"Feng Shui and Murder"

Salome Waterhouse is a Feng Shui practitioner who has begun doing feng shui consultations on houses where murders have been committed.

A famous decorator in DC is found murdered in his home. Salome and Judah Freeman, a PI and house sitter for Salome when she is out of town, team up to investigate this murder. Mr. Mah becomes a suspect, but Salome cannot pin anything on him except his bad taste. Her neighbor, Fiona had been following Duncan Mah, but now Fiona has gone missing. At first Salome thinks Fiona has gone to Chicago as she had been planning, but over time she begins to worry about her.

Judah is separated from his wife Cookie who has a restaurant called Cookie's. At a recent fundraiser at her restaurant a linguist has gone missing. Salome investigates whether the murder and the theft might be related.

I found this book to be much more enjoyable than the first one in this series. I like the friendship developing between Salome and Judah. I think they work well together. I hope they do more investigating together in future books. I think Salome's character is better developed in this book and we get to know her a little better. There wasn't as much Feng Shui in this book and a lot more investigating. This made it more believable and kept my interest. I recommend this book.

Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Posted February 17, 2003