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This seventh book of the Queen Betsy series finds Betsy trying to figure out why the group of fiends she has given shelter to is trying to kill her. She is also being haunted by the ghost of her wicked stepmother. Finally, Nick the cop and boyfriend of her best friend, Jessica, has asked her to help on a series of murder cases. Too bad he hates her guts.
This series is normally a light diversion, sort of Janet Evanovich meets Kim Harrison, it is not going to change your life but it is a fun way to spend a few hours. This story, though, takes a darker turn at the end, which is quite out of step with the tone of the rest of the series. Time will tell if this is temporary or if author MaryJanice Davidson is pulling a Laurel K. Hamilton and changing the tone of the series in mid-stream. And given the disasteroous reults of that choice, I hope this is just a one book blip.