Book Review: "Lost in Sound"
- marthaengber
- 23 hours ago
- 2 min read
For me, novels are all about the magic and internal strength and struggles of the main character, and in creating Ash Reilly in LOST IN SOUND (due out Aug. 11), Clifford Mae Henderson has conjured a complex sleuth of soft do-gooder heart and been-through-it-thick skin.
When a clearly mentally ill homeless man known as Captain Eddie finds a murdered young man along a river in the coastal California town of Tres Ojos, the blood on his clothes initially ties him to the crime. But middle-aged Ash knows that can’t be true, because she’s on a first name basis with him and most of the unhoused in her community through a variety of her volunteering gigs. Accompanied by the colorful Crow, who manages the free community garden, the duo dig into who could be behind the murder of the mysterious, standoffish Josh, who turns out to be not only a woman, but the sister of a famous country singer.
That single purpose of trying to clear an innocent man drives a journey through Ash’s colorful world of people who can’t be anything but. There’s Ida, who’s part of the Keepers of the Sacred Song, a Wiccan organization of people who believe they can manipulate sound for good, and fellow member, Reina, who becomes Ash’s potential love interest. Most beautiful, however, is Captain Eddie and the way he’s written as a true innocent who’s much too closely attuned to the hidden sounds of the world, both good and bad.
This is a mystery with a lot of heart!
You can also find my review on Goodreads.
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