Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Truth or Dare by Jayne Ann Krentz

Book 2 in the Whispering Springs series

Zoe Luce, psychic interior decorator, has finally settled down to domestic life in Whispering Springs, Ariz., with private investigator Ethan Truax. They are now working to create a successful marriage, but events in their pasts keep interfering with their hopes for wedded bliss. Ethan is still haunted by his brother's murder and his own pursuit of justice in that case, so part of him expects Zoe to dump him, just as his previous three wives did. Zoe is plagued by memories of her imprisonment in a private psychiatric sanatorium, as she unexpectedly encounters psychic "spider webs" clinging to several places she has recently visited. As Ethan and Zoe struggle with their pasts, both become caught up in the dilemma of Zoe's friend, Arcadia, who fears that her ex-husband has returned from the dead to settle an old score.

Both have started their businesses - Ethan a private detective agency and Zoe her own interior design business. Since I have not read the previous book I'm assuming that their various friends came with them so they have their gang to hang out with. The characters were a bit flat and the mystery of who is creating the "spider webs" leads to a disappointing conclusion. It was an OK book but sadly does not make we want to read more of these characters. Book 1 is Light in Shadow. I have really enjoyed other books by Jayne Ann Krentz but this just didn't do much for me.