Shadow Dancing (The Country Club Murders)
by Julie Mulhern
Cozy Mystery
7th in Series
Setting – Missouri
Henery Press (June 19, 2018)
Print Length: 210 pages
Digital ASIN: B07BMJM89K
Visiting a psychic is outside the norm for Ellison Russell. Finding bodies is not. Unfortunately, the psychic’s crystal ball says she’ll soon be surrounded by death. Again.
Drat.
Now there’s a corpse in the front drive, a witchy neighbor ready to turn Ellison and her (not so) little dog into toadstools, and a stripper named Starry Knight occupying the guest room.
How did 1975 go so wrong so quickly?
Ellison must handle Mother (who’s found a body of her own), make up with a certain handsome detective, and catch a killer, or the death surrounding her might be her own.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
She’s done it again! Julie Mulhern has topped herself again!
It’s 1975 and Ellison Russell has been dragged to a psychic by her best friend Libba. She is not interested in learning what is in the future, she has a heck of a time just keeping up with the present. When the psychic tells her death may be surrounding her soon, all she thinks is Not Again!!
This story was mega entertaining. Remember the days before cell phones and cable television, when kids played outside, kitchens had avocado appliances and living rooms had shag carpeting! Julie Mulhern takes us there.
Ellison has her hands full with her daughter Grace, her mother, her friends, and Detective Anarchy Jones. Grace makes a new friend, well sort of. Her mother makes an unusual discovery in her closet. Libba took her to a psychic! Her relationship with the good detective has hit the skids but there is still that spark when they are in proximity of each other, plus he needs to keep her safe. She is also busy with her dog Max. Let me tell you, one of his adventures had me laughing so hard I had tears running from my eyes. My daughter was laughing too because she knew exactly whose book I was reading. “Julie Mulhern??”
I love the characters in this series. They are expertly written and feel like old friends. Their dialogues are fantastic. The way Ellison has learned to handle her mother always makes me smile.
The story is very well plotted. One little accident sends Ellison life reeling. A dead body in her front yard, a strip club, another murder. Can’t this woman catch a break? While there is a lot of humor in this story, the reason behind the murders is a very serious issue. It takes a talented author to mesh it all together.
As has become my custom with this author’s books, I devoured this story all in one sitting. The television is turned off, my feet go up, and I escape right into Ellison’s world. The only thing missing is my own Mr. Coffee.
This entire series is extraordinary, so I do recommend you start at the beginning and read them in order. But . . . if you wish you can jump right in with this one, I bet then you will know you have to read them all. For me, every one of them has been a Perfect Escape.
About the Author
– Julie Mulhern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Country Club Murders. She is a Kansas City native who grew up on a steady diet of Agatha Christie. She spends her spare time whipping up gourmet meals for her family, working out at the gym and finding new ways to keep her house spotlessly clean–and she’s got an active imagination. Truth is–she’s an expert at calling for take-out, she grumbles about walking the dog and the dust bunnies under the bed have grown into dust lions.
Author Links
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Purchase Links
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Books in the Country Club Murders Humorous Mystery Series:
(#1)GUARANTEED TO BLEED
(#2)CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE
(#3)SEND IN THE CLOWNS
(#4)WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
(#5)COLD AS ICE
(#6)SHADOW DANCING (#7)
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
June 18 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
June 18 – My Fiction Obsession – AUTHOR INTERVIEW GIVEAWAY
June 19 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
June 19 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
June 20 – Babs Book Bistro – GUEST POST, GIVEAWAY
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Sounds good, nice review.
I love this series!
I have not read this series previously but look forward to doing so.
Thank you for your review on “Shadow Dancing” by Julie Mulhern and for the book tour which has me definitely wanting to read this recently added book on my TBR list.
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The Country Club Murders series is one of my favorites, and I can’t wait to see what, or rather who, Ellison stumbles upon this time. I can’t wait to catch up with all my favorite characters — Ellison, Aggie, Libba, Frances, Grace, and of course Hunter and Anarchy. Cant wait!
I want to start this series from the beginning since I have read one other in it and loved it! Thanks for the giveaway, Julie!
What a glowing review!
Julie is a new author to me. I really enjoyed the description of the book and I would like to read the book.
Visiting a psychic with Libba? Can’t wait to read about THAT lol. I need to get caught up on this series…
Really enjoy these cozies. Thanks for this opportunity.
Sounds like a good 1970s psychic detective story!
What a fascinating book! Great review. Thanks for sharing.
What a neat premise to have a psychic help solve a murder.
I wish you success on your tour.