Mixed Signals: A Grace Street Mystery

Jane Tesh. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (244p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0061-8

An eclectic collection of residents inhabit the 302 Grace Street boarding house in Parkland, N.C., in Tesh’s tepid second cozy featuring PI David Randall and his psychic friend, John Michael “Cam” Camden (after 2011’s Stolen Hearts). Others include David’s girlfriend, Kary Ingram, and, as Christmas approaches, temporary guests like David’s mother, Sophia. The brutal slaying of Cam’s friend Jared Hunter leads to David’s recurrent flashbacks in which he seems to sense the killer’s thoughts, firing a determination to catch the killer. Meanwhile, a would-be superhero dubbed the Parkland Avenger tries to assist, but only hinders, police efforts to solve a string of robberies plaguing the town’s merchants. Romantic entanglements for both David and Cam, the zany Super Hero Society’s members, and Parkland’s Underground Railroad history lend interest, but Tesh’s feeble attempts at wit, her characters’ hopelessly immature approach to relationships, and far-fetched plotting disappoint. (Oct.)

Reviewed on: 08/27/2012
Release date: 10/01/2012

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