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The Shadowed Mind: A Dinah Harris Mystery (2010)

by Julie Cave(Favorite Author)

4.34 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0890515905 (ISBN13: 9780890515907)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Master Books

series

Dinah Harris Mysteries

review 1: This is the second book in the Dinah Harris series and it is as interesting to read as the first one.What I enjoy most about these books are the characters, especially Dinah, who is as flawed and wonderful as anyone you might meet in real life. She truly carries the story and steals every scene she’s in. She seemed a bit more passive in this book than in the previous one, but that might have been done intentionally, to demonstrate the change she’s gone through. Cage, the other main character in this book, was quite funny in his straight-laced manner. They complemented each other very well.Now, what I had the most trouble with was, again, the chunks of this book that were mainly preaching. I don’t mind reading Christian books, but when the sermonizing gets in the way ... moreof the story it does begin to bug me a bit. No, I don’t agree with everything said about Darwin and his contemporaries and I definitely don’t agree that throughout the ages the Christian religion has remained free of racism and all kinds of prejudice (the Inquisition, anyone? Or the Crusades?) while the rest of the world has not, as some of the characters claim, but what bothers me the most is that I was yanked away from the engrossing plot many times to ponder all of this. It just felt forced.Overall, the story was entertaining. If you are not bothered too much by a bit of preaching, then this one is a good choice for mystery lovers.
review 2: Dinah Harris is back in her second novel, this time as an independant consultant after her release from the FBI. Trying with God's help to get her alcoholism under control, she is nervous about starting her own business. Her first case comes through Detective Sampson Cage who is trying to find a serial killer with a message. Seems this serial killer is into neo-eugenics, or survival of the fittest of the human raise. Leaving his 'calling card' at each death of those who seem unfit to reproduce or make a positive impact on the world and must be gotten rid of. This story has a secondary story within of a daughter Ella and her Father who is suffering severe alzheimers and the guilt Ella is feeling as she tries to care for him. I love how these stories intertwine throughout the novel.The subject of Neo-genenics was a new concept to me and I appreciated the research that Julie Cave did to provide the reader with a basic idea of what lies behind it. It was a scary subject to read about and consider that there are people out there with similar views. I didn't care for this novel as much as her previous simply because of this subject matter. I love suspense but serial killers kind of wig me out :)Still a fantastic novel and I am excited to read her 3rd one coming out this summer! less

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