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Brodie McFadden is supposed to be on vacation, getting some sunshine and
deciding if he wants to join his brothers in the Krewe of Hunters, a
special paranormal investigation unit of the FBI. But a diving excursion
with an old navy buddy to a historic shipwreck uncovers a crime
scene—and the corpse is new.
Museum curator Dakota “Kody” McCoy just wants her Key West culture festival to succeed. She’s always had a deep connection to her home, including being regularly haunted by some of the resident ghosts. Then, in the middle of a performance, a beloved local musician drops dead. It seems accidental, but Kody isn’t so sure.
Brodie thinks the recent deaths are linked, and he needs help from Kody. Something about her festival is dangerous. And the threat is creeping ever closer. Has she uncovered a treasure from the past that someone will kill for?
Museum curator Dakota “Kody” McCoy just wants her Key West culture festival to succeed. She’s always had a deep connection to her home, including being regularly haunted by some of the resident ghosts. Then, in the middle of a performance, a beloved local musician drops dead. It seems accidental, but Kody isn’t so sure.
Brodie thinks the recent deaths are linked, and he needs help from Kody. Something about her festival is dangerous. And the threat is creeping ever closer. Has she uncovered a treasure from the past that someone will kill for?
Genre: suspense, paranormal
Publication date: October 2018
Mature content: yes, but nothing overly graphic
Review: As a suspense book, Echoes of Evil is almost perfect. Nothing too creepy, but a solid mystery/murder story with a well crafted plot. There's also a hint of romance - between Brodie and Kody - but it takes second place in relation to the rest of the story.
I was not fully convinced by the paranormal side of the book, though. Without having read any of the previous books in the series, I confess I expected something different and scarier. Instead, I just got living people talking normally to ghosts as if they were still alive, which, in my opinion, didn't add that much to the sore. And one thing bugged me - if a ghost such as Cliff cannot hug his wife because he can't really touch matter, how can he sit on beds and chairs?
I also found the writing to be a bit repetitive in places and, especially in the first part of the book, some passages give you an overload of information - either historical facts, local trivia or just extremely detailed accounts of what the characters are seeing or how their houses are decorated. Towards the end of the story, the plot seems to progress a lot faster, though, and I found it much easier to read.
Still, Echoes of Evil is a great, entertaining read, one that kept me up late into the night to get to the end. If you love a good mystery and don't mind a few drops of supernatural thrown into the mix, you shouldn't miss it.
I was not fully convinced by the paranormal side of the book, though. Without having read any of the previous books in the series, I confess I expected something different and scarier. Instead, I just got living people talking normally to ghosts as if they were still alive, which, in my opinion, didn't add that much to the sore. And one thing bugged me - if a ghost such as Cliff cannot hug his wife because he can't really touch matter, how can he sit on beds and chairs?
I also found the writing to be a bit repetitive in places and, especially in the first part of the book, some passages give you an overload of information - either historical facts, local trivia or just extremely detailed accounts of what the characters are seeing or how their houses are decorated. Towards the end of the story, the plot seems to progress a lot faster, though, and I found it much easier to read.
Happy readings,
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