Cheryl Kaye Tardif's hot futuristic thriller, Divine Intervention,
radiates suspense and mystery. Divine Intervention transports the
reader to a tomorrow with comforting echoes of today, but also with
strange possibilities that challenge expectations.
Tardif's passionate crime solvers are anything but ordinary, in any
time: three high-strung special investigators endowed with psychic
powers, which enable them to pierce the veil separating the
physical world from a fleeting dimension of shadowy thoughts and
events. Their extrasensory vision isn't perfect, though, and Jasi,
Natassia, and Ben must always supplement their gifts with
old-fashioned detective work and strategic, if sometimes
unpleasant, alliances to make up the balance. Paradoxically, their
unusual abilities can render them dangerously vulnerable,
transforming the hunters into the prey, the magicians of emotion
into nearly helpless pawns.
The author skillfully ties and unties knots in a plot line
stretching back decades to a source of evil now unleashing fiery
destruction and horrible death amid the scenic wonders of British
Columbia. Tardif fuels her story with relentless pacing,
marvelously cryptic clues, frequent surprises, and convincing
details of criminal investigation and firefighting. The narrative
temperature reaches feverish intensity when multiple conflicts
threaten to ignite and obsessive attractions cloud rationality with
sensual steam.
As a mystery author and lover of a well-told tale, I found much to
admire and enjoy in Divine Intervention by Cheryl Kaye
Tardif.
(Reviewed by Jimmy Fox, author of genealogical mysteries: Deadly
Pedigree, Lineages and Lies, and Jackpot Blood)