The House on Hallowed Ground

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A sparkling new series by a Nancy Cole Silverman involving a former psychic to the stars - Misty Dawn. In The House on Hallowed Ground, Misty is convinced by her friend Denise to move into her recently-deceased brother’s house. Denise fails to mention that Wilson has not crossed over and he haunts the house. (The House on Hallowed Ground will be released on September 10 by Henery Press)

Actress Zoey Chamberlain believes her house, the fabled Pink Mansion, is haunted. She has been hearing footsteps, music and other strange sounds, so she invites Misty to see for herself. Legend has it a four-year-old girl drowned in the pool in the early forties and her ghost still haunts the house.

But when Misty arrives, to search the house she is not greeted by a ghost, but a dead body. Zoey's best friend and lookalike actress Lacey Adams has drowned in the hot tub. Zoey and Lacey have been seen arguing earlier and the police are interested in the argument, and Zoey as the killer.

Misty is soon involved in the investigation of a murder and Wilson is recruited to assist. Because of Wilson's special circumstances, he has the ability to reach the spirits and talk to them. Soon he is having tea with the little girl ghost of the house. These scenes are quite delightful.

The Misty-Wilson combination has the potential to solve crimes, but in a very unusual and comic way. I look forward to others in this series.





Disclosure: I received this book from the author for a fair review.

Reason to Doubt

Another excellent adventure for reporter Carol Childs. In Reason to Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman, Carol's college-aged daughter Cate returns home with an aspiring fashion photographer named Pete Pompidou. Because Carol has been investigating the deaths of three young models, she has deep concerns about Pete. (Reason to Doubt will be released by Henery Press on November 6.)

When he is arrested, she tries to keep her daughter safe in case he is the killer. Incriminating photos of the women were found in his apartment, but Cate is convinced he is innocent. This sends Carol on a daring quest to find the killer and prove that her daughter's instincts for her boyfriend are right.

Carol receives a phone call at her radio station from a waitress in a local strip club saying she knows who the killer is because she killed him. Wasting no time, Carol races to meet the waitress named Xstacy. Xstacy claims she ran over the killer in the parking lot of the strip club.

At the strip club, Xstacy hear the man talking about taking Polaroid pictures of the models and leaving them at the scene of the crime. Carol knows that news what not reported and is beginning to believe Xstacy. When Xstacy and her friend Jewels decide to set up the man as a disheveled drunk, they wait for him outside the club and run him over.

The police are called and they believe it was an accident. Carol knows she cannot go to the police with this story, especially as Xstacy has asked to keep her name out of it. When Carol cannot get in touch with her, she worries for her safety.

When another body is found, Carol worries the real killer was not run down in a traffic accident and maybe it is her daughter's boyfriend after all.

Another spine tingling, tense mystery by Nancy Cole Silverman.

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Room for Doubt

Carol Childs receives a phone call at 5:30 am from Tyler, her boss at the radio station. "There's a body up on the Hollywood Sign." Jolted awake, Carol begins another day of investigating in Room for Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman.

Sure enough, there is a body of a naked man hanging from the sign, but what is so disturbing is that Carol had just seen him flirting with a young woman in the grocery store the day before. The police rule it a suicide, but Carol is not so sure, especially because of the red clown's nose on his face.

A private detective calls Tyler and claims the case could be tied to several similar cases. He wants Carol to meet with the detective and see if there is a link. Gerhardt, don't call me Gerhardt, Chasen meets Carol near the site of the last death. He is convinced someone on the police force including Detective Riley is giving these cases only a cursory look.

Chase convinces Carol to use her new Sunday night radio show as a forum to discuss the latest death and his theory concerning the connection to the other deaths. When he calls into her show to discuss a series of grisly, gang-land style murders, he lights up the phone lines.

A caller implies she knows something about the deaths. Mustang Sally claims Bruno, the latest victim, deserved exactly what he got. And, shockingly she claims he was just an example, and adds a detail that wasn't included in the media account of the death. She ends her conversation by saying, "We're mad as hell. And we're not going to take it anymore."

Is Bruno's death the result of a group of vigilante women? Carol is shocked beyond belief. Before she can follow up, Mustang Sally hangs up. When Carol witnesses the obvious suicide of Detective Riley, she is numb, but realizes maybe there is some truth to Mustang Sally's claims.

She and Chase delve deeper into the cases, they discover a connection with Marcus Redding, the owner of the Los Angeles basketball franchise, who has been found dead. A notorious philanderer, Carol wonders if this death is connected. It seems the stakes have gotten higher.

In Room For Doubt, Carol Childs and Chase Chasen following a terrifying path to solve the murders.  This was an exciting book with an unexpected ending. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

For my review of the first book in the series Without a Doubt, click here. For other books by Nancy Cole Silverman, click here.

All That Glitters

Lately my reading has drifted toward jewel thefts and art authentication. Not sure what that means, but I'm enjoying the adventure. Nancy Cole Silverman's Without a Doubt is feeding that obsession.

Carol Child's is a reporter for a local radio station. She and her friend Sheri have just completed a location segment at a Beverly HIlls chocolatier, when Carol notices her boyfriend Eric coming out of Henery Westin's, one of Beverly Hills' most exclusive jewelry stores with a sultry woman famous for being famous.

A few minutes later a thunderous blast shakes the street. Alarms start blaring and people are scattered everywhere. The bomb blast came from inside the jewelry store and a robbery has taken place. Ever the reporter, Carol tries to get the details. After interviewing the store manager and the detective on hand and going on air with a live remote, she heads for her car.

As she reaches the lot, she notices an elderly woman struggling with shopping bags. The woman gives Carol a pin with a Phoenix rising from fire, surrounded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds. Surely it is a knock off, not the real thing. Unknowingly it turns out she has assisted the thief with her bags right after a brazen theft at a famous jewelry store. The theft leads her into the lifestyles of the rich and famous and she tries work out the details. One minor distraction is the jewelry theft ringleader - he has taken a shine to her and keeps calling her with little clues.

This complicates her relationship with Eric, who is an FBI agent, and her activities at her radio station. When people begin to die, Carol digs deeper into the story and discovers the connection between this robbery and a series of robberies in Europe.

The complicated plot leads deeper into the lifestyles of rich polo players, actresses and people vying for fame. An enjoyable read.

For other books by Nancy Cole Silverman, click here.