Veena’s review of The Vanishing (Fogg Lake, Book 1) by Jayne Ann Krentz
Paranormal Romantic Suspense published by Berkley 07 Jan 20
This book is vintage Jayne Ann Krentz. It brings together the elements from each of her series under her different pseudonyms to create this masterpiece that combines psychic elements with modern murder and suspense. Romance is a nice thread in the story, but, like in all her books, it’s a flavor that brings out more in the story than the story itself.
Back in Seattle, Catalina and Olivia are best friends running a PI firm together. If they are both able to use their psychic talents in their profession, then that only helps their clients, doesn’t it? That is, until Oliva suddenly disappears and Catalina’s psychic powers are of no help. Along comes Slater Arganbright to help with the case. The fact he and Catalina have a strong chemical reaction to each other is only a bonus.
As they follow the clues, they find themselves heading back to Fogg Lake, where it all began on a night when Olivia and Catalina hung out in the cave system and witnessed a murder. A murder they’ve never been sure was real or a hallucination.
Slater has his own set of issues after his recent psychic burnout. Catalina’s belief in him and the possibilities of getting into Fogg Lake and chasing some of the rumors that have haunted the psychic community are all good for him. There’s no spine-tingling excitement and edge-of-seat danger as the story unfolds, but in the author’s quiet way, she brings all the threads together very capably with a happily ever after built in.
Grade: B
Summary:
Decades ago in the small town of Fogg Lake, The Incident occurred: an explosion in the cave system that released unknown gases. The residents slept for two days. When they woke up they discovered that things had changed—they had changed. Some started having visions. Others heard ominous voices. And then, scientists from a mysterious government agency arrived. Determined not to become research subjects of strange experiments, the residents of Fogg Lake blamed their “hallucinations” on food poisoning, and the story worked. But now it has become apparent that the eerie effects of The Incident are showing up in the descendants of Fogg Lake.…
Catalina Lark and Olivia LeClair, best friends and co-owners of an investigation firm in Seattle, use what they call their “other sight” to help solve cases. When Olivia suddenly vanishes one night, Cat frantically begins the search for her friend. No one takes the disappearance seriously except Slater Arganbright, an agent from a shadowy organization known only as the Foundation, who shows up at her firm with a cryptic warning.
A ruthless killer is hunting the only witnesses to a murder that occurred in the Fogg Lake caves fifteen years ago—Catalina and Olivia. And someone intends to make both women vanish.
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