The Solomon Effect by C.S. GrahamMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the second of three books in a series written by Candice Proctor and Steven Harris under the name C. S. Graham. The premise is that Tobie Guinness, a young navy vet, is able to do "remote viewing" under certain circumstances. The CIA agent assigned to work with her from time to time finds it hard to believe she can do what she can do, even though his experience shows that she really can. And when there is something dangerous going on in the world with too few leads, her ability becomes really important.
In this novel, someone has floated a sunken German U-boat from the end of WWII, looking to take possession of something important on board. The details are sketchy, but Jax and Tobie learn they have only a few days to solve the riddle and track down whatever was on the submarine before something catastrophic occurs, and they are nearly on their own, being hunted the whole time by men with guns everywhere they go.
If you can accept this one rather fantastic premise, that Tobie can see and describe a scene somewhere distant, somewhere she's never been, the rest of the series is believably realistic in a "best-seller action thriller" kind of way. It's not meant to be fantasy (though even if it was, I'd be cool with it), but instead focuses on the way intelligence agencies really work, telling a dramatic and exciting story. Just with that one twist. I think it works great.
The pacing is very good, almost as good as C. S. Harris's (another Candice Proctor alias) Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries, and this also has likable, interesting, sympathetic characters. I'm gonna grab the third book, all the while lamenting the lack of books #4-infinity.
If you like fast-moving globe-trotting spy mysteries, you've gotta give these a look.
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