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Ashes of Aries [Mass Market Paperback]

Martha C. Lawrence
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Nov 18 2002 Elizabeth Chase Mysteries (Book 5)
When Matthew Fielding, the four-year-old son of a San Diego telecommunications mogul, turns up missing, the psychic skills of P.I. Elizabeth Chase are requested. The stakes are raised soon after Elizabeth begins her investigation when a wildfire breaks out in Rancho Santa Fe, the secluded community where Matthew and his family-and Elizabeth's own parents-live. Aided and abetted by the Santa Ana winds, flames rage out of control, consuming thousands of acres and dozens of homes.

Before the ashes can be cleared away, another fire blazes through everything in its path. Are the kidnapper and arsonist one and the same? Will Elizabeth be able to find the clues she needs in the dying embers around her? It's a race against time itself as man and nature combine to wreak destruction on Elizabeth's community and keep a little boy lost forever.

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In her fifth astrological adventure (after 2000's Pisces Rising), psychic PI Elizabeth Chase faces an unusual and riveting mystery that will give pause to even the most ardent skeptics. When San Diego telecommunications mogul Frank Fielding's four-year-old son, Matthew, disappears, the Fieldings ask detective Bruce Loebman to call in Elizabeth for help. But before the unconventional sleuth, whom Loebman reluctantly consults, has a chance to focus on the case, a wildfire, fueled by the Santa Ana winds, ravages the exclusive community where the Fieldings live, destroying property and thousands of acres of land. When another fire breaks out, she discovers that it's the work of an arsonist who may also be Matthew's kidnapper. Dismissed by doubting Thomases, Elizabeth steps up her own investigation to find the little boy before it's too late. Her two Ph.D.s from Stanford and her prior psychic successes aren't necessary to make her a plausible, likable heroine, but they don't hurt. Her work with her shaman-mentor, the Luiseno Indian Sequoia, only adds to her credibility, as he teaches her to harness power from the natural world around her that the author describes so well. Lawrence effectively combines the earthly and the inexplicable in this fascinating page-turner, and its dramatic ending will delight committed fans as well as attract new ones. (Sept. 17)Anthony awards.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Psychic private eye Elizabeth Chase employs her particular skills to locate a kidnapped four-year-old San Diego boy and an arsonist responsible for a nearby terrible wildfire. Could arsonist and kidnapper be one and the same? A fine series.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A believable psychic investigator July 23 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Elizabeth Chase seems like the most down-to-earth person, someone I can identify with even thougth she works in the realm of the paranormal. A page-turner with insight and a great deal of soul
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Her Best April 6 2002
Format:Hardcover
I completely enjoyed this series so far but, although this one is very readable, it never got off the ground for me. I would have preferred more about the kidnapping and much less about the fires. Kind of a lazy effort, I thought, particularly the ending which had me shaking my head in disappointment. Hope the next one is better.
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4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining read Mar 7 2002
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Format:Hardcover
This was my first Elizabeth Chase PI book. Kidnapping of 4-yr old child from wealthy community plus arson (out of control fires that destroyed communities and took lives) entertwined. Since this is fiction, I would like to have had a little more psychic adventure in the book. Overall, the book was very entertaining and was one of the few that I've read in the last year that I didn't turn to the back to see if the end justified reading the entire book. Martha's characters are on the whole well developed and believable. There was one glaring "technical" error that was well into the book. Was surprised that it got past both the author and publisher. I will make an effort to read more of this series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Down-to-earth psychic
Psychic investigator and private eye Elizabeth Chase sets out to find a kidnapped four-year-old boy and nearly loses her own life in a deadly arson wildfire that sweeps through the... Read more
Published on Feb 24 2002 by Lynn Harnett
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Page Turner!
After eagerly awaiting the 5th in the series of psychic P.I. Elizabeth Chase I was not disappointed. Elizabeth is called in on the case of a missing four year old child. Read more
Published on Feb 19 2002 by Paula Hess
5.0 out of 5 stars EXTRAORDINARY TALENT
Once you start reading one of Martha's books you will not be able to put it down. She is one of the most engaging mystery writer I have read in a very long time. Read more
Published on Nov 3 2001 by Mrs. Marvin Warth
5.0 out of 5 stars ...Excellent!!......
As usual, Martha Lawrence has written a winner! Her main character, (Elizabeth Chase), is so strong yet kind.... Read more
Published on Sep 28 2001 by "cutter@onebox.com"
5.0 out of 5 stars Lawrence's finest, strongest effort yet!
Ashes of Aries is a paranormal mystery thriller that will not disappoint!

Lawrence's writing in this, her fifth novel in the Elizabeth Chase mystery series, is literally as... Read more

Published on Sep 25 2001 by J. Russell
5.0 out of 5 stars The Suspense Never Stops
The suspense never stops in this mystery starring psychic private investigator Dr. Elizabeth Chase. With the clock ticking, Elizabeth must use all of her detecting skills and... Read more
Published on Sep 25 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars Fine installment in this dynamite series
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Published on Aug 28 2001 by Harriet Klausner
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