keep it running, she is forced to rely on her psychic abilities once again, and decides to open a psychic booth once again. Everything finally seems to be going her way—when a shocking murder puts her right in the middle of the crime.
Now Charlotte must solve the case—or lose her bed and breakfast, her clients, and her future.
A page-turning cozy mystery, packed with mystery, a touch of the supernatural and humor—THE IMPERFECT PSYCHIC is an un-putdownable cozy that will keep you turning pages (and laughing out loud) late into the night.
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Fantastic reading
This is a charming cozy novel.
A fun read.
Light, entertaining cozy mystery.
An easy to listen too fun novel, good story and characters that you can easily imagine. I like the pace of this story and the way the author describes what is happening.
I really did enjoy this book.
The narrator has a very clear voice and does an excellent job of bringing this story to life.
This review is based on an audiobook I received for free and wanted to give an honest review.
I thought the story line would have been great. However, the actually wording didn’t flow. It was very choppy and the conversations between characters didn’t always add up.
I received this book from BookSirens in exchange for my honest opinion.
I was underwhelmed by this book. The story just plodded along, meandering here and there. The MC Charlotte is not very bright for someone who studied meteorology, she does needlessly stupid things. And she is downright rude in her pursuit “to find out the truth no matter what.” She mentions that she also studied criminology in school yet you can’t tell by her methods. She just blatantly knocks on doors or enters shops to ask questions and verify alibis. When said “suspects” question her on this her response is “it’s routine” then she just plows on. Dear Charlotte it is NOT routine for you the suspect to question the entire town! And she feels “hurt” (page 129) when a man she is trying to grill hangs up on her. I will say it again, she’s not bright at all. “Besides, Charlotte didn’t want any lawyer. She wanted to get to the bottom of the case herself.” Why wouldn’t you want a lawyer if you are under suspicion? Oh that’s right, you’re not too bright.
Also the author uses odd phrasing; “Once again Charlotte made sure to warn her to take everything she said for checking, with a grain of salt.” What? She just gave the lady a psychic reading, what exactly does “for checking” mean?? “Please take what I say for checking, with a grain of salt.” She uses it twice and I’m stumped. This next phrase is used incorrectly; “He and Ron had a blow by blow fight at the bar not long ago.” Again, what? Was it a blowout of a fight? Did they come to blows? Because the correct definition of blow-by-blow is: minutely detailed. As in a blow-by-blow account of something happening.
The sense of time in this is odd as well. She buys an old house to renovate into a bed and breakfast inn. She hires a crew to do the renovation and it seems as if it’s all miraculously accomplished in a few days. The author doesn’t give details of what was done other than the house was a mess then it’s suddenly beautiful. I don’t need to know paint colors and all that just give me a sense that time passed, make it seem real by the contractor having a problem or two. It was just suddenly all done! And she hired a cook but no other help. (?) There’s no mention of advertising online to attract customers then seems seriously puzzled when no one books a room. Hello, McFly! I wanted to rap her on her head. And the whole “let’s open a physic hut” thing is really weird. Yeah your family is physic but you’ve ignored that your whole life but now you feel overly confident that you can do this. And everyone just is like “Yeah do it! Great idea! You’re so brilliant Charlotte!” Meh.
*SPOILER AFTER THIS POINT*
And one last tidbit… I truly HATE when authors don’t introduce the guilty party in the book until the last chapter! That is cheating. And weak storytelling. Why did I have to slog through so many “it’s routine” rounds of belligerent questioning only to have a new character introduced at the last minute? Weak sauce!
I won’t be reading the other books in this series. If one is free I’ll read the last two chapters because I’m sure the same pattern will be followed.
I didn’t find any typos so that’s a happy plus. I can’t say I would recommend this book at all.