{"id":8137,"date":"2019-08-20T06:43:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2019-08-20T06:55:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T10:55:57","slug":"a-fools-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8137","title":{"rendered":"****A Fool’s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Judy Penz Sheluk \u2013 A\nFool\u2019s Journey<\/em> is the third cozy mystery in Canadian author Judy Penz\nSheluk\u2019s entertaining Marketville Mystery series. Protagonist Callie Barnstable\nhas assembled an interesting team that works for Past and Present\nInvestigations, to find missing persons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genealogical research is the domain of her friend Chantelle\nMarchand. Former librarian Shirley Harrington conducts online and archival\nresearch\u2014if something was ever published, Shirley will track it down. Antique\nshop owner Arabella Carpenter is occasionally called upon to evaluate a\nclient\u2019s physical evidence, such as old letters, jewelry, and, in this story,\ntattoo art. Oddest member of the team is Misty Rivers, a tarot reader, who\nposts surprisingly popular insights drawn from tarot cards on the Past &\nPresent website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team\u2019s current case comes to Callie via what a gentle\nbribe. In her will, Callie\u2019s great-grandmother has asked her to investigate the\ndisappearance of Brandon Colbeck, grandson of great-grandma\u2019s best friend in\nthe nursing home. In 2000, 20-year-old Colbeck left home \u201cto find himself,\u201d\ntaking very little with him and, significantly, leaving behind his\nidentification. If Callie gives her search a good effort, regardless of whether\nshe actually finds Colbeck, she\u2019ll receive her great-grandmother\u2019s legacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Colbeck\u2019s family has made numerous fruitless\nattempts to locate him. Nevertheless, they have agreed to cooperate with Callie\nas she gives it one last try. Their willingness arises in part from a recent\ntelephone call Colbeck\u2019s grandmother received from someone claiming to be the\nlong-lost grandson. Was it Colbeck? Or a scam?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon had a tattoo, which tarot expert Misty recognizes as\na portion of the tarot card \u201cThe Fool.\u201d Sheluk artfully weaves interesting\ninformation about tattooing, tattoo art, and tarot into her story, telling you\nwhat you need to know without hindering the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her initial interviews, Callie is convinced each family member is holding out on her. With the help of her team, she determinedly goes about discovering these secrets with determination and considerable savvy and skill. In Callie, author Sheluk has created a competent, conscientious protagonist\u2014the kind of super-responsible person her clients can entrust their secrets to. You learn her likes and dislikes, her strengths and weaknesses, how she spends her day. Sheluk\u2019s clear writing style helps the plot and the discoveries move along briskly, and it\u2019s fun to see how every team member makes her unique and valuable contribution to the investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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