Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Dead Reckoning 
SERIES: Cold Case Psychic #2
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
NARRATOR: Michael Pauley
PUBLISHER: Self Published
RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2018
LENGTH: 7 hours, 5 minutes
BLURB:
When the spirit of a young male prostitute comes to psychic Tennyson Grimm asking him to find the john who brutally murdered him, Tennyson can’t say no. Only able to communicate through the use of images, rather than words, getting any information out of the young man is frustrating and slow going.
Cold Case Detective Ronan O’Mara has been on a roll solving cases since he and Tennyson last teamed up to solve the Michael Frye case. Unfortunately, the red-hot romance that had blossomed between them during that investigation is now off in a ditch, thanks to Ronan’s self-confessed pigheadedness.
Agreeing to work together despite the rift in their relationship, Tennyson and Ronan discover they are in for more than they bargained for when more victims start to reveal themselves to Tennyson.
Realizing they might have a serial killer on their hands, the two men work tirelessly to stop this madman from killing again, but when the killer targets the son of a prominent member of the Boston Police Department, can Ronan and Tennyson save him before it’s too late?
REVIEW:
Dead Reckoning takes place a few months after Dead Speak. An ultimatum issued by Tennyson resulted in a break between him and Ronan. A break they both hope is temporary. Still the communication between them is sparse, if any. That all changes when the spirit of a teenage boy appears and begs Ten to solve his murder.
When they started looking into his murder, they couldn’t have imagined what horrors they’d uncover. Over ten teenage boys had been tortured and brutally murdered, but no one had ever connected them to each other until now. As more and more secrets are uncovered, it gets more personal and more and more dangerous.
Again, I enjoyed the mystery as such. It was another easy one to solve, and man do I want to burn the killer on the stakes, along with a few other not so pleasant things…and I’m getting off track. As I said for the first book, this series should be read for the entertainment value only. Do not expect any procedural accuracy, because that’s cringe worthy, to be honest. But as I don’t expect it to be accurate, I really don’t mind that. But happily follow along where the story takes me.
As for the relationship between Ten and Ronan goes, it feels a bit shallow. There were a lot of things that happened off page and between books that we weren’t really there for. Things are resolved too easily, too quickly. They keep swinging back and forward, they are together – they are barely speaking – then they’re together again. And everything in between feels like it’s swept under the rug.
Michael Pauley is a good performer/narrator, but sadly there were a few times his performance of this didn’t quite ring true. The emotion, emphasis he added didn’t fit with the situation at times and made the narration sound a bit off. Other than those times I really enjoyed listening to this book. As always Pauley has a range of different voices and you never have to wonder who’s speaking, so listening to his books is always effortless and relaxing.
I’ve enjoyed listening to this book and I’m looking forward to listening to the next book in the series.
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