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    Shadow Dancing
    Shadow Dancing
    Shadow Dancing
    Audiobook7 hours

    Shadow Dancing

    Written by Julie Mulhern

    Narrated by Callie Beaulieu

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Visiting a psychic is outside the norm for Ellison Russell. Finding bodies is not. Unfortunately, the psychic's crystal ball says she'll soon be surrounded by death. Again.

    Drat.

    Now there's a corpse in the front drive, a witchy neighbor ready to turn Ellison and her (not so) little dog into toadstools, and a stripper named Starry Knight occupying the guest room.

    How did 1975 go so wrong so quickly?

    Ellison must handle Mother (who's found a body of her own), make up with a certain handsome detective, and catch a killer, or the death surrounding her might be her own.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781515983712
    Shadow Dancing

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    • 4/5

      Julie Mulhern continues to entertain her readers with Ellison Russell and her family and friends. She still finds dead bodies, her mother continues to be overbearing and her daughter Grace is a typical teenager testing her mother along the way. In this outing, Libba convinces Ellison to go with her to a psychic. That was not something she wanted to do, but when the psychic tells her that death may be surrounding her soon, all she thinks is here we go again. On her way home, she hits a young girl with her car. Stopping to help her and make sure she is okay, Ellison gives her the coat off her back to wear and she disappears. When the young woman ends up dead, stabbed in an alley, and Ellison's name and address are in her pocket, of course the investigation is going to involve her. Throw in her daughter's new friend (a prostitute?), her father's big secret, the discovery her mother makes in the closet and the fact that she and Anarchy appear to be finished as a couple and you have an interesting story with a lot going on.

      I really enjoy this series. It reminds me of the days before cell phones and cable television, when kids played outside, kitchens had avocado appliances and living rooms had shag carpeting. Everytime Ellison gets herself in a pickle, I think, why doesn't she just use her cell, then I laugh when I remember they didn't have them. Max, their exuberant weimaraner, adds some chaos and laughs during the story. All the snooty country club ladies are in attendance to add that certain "charm" to the story. I love that Ellison rises above her upbringing in the County Club Set to be her own woman, enjoy the company of whomever she wants and is not afraid to put people in their place. I really like Anarchy and was rooting for them to get back together. As far as the story goes, it is very well plotted. One little accident sends Ellison life reeling with a dead body in her front yard, a strip club, and another murder. While there is a lot of humour in this story, the reason behind the murders is a very serious issue and very real. Julie Mulhern does a great job with putting all this together into another great story. I listened to this book narrated by Callie Beaulieu. She does a good job with the narration, but with a few male characters, the voices were quite similar. I really enjoy listening to her narration though, it is very easy to listen to.
    • 5/5
      Ellison Russell is a very resilient woman This mystery series, set in the mid 70's, continues to captivate me, both with the characters and description of place. And it's a bit sad to learn that the treatment of runaway girls (and what options they have) hasn't changed all that much in the ensuing years. She's a good friend, as she joins her pal Libba at a psychic reading, in a part of town the Country Club set wouldn't normally go. She's a good daughter. After a hiatus from finding bodies and Detective Anarchy Jones, it's only fitting that her mother Frances has a mysterious body to contend with this time. With Aggie's help, Ellison tries to track down those mysterious remains using microfilm and country club connections. When the seamier side of life comes close to home, the lack of fear Ellison shows to do the right thing for a couple of unknown young girls is gratifying. Close to her own daughter Grace's age, she knows how to interact with the teens involved, even if they aren't as sure about her. I liked how everything linked up at the end, including what may be a set up for the next story involving her own family once again. Mulhern really nails the under the breath digs that men make to Ellison, who is making it on her own as an artist.
    • 5/5
      Ellison has stopped finding bodies, now Frances has started. Frances urgently calls Ellison because she has found an urn with ashes in the back of her hall closet and doesn't know what to do. If helping her mother discover who the ashes are isn't enough, Ellison embroils herself into a dangerous situation when she hits a young girl in the street and then she is later found murdered. Detective Anarchy Jones sees Ellison in danger because of the young girl's profession(a prostitute) and Ellison's efforts to help another young girl in the same situation.I look forward to everyone of the Country Club Murders because of the spectacular writing, the full-blooded characters, and the humor that is woven so skillfully throughout. Sad that I now have to wait for the next one. But they are well worth the wait! A great #50 for the year and best so far for me in 2018!
    • 5/5
      While Ellison Russell is relieved that her life seems to be getting back to normal - almost - since she's not finding dead bodies every week, it's a strain to realize that she might have blown her relationship with police detective Anarchy Jones and is wondering how to fix it.But things just aren't meant to be 'normal' for Ellison. Her friend Libba has dragged her to a psychic and Ellison pooh-poohs everything the woman says. Then when she hits a young girl with her car (the girl isn't hurt) but she seems to be freezing so Ellison literally gives her the coat off her back. Vowing to return the coat, Ellison goes home. But then she receives a visit from Anarchy's dreaded partner, Detective Peters, and he wants to know why her name and address were in the girl's possession...because the girl was found dead.Now the psychic is calling Ellison at home, telling her she must meet with her because the dead girl, Leesa, has a message: She wants her to save a friend of hers named Starry Knight before she, too, is found dead somewhere. It is only by chance - and a blind date set up by Libba - that Ellison sees a young girl in the company of a man she had seen herself earlier when out with her daughter Grace - and not in a good way, either - and confronts them, finally convincing the girl to go with her.Fortuitously, the girl turns out to be Starry - whose real name is Jane. Ellison takes her home with her, vowing to figure out a way to get her away from the life she's fallen into. But Ellison doesn't know that in doing so, she not only has put herself in danger, but also Grace, and even though it's brought Anarchy back into her life, is it worth the risk to take the chance and lose everything she holds dear?...We are once again living the the 1970s, long before there were computers, cell phones, no GPS to track people and the technology many have come to take for granted. Because of this, it makes for a very good book indeed, when everyone had a land line and you either used it or drove to someone's home to speak with them.When Ellison finds that her life might be in danger (again) this time Anarchy feels the need to spend the night (on her sofa) to protect her from the threats. As she's perfectly fine with this, her mother Frances is not. What will the neighbors think? More so, what will Frances think? But she has problems of her own: she's discovered an urn in her closet and she's called upon Ellison to find out to whom it belongs.So Ellison and Aggie are hitting the local library microfiche to see if they can discover anyone who might have been displaced within the last few months but before they can find out Frances tells Ellison she knows who it is, and the answer rocks Ellison from her head to her toes. The end result puts a serious strain on her parents' lives, and now she's dealing with the fallout from that, too.While the book is downright serious and sober, there are quite a few humorous moments that you can't help but chuckle at; and I actually found myself wanting to throttle Libba (and can't figure out why Ellison hasn't done so thus far).It is a tale that is dark as midnight and riveting to boot; it shows us while reality slaps us in the face there are still those that refuse to believe the truth. As the pieces fall together, we see the ugliness in the world that masks itself in normality. Those that appear to be anything but sinister can be very much so. And Ellison, in all her wisdom of finding those bodies and having faced ugliness in the past - including from her own husband - is no stranger to seeing it close to home.It is a story well-crafted, a narrative both dark and light; one that is always entertaining and magnificently written. As always, Ms. Mulhern draws us into Ellison's world and keeps us happily engrossed in what she has set down on paper and made to become real; her characters are animated and believable; her descriptions are convincing and give us something to look forward to when we first open the book.In the end, when the killer is found and the story ends, we are left with a satisfying feeling that all is right with the world again (at least for awhile). I look forward to the next in the series. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      I could read about Ellison and her family every day. This is one of my favorite mystery series and this book was a great addition.Ellison finds her self in the middle of an investigation into a string of fatal shootings against prostitutes when she accidentally hits a girl while driving. That investigation and the danger that chases her and her daughter, Grace, brings Detective Anarchy Jones back into her life. Can he keep Ellison and Grace safe or will this danger finally catch up to them.Not only was this book about the investigation but there are also some secrets from her father's past that Ellison learns about. Will her family be torn apart?I really liked the investigation storyline and the part about Ellison uncovering things about her family. I was kept on the edge of my seat throughout. I was glad to see Anarchy back and to see somewhat of a relationship developing between him and Ellison. I cannot wait to read what is next in this series.Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the galley.