Meet Brenda Strange. Wealthy. Dead Ringer for Princess Diana. Brenda Strange has a great life, looks, money and a great job. She's is a lawyer and she's just been made junior partner. All is changed in the blink of an eye when a crazed gunman goes on a killing spree and she becomes one of the victims and is seriously injured.
Brenda, literally, is pulled back from deaths door to find she has a strange psychic abilities. She decides to leave her life as a lawyer and focus on making miniature teddy bears in her brother, Timmy's memory. During her near death experience she saw her young brother who died when she was a child.
Brenda and her lover Tina, decide to buy an old Victorian house in Tampa, something Brenda has wanted to do for a long time. Tina hopes this will help Brenda's recuperation. They will split their time between Florida and New York. Brenda was drawn to the house from the beginning. After they move in, the mystery begins and Brenda will not rest until it's solved. To top it all Brenda's mom is diagnosed with cervical cancer and is torn between her obsession with the house and dealing with her emotions.
I have heard about this series for years and never made time to read it. I wouldn't say it was my favorite lesbian mystery but definitely not as graphic as some I've read over the years. I want to try some others to see how the series develops as I do enjoy a good occult mystery.