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A review by jacki_f
Clouded Vision by Linwood Barclay
4.0
Before you order this, you should be aware that it is not a full length novel, but only a novella which will take you maybe an hour - if that - to read.
Nevertheless it's a nifty little story about a con artist who poses as a psychic. She makes a living by visiting the relatives of missing people and extorting money from them in exchange for invented facts about their missing relatives. In this instance, her target is the anxious husband of a missing woman, whose fate we already know. The story unfolds alternating between the perspectives of different characters, with a couple of nice twists to hold your interest.
I applaud Linwood Barclay for recognising it as the simple story that it is, rather than trying to stretch it out into a longer format. The perfect commuter read.
Nevertheless it's a nifty little story about a con artist who poses as a psychic. She makes a living by visiting the relatives of missing people and extorting money from them in exchange for invented facts about their missing relatives. In this instance, her target is the anxious husband of a missing woman, whose fate we already know. The story unfolds alternating between the perspectives of different characters, with a couple of nice twists to hold your interest.
I applaud Linwood Barclay for recognising it as the simple story that it is, rather than trying to stretch it out into a longer format. The perfect commuter read.