Where Tobie Sees Bad People

The Babylonian Codex by C.S. Graham
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I'm bummed there are only three of these. I guess they didn't totally catch on, but I found these mysteries very entertaining, and I like the characters. Some other reviewers didn't love them; that's fine. They worked for me. And the pacing is great, especially compared to the other books I'm slowly working my way through. The author (by whichever name she's using at the moment) is very good at making a thriller with exciting action that keeps you reading.

The hook in the series is the "remote viewing" that October can do, seeing things at a distance, maybe even out of time. It's not quite reliable, giving hints of nefarious activities going on without giving every detail needed to put a stop to it. It takes Jax and a few of his buddies to do the sleuthing and world traveling to track down the people doing the bad thing (here, it's political assassinations) before they get away with it. I'm enjoying how Jax is coming around on the ability Tobie has, starting to trust her more. A fourth book would have been awesome.

Sometimes when I read airport thrillers/beach reads/ bestsellers, I don't care too much about the characters, and the "exciting" part just falls flat. That happens even with big names, even when I'm actively trying to enjoy them. But I always connect with Candace Proctor's characters and want to know what's going on, what's in the next chapter. She's written a bunch of books, but I wish she could write twice as many. Alas.

Anyway, I came here from the regency mystery series she wrote. I still like those more, but these were almost as good, IMO. Recommended.

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