All in One Piece

Regina Cutter #2

by Cecelia Tishy

"Reggie Cutter doesn't need her psychic powers to realize that the small blue car is going to hit her. Clipped right in front of her home in the South End, she finds herself bruised, battered, and gratefully accepting the help of her new upstairs tenant. Steven Damelin is charming and chatty, a young financial analyst who not only knew Reggie's beloved Aunt Jo, also a psychic, but was involved in a "deal" with Jo just before she died. A deal he's just as eager to sell to Reggie." "But he never gets the chance. Shortly after dawn the next day, Reggie makes two horrifying discoveries: Steven's gruesomely mutilated body in his room - and bizarre blood marks that look like Chinese characters smeared on her own front door. The detective assigned to the murder investigation doubts Reggie's paranormal abilities and, even worse, declares her a prime suspect." Shut out of the case and with her credibility at an all-time low, Reggie can rely only on her sleuthing skills and psychic powers. From the gutted heart of a failing neighborhood to the beautiful, isolated estate of one of Boston's most powerful families, the clairvoyant desperately searches for answers ... while baffling visions of cold, watery graves haunt her every step.

Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Fiction

Audio Cassette

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

Cecelia Tishy, author of the Kate Banning Mystery Series, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but lived in Boston for twenty years before moving to Nashville, where she teaches American literature at Vanderbilt University and launched her second career as mystery novelist.

Reviews

[Nour · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars
this could have been a lot better. I only wanted to read it because of the whole psychic thingie. I have never read anything about psychics before, but most of the time you don't understand the shit she's talking about. I mean maybe three years ago, I might have blamed my English skills, but I have read enough books to know that this author is incomprehensible. Seriously.
It was written badly. Full of cliches. Needs way better work. But as a story, it wasn't bad. I was definitely surprised at the end.
On the other hand, crime fiction should STOP for at least 20 years. Gosh, people, you exhausted the genre out.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in Boston, recently divorced Reggie Cutter has inherited a town house from her aunt Jo. She also inherited Aunt Jo's psychic abilities."Clipped by a speeding car as she crosses her street in Boston’s South end, Regina Cutter gratefully accepts the help of her new upstairs tenant, Steven Damelin, a single, young, financial analyst. Reggie is surprised to hear that her late Aunt Jo, who was also a psychic, was involved in a "deal" with Steven shortly before her death. But before Reggie can learn specifics, Steven is brutally murdered in the upstairs flat, and Reggie’s own front door is smeared with blood marks that look like Chinese characters." And so begins the mystery. It was a fairly straightforward story. Lots of viable suspects that kept you guessing till the end. I just wanted a little more psychic episodes. She only had two visions really, over and over and honestly I don't think they were much help. And a minor thing that bothered me was her using a camera, with film! She mentions using internet research and texting so who uses film and then drops it off at the One Hour Photo Mart? DO they even exist? To keep it real, she should have used the camera on her phone. And the police partner that she had been helping with her psychic abilities wasn't exactly watching her back. Detective Devaney is about as helpful as a one armed wall paper hanger.

[Ginger · Rating 2 out of 5]

I added this book to my "to read" list thinking it sounded fun and entertaining. I needed a good, light read so I started it up this week. A few pages into it, I realized I had already read it years ago but had never added it to my "read" list. Thus, this book wasn't memorable enough to give it a high rating.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It wasn’t bad but when the pieces fit together in the end it all seemed so lame or a let down. It was just an okay book.

[jacelyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

just wasn't a fan

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the ending a bit weak as the police were pursuing....but no arrests. Psychic Reggie Cutter has inherited her aunt's Boston Brownstone & consulting job with some members of the Police Department but that doesn't necessarily help when her upstairs tenant is murdered. The wrong detective is assigned to the case and he won’t listen. But Reggie keeps on trying to help but manages to survive her attempts at detection. Next time Reggie, stick to the psychic vibes and don’t try to play PI.

[Jayne Hitchcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dear Cecilia Tishy,

I loved this book. Good plot, good twists and turns, surprise ending. But the woman narrating the book sounded so much like Ellen Degeneres I kept waiting for her to stop talking, music to cue in and then imagining Ellen dancing around an audience before reading again.

Sincerely,

A fan

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

So-so mystery centering upon a psychic who assists Boston police.

[Jodi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's was ok....better than the first book

[Kirsty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this mystery. Good characters and a fairly easy to follow plot make it a winner for me. I hate that there are only two Reggie Cutter books.

[Anita Dawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second in the Regina Cutter series. Regina attempts to help solve a case, but the detective is skeptical of her psychic abilities. All's well that ends well.

[Pattie Nauheimer Ekman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining mystery with likeable protagonist. I figured out the killer several chapters before the ending, but that's the fun of a mystery. Probably try this author again.

[Lester · Rating 2 out of 5]

Time passer.

[Y · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars.

[Tina Bennett · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring and predictable.