- Paperback: 212 pages
- Publisher: Red Coyote Press (Oct 15 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0976673355
- ISBN-13: 978-0976673354
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,148,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Over-the-top Fun but Repetitous, July 19 2011
By Happy Reader - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: High Crimes on the Magical Plane: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Mystery (Paperback)
The first mystery I read by Kris Neri was "Revenge of the Gypsy Queen", the first in the series starring the loopy Tracy Eaton. Though the plotting was loose, the comedy was manic and I had a very good time reading it. (Five stars!) Revenge of the Gypsy Queen (Tracy Eaton Mysteries #1)"High Crimes on the Magical Plane" is the first in what may be a new series. The protagonists are Samantha Brennan, a fake psychic, and Annabelle Haggerty, a Celtic goddess who's voluntarily doing a stint as an FBI agent on earth.
Again, there is lots of comedy, primarily from Samantha, who never met a one-liner she didn't like. Her flakey personality drives the story. For example, here she's pondering Angus, actually another god of a Bacchus-like personality: "Okay, so maybe he was the only person who had ever seen any restraint in me, but I'd never object to praise, even if it wasn't true."
But Angus brings up the main reason why I didn't give this Kris Neri book five stars. There is too much a mishmash of the fantasy. Celtic deities, leprechauns, flower fairies, shape-shifters, brownies. It's not that you couldn't have a story with all of these, even a story such as this, placed in present day Los Angeles. But it just didn't fit together for me.
The constant one-liners from Samantha got a little repetitive. I kept hoping that she could have a thought now and then that wasn't meant to be a joke.
I didn't think this was a bad book, and there's a lot of potential. I recommend it as light reading.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well written story, Dec 9 2011
By Adele M. Crouch - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: High Crimes on the Magical Plane: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Mystery (Paperback)
I started reading and I couldn't put it down. I read High Crimes on the Magical Plane non-stop from cover to cover. A cute mix of LAPD, FBI, a fake psychic, a real psychic/Celtic Goddess, and even a gnome! This is a detective novel with a twist that I would recommend to anyone. I can't wait to get started on Magical Alienation :-}
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
From the little household gnomes to humans who turn out to be the opposite of first glance, her tale is chock full of fun, Jan 8 2010
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: High Crimes on the Magical Plane: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Mystery (Paperback)
Kris Neri introduces her new urban fantasy series with HIGH CRIMES ON THE MAGICAL PLANE. Past series by Kris Neri include the Tracy Eaton mysteries, which were nominated for Agatha, Anthony and Macavity Awards. She has also published short mysteries, which have also garnered Derringer Awards and Pushcart Prize nominations.Samantha Brennan is a semi-established con artist of the New Age persuasion. Not only does she claim to be psychic, but she throws in Celtic goddess for good measure. When Molly Claire is abducted by a weird gangland uprising and made to rob banks Patricia Hearst style, Sam is yanked out of her comfortable universe by an FBI agent, who really is a Celtic goddess. As Samantha and Annabelle join forces, or rather Annabelle compels Sam to witness her own visions, the fun begins. What follows is a serious manhunt for Molly Claire. The only relief Samantha finds in her new exposure is Annabelle's cousin, who is truly a god of love and fun:
"And when he took me in his arms I felt magnificent. For the first time in my life I didn't feel like pudgy Samantha, squeezed-into-last-season's-clothes Samantha. I felt like the most divine woman on Earth. The touch of his lips on mine made me drunk with desire, the movement of his hands as they explored my body made me dizzy. And my body positively ignited when Angus left a trail of kisses, as soft as the breeze, from my neck to my breasts."
Ms. Neri's latest effort is a swirl of fantasy. From the little household gnomes to humans who turn out to be the opposite of first glance, her tale is chock full of fun. She's taken ordinary, mundane things and transformed them into a parallel universe that one would love to revel in forever. Her imagination is without bounds; her characters are weird in a scintillating way; and her plot is one exciting adventure after another. Samantha is the typical Valley Girl with a twist, and Ms. Neri has transformed a tired genre into a new and refreshing experience. Who would have thought that debauchery could become the new ethic? But under Ms. Neri's able hand, her reality turns into a new counter culture.
This reviewer will anxiously await MAGICAL ALIENATION, her next Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty installment.
Shelley Glodowski
Senior Reviewer
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