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PIERCING THE VEIL
by Jacqueline Fullerton
AP Lee & Co, Ltd., February 2009
220 pages
$14.95
ISBN: 193448203X


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Anne Marshall can't sleep. She keeps having dreams about her job; she's a court reporter by day and a frazzled law student by night, a combination that would put anyone to sleep as soon as her head hits the pillow. Strange as it sounds, it seems as if her father keeps whispering in her ear about the divorce case she's working on down at the courthouse.

The problem is that Anne's father has been dead for two years. While the case that Anne is doing the transcripts for is high profile and she suspects the husband is up to no good, there's no evidence and no testimony to support that. When she comes in to the office one day to find altered transcripts that she typed herself the day before, there can only be one explanation…but it isn't one that anyone will believe. Her father is seeking justice.

The case gets more complicated when the Anne begins involving her law school study group in the case, and gets really scary when a key witness turns up dead. Anne's sleuthing crosses the law, as well, creating new dilemmas for her role as a court reporter. She handles it with aplomb, even if she comes a little too close to danger for comfort.

This cozy mystery will engage fans of the paranormal and those who still feel a strong connection a long-gone family member. Anne and her father clearly have a strong bond, even in the afterlife, and a shared love for the law and justice. It's a good beginning for writer/attorney Jacqueline Fullerton, although this debut novel still needs some tweaking in spots (names don't match up; one minute the heroine sees her boyfriend who indicates she should meet him for lunch, the next minute she's eating with the bailiff, for example). If those sorts of minor faux pas can be worked out, Fullerton may find herself with a regular fan base for her character Anne Marshall.

Reviewed by Christine Zibas, March 2009

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