A review by delz
Spirit and Dust by Rosemary Clement-Moore

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Spirit and Dust is action packed with a little romance thrown in. Daisy Goodnight is a medium, she can see and speak to the dead. Like other Goodnights before her she helps the FBI solve cold cases and new murder cases. It is on one of these cases with Agent Taylor, that Daisy is kidnapped by the Maguire Crime Family.  The crime boss needs Daisy to find his kidnapped daughter, Alexis and a rare Egyptian artifact the kidnappers are looking for. The person assigned to “help” Daisy is Maguire’s right hand man, Carson. Carson is a young handsome guy, who seems to be decent, lulling Daisy into falling for him. Unfortunately nothing about this case is what it seems and even with Daisy’s talent things don’t always go as planned .  This book has been on my tbr for a long time and now I realize it did not age well. There are so many references to Harry Potter. I’m sure 10 years ago most of us were unaware of our own implicit bias that blinded us from seeing JKR’s racism and antisemitism, but hopefully a good, empathetic, sensitive author would not hold JKR up to this kind of fan worship today. It made it difficult to enjoy the book.