All in One Piece

by Cecelia Tishy

Book Overview

From the author of Now You See Her comes a second compelling installment inthe new series featuring psychic-sleuth Regina Cutter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892967978
• ISBN13: 9780892967971
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

I look forward to another in the series but

I hope the author does a better job managing the characters. The ending felt tacked-on; yes, we learned the killer's identity, but in a rather abrupt manner. Felt as though a timer had gone off, sort of the end of an exam: "Fingers off the keyboard, pass your work forward to your publisher."

A good read!

Reggie Cutter's new upstairs tenant, Steven Danelin, comes to her rescue when she is hit by a car in front of her house. He wants to tell her about a financial deal he was working on with Reggie's late Aunt Jo, but never gets the chance as he is found murdered in his apartment the next morning. Reggie has worked with the police before, but her psychic abilities are not requested for this case because the lead detective considers her a suspect. Reggie starts investigating on her own to find out if she is in danger from the killer--and to clear her name. The first person, present tense narrative makes it difficult for us to get to know the secondary characters as real people since we only learn about them through their conversations with Reggie--though this has improved since the first book in this series. Reggie is a compassionate person, despite being unable to let go of the pampered life she led before her divorce. Even though she is relatively new in cultivating her psychic abilities, she intends to use them to help people. Armchair Interviews says: We like Reggie for that and want her to succeed and look forward to more in this series.

charming amateur sleuth mystery

After divorcing her wealthy husband and losing much of her income, psychic Reggie Cutter moves into the townhouse she inherited from her aunt Jo in Boston's South End. Jo was a psychic who helped the police on many cases and Reggie is following in her footsteps. Her life takes a dangerous twist when she gets hit by a car. Her upstairs tenant Steven Damelin sees the incident and believes it was t an accident not someone deliberately trying to kill her. After getting her fixed up Stephen talks about a deal that Jo was going to invest in and ask Reggie if she is interested. She puts him off. That night she hears strange noises and the next morning she sees blood dripping from Steve's apartment into hers; she opens his door and sees him lying on his floor, the victim of a gruesome murder. Since she is involved the police don't want her working the case. She intends to listen to them but she has a vision of Steve in water and a piece of wood hitting him. She decides to do her own investigation by interviewing plenty of suspects who had reason to kill him, and almost winds up getting killed by a murderer without mercy. ALL IN ONE PIECE is a charming amateur sleuth mystery with the eccentric cast of characters adding humor to this who-done-it. The protagonist is a down to earth person who thinks of her psychic powers as a tool to be used as one more investigative method while readers will look at her as the kind neighbor next door that everyone likes. Cecelia Tishy has a knack for creating a plausible mystery with a paranormal twist. Harriet Klausner