Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye: A Psychic Eye Mystery | 
| Author: Victoria Laurie
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 3151211
Format: Large Print
Media: Board book
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 437
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0786274689
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780786274680
ASIN: 0786274689
Publication Date: April 20, 2005
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Product Description
In Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit, Abby Cooper lives a life that's kind of like vanilla ice cream - good enough, but a little bland. Her work as a P.I. - Psychic Intuitive - can be rewarding, but she feels like she's missing out on something. Now she's getting what she wished for - when a client winds up dead and the clues start pointing in Abby's direction. Turns out she knows too much about the murder for her own good. Available only in Mystery 4.
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 P.I.- psychic eye or private eye? September 30, 2008
When one of Abby Cooper's clients is murdered she is drawn into the police investigation.
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye is well plotted and well written. There is an element of romance as there is an immediate attraction between Abby and Dutch Rivers (they meet through a dating service, she doesn't know he's a cop and he doesn't know she's psychic) but it is not the usual I love you/I hate you but rather Detective Rivers trying to come to grips with something he never believed in and doesn't understand. A professional psychic who has worked with the police, Victoria Laurie has made her characters, including the police, believable and well-rounded. This is the first in the series but will not be the last I read. When I next shop for books I will make a point of searching for Victoria Laurie's Psychic Eye books.
 Abby Cooper, psychic, yet not too bright August 12, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Here's one of those fun books to procure for beach-reading on a very hot summer. Attractive author and psychic Victoria Laurie introduces us to Abigail Cooper, a Detroit resident and psychic extraordinaire who can be clumsy and highly tactless at times, and who describes herself as "vanilla flavored" - meaning her life always seems to lack something, like the yummy fudge chocolate sauce topping on the classic vanilla ice-cream.
In the first installment, Abby finds herself involved in the middle of a mystery that will eventually cause four deaths. Although skeptical of her powers at the beginning, detective Dutch Rivers (who, you guessed it, lived in Holland for a few years and thus speaks fluent "Dutch") learns to trust Abby's psychic abilities as she helps the police in solving the murders and apprehending an even more psychotic killer. Other characters who are sometimes quite more interesting than Abby are her eccentric sister Cat (who unlike Abby seems to have everything under control), and her dachshund dog Eggy, who, you guessed it again, has a penchant for eggs, and is inspired by the author's own dachshund. I would have much preferred a story with them as the protagonists and Abby as the second boring supporting character instead.
When it comes to mystery writing, the biggest asset a writer can possess is to have the talent of supplying all the clues for the reader, yet presenting them in a way that the truth is not easily arrived at. In Ms. Laurie's case, I have to agree with reviewer Richard Stewart, when he states that the character development in the novel is "somewhat lacking", and the fact that the killer does not appear in the story until the final chapter makes this a mystery that lacks the capacity to not only be an above-average novel, but a deceitful one as well. Still, I will give Abby Cooper another try, especially when I am looking for a light, yet not particularly engrossing read, on yet another hot Florida summer.
Fun Read!! July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm just finishing the book and I love it! A friend recommended it and it has been a great summer read for me. The psychic angle is fascinating especially since the author is a psychic herself.
 Great series! July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this series and would recommend it to readers looking for a humorous mystery story. I found Abby to be a very likeable character. She can be a little whiny at times, but it's nothing that would put readers off. Even though you can start with any book in the series, I would advise to try and read it in order. Little details in the books would make better sense. Like her main character Abby, the author, Victoria Laurie is a psychic and it was very interesting to get a glimpse of her world. I can only imagine the kind of experience Ms. Laurie has in her own career.
Great start to a new series! July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Likes:
Abby is a very likeable main character and she's easy to relate to. I liked that Victoria Laurie explains what it feels like to receive psychic messages and how the intuition works. 'Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye' is one of the best books that I've read in a while. It was fast-paced, easy to get through and it held my interest throughout the entire book. This book is an excellent start to the Psychic Eye Mysteries and I look forward to reading the whole series.
Dislikes:
I really didn't find anything wrong with this book!
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