Invisible Shield

by Scarlett Dean

When homicide detective Lindsay Frost discovers a dead body in her bath, she is surprised to find it is her own corpse. As she witnesses the crime team working the scene, Lindsay is appalled to learn... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594145458
• ISBN13: 9781594145452
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Five Star (ME)
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Paranormal investigation with a twist

Scarlett Dean has taken a tragic situation and the usual attendant what-if questions to new heights. What if a murdered cop could come back and solve her own murder? What if she could team up with her own sister, also a cop, to get the job done? And what exactly happens on the other side, anyhow? Lindsay Frost does not volunteer for this assignment, but when she is murdered in her own home, with the death staged to look like a suicide, the cop within her refuses to completely shuffle off the mortal coil, at least not until she gets justice. Fortunately her sister, also in law enforcement and much more open to the paranormal than Lindsay was in life, feels the same way. The two sisters tag-team the investigation in a story that is funny and fast-paced, satisfying and touching, and ultimately tinged with sadness since their work together is always overshadowed by that one big obstacle: one of them is dead. But don't let that stop you from enjoying the ride. The story is believable and smooth, and the ending gives a nod to Dean's former work in the field of horror. I hope this is the start of a series!

superb paranormal police procedural

Her partner Gerard Alvarez tells Lindsay Frost that Buford Jones was released from prison after a drug bust failed. When the guilty verdict was pronounced Buford threatened Lindsay for she was instrumental in taking him down. When an anxious Lindsay enters her home, she sees noting disturbing so she relaxes. Not long afterward she watches the police looking at her naked body in the bathtub as the cops officially declare suicide, but Gerald and her sister, police officer Kate Frost believe otherwise. Lindsay soon meets other spirits like herself who have unfinished business to attend to on the mortal plane or have things to learn about their new existence. The only person who can see or hear Lindsay is Kate. Rivals in life, the sisters agree to team up to find Lindsay's killer, but the deceased sibling has bigger issues than uncovering her murderer. Lindsay battles an evil spirit bent on eliminating her entirely while Kate struggles with her superiors who demand she drop the case. INVISIBLE SHIELD is a superb paranormal police procedural that focuses on two sisters who are so eerily alike in life and were competitors pushing one another to excel while in death they find common ground. Lindsay makes friends and enemies in limbo with some allies saving her after-life when her spirit stalker tries to snuff her light out. There is plenty of action on both sides of the veil between the living and the dead as Scarlett Dean creates a marvelous mystical mystery. Harriet Klausner