enjoyable Mojo paranormal private investigative tale

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	• Deadly Deceptions Linda Lael Miller HQN Books, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Entertaining Read

I just finished the second installment of Mojo's saga and I gave it 5 stars just because I think it's well written and I enjoy most of LLM's later books. I could never get into the early historical ones but liked all the Springcreek and McKettrick's. IT seemed Mojo and Tucker have moved forward in their relationship in this book and perhaps by book 3 will figure out where they are going. I felt Tyler gives more to the relationship honestly than Mojo does but think she's afraid she'll get hurt. One minute Mojo can't live without Tucker and the next she won't even take his phone calls. There is a very humorous incident in this book of how Tucker gets Mojo to call him.

I thought perhaps the Paranormal was a little much in this book. There was some in Deadly Gamble and some of it is okay but thought it was a bit much in this one. Practically everyone Mojo met turned out to be a ghost. IT seemed like there were just too many dead people in this one whether they died years ago or died in the process of this book, it was a little over the top. Also I felt there was maybe almost too much going on at one time. Mojo was running from one story line to another until though I wasn't confused, I don't think the normal person could deal with that many things at one time. Well this is fiction so guess it can work.

There of course was the humor and a dog which we must have to be a good LLM book.

I'm anxious to see what Linda does with all the loose ends in this book. The biggest problem; it is so long before she gets to the sequels I have forgotten what the previous book was about. I believe it was about 2 years between Deadly Gamble and Deadly Deceptions.

All in all I think most will like the book though I really am not convinced Mojo is much of a detective and she needs to learn to be more honest with people. Most of her life was a lie so as a character study that could be interesting to see her change and be more trusting. Who knows what LLM has in store for our Mojo.

Kind of an afterthought; it would be nice to know what Tucker's thoughts are on things which we never really get because of the style of writing as Mojo telling the story so she must be in every scene for it to work.

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enjoyable Mojo paranormal private investigative tale

In Cave Creek, Arizona private investigator Mary Josephine "Mojo Sheepshanks" Mayhugh knows she lacks experience, but her ability to communicate with ghosts gives her edge to overcome her sleuthing naïveté. Mojo is adamant that her mission in life is to help those unable to move on find peace by resolving what keeps them hanging around the moral plane. At the same she depends on these otherworldly assistants to help her with her mortal cases.

Following a ballet lesson, seven-year-old deaf-mute Gillian Pellaway is strangled; her stepfather is accused of the crime as he was taking her home; Gillian pleads with Mojo to help prove his innocence. Soon after that someone kills womanizing Alex Pennington; Mojo's wannabe boyfriend homicide detective Tucker Darroch arrests the victim's wife Greer, Mojo's adopted sister.

The second Mojo paranormal private investigative tale (see DEADLY GAMBLE) is a terrific tale filled with dead and live red herrings, plenty of twists, and ghosts who demand the heroine solve their case. Mojo with her mumbo and moxie makes DEADLY DECEPTION fun to follow as she uses spiritual assistance to find hard proof that Greer is innocent in spite of her having the means, motive, and opportunity. With two Mojo mysteries so far, Linda Lael Miller appears to have a hit series for fans to appreciate.

Harriet Klausner

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Deadly Deception

Overall this book was ok. At times it lost me where it was going. But I liked it.

Good-but depressing

I won't rehash the plot- previous posters have done an excellent job with that, but I will just say I loved the 1st book, and though I enjoyed reading this one,too, I found it so sad and depressing. I hope LLM lets at least one or two things go well for Mojo in the next book,and she gets a little happiness in some aspect of her life, or I don't think I'll read anymore in the series.It's a wonder she's not a drunk, suicidal addict of some kind with the black cloud that seems to hover over her entire life. A little strife makes a character interesting, but bad things in every area of her life just left me feeling drained by the time I finished the book.

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Excellent Paranormal book!

The second installment in LLM's series is even better than the first book was. I love the paranormal elements and can't wait to find out how things go when Mojo begins to work with her new partner. I am literally salivating for the next one.

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