Visiting Lilly by Toni Allen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Visiting Lilly is not your average whodunit, which is to be expected when there is no body and the person accused of murder dabbles in astral travel.
So, is there a murder? While some people are deeply convinced there is, DI Jake Talbot starts snooping around and soon bumps into restrictions. Not one to be told off, he only digs harder. And what he uncovers is a plot bordering on the supernatural.
Rarely have I met a character in a book who gave me so much food for thought. He is not easily placed, this Jake Talbot. Highly sensitive to every mood around him, he snaps at people quite out of proportion with the situation. It made me wonder if he suffers from some male form of PMS. And then again he is empathic and patient when one would expect him to blow up. No, he is not a straight character, but full of contradictions resulting from his own personal pain. It’s what makes him vulnerable as well as likeable as he manoeuvres through the pits and traps twisting the plot every which way.
The touch of the supernatural lends this story a fascinating depth, making the reader wonder if such things as ghosts are what we believe them to be and if travelling outside of your body is really possible.

Toni Allen kept me turning the pages, unwilling to put the book aside. When I had to, my thoughts were chewing on the puzzles like a dog on a bone, making me hurry through my chores to get back to the story.



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