The Tarot Reader by Finley Turner

Jade Ravencroft and her sister, Stevie, come from a long line of trickster mediums, liars, thieves and con artists. It’s not necessarily that they are bad people (at least that’s what Jade tells herself), they’re just trying to make a living. After all, she’s a businesswoman: Holding seances, hosting tarot card readings and selling powerful crystals and trinkets.

Stevie works behind the scenes during seances. She’s in charge of the spooky noises, moving furniture and creates the presence of dearly departed spirits. If readings and seances give grieving friends and family closure, they’ve done their job – making them feel better while putting money in their own pockets for life’s necessities.

But when a high profile councilman goes missing and a hefty reward for information is offered, Jade decides on a lark, to phone the police with her phony prediction as to where they might find him.

When Jade’s fake prediction becomes a reality, her life and Stevie’s are changed forever. The media has a field day. Jade is now a psychic superstar. New clients, as well as curiosity seekers, are lining up at her doorstep. For once in her life, business is booming!

Unfortunately, a murder connected with the missing councilman is booming, too. Jade is now fully immersed with the police and their murder investigation. They are keeping a suspicious eye on her, watching her movements – and so is the real killer!

In spite of her new business success, Jade suddenly finds her life unraveling. She betrays a trusting friend with disastrous results. Recent swindles begin to go wrong and she could be facing jail time. Dangerous people from her past begin slithering back into her life.

This mystery-thriller is a hard book to put down. From start to finish, it’s a story of a phony psychic, her phony prediction gone “south,” and the devastating repercussions. It’s also a story of a woman on the brink of losing everything. She’s questioning her own skills and morals. Her conscience is kicking into high gear. Has her own reality all been a delusion?

The Tarot Reader, a mystery-thriller by Finley Turner is flawless. Jade and Stevie are totally unique characters paired with an equally unique livelihood. A sophisticated plot with plenty of suspense will have readers mesmerized until the very end.

A copy of this book and cover photo were provided by Crooked Lane Books.