ARC Review: Flight Risk by Cherie Priest

Flight Risk
Author: Cherie Priest
Series: Booking Agents (Book 2)
Publication: Atria Books (November 1, 2022)

Description: Inconsistent psychic Leda Foley and Seattle detective Grady Merritt return to solve the case of a missing couple in this sequel to the “delightful” (The New York Times Book Review) mystery Grave Reservations.

When psychic travel agent Leda Foley is approached by a man searching for his sister, she quickly agrees to help. The missing woman disappeared with a vintage orange car, a fat sack of her employer’s cash, and a grudge against her philandering husband—a man who never even reported her missing.

Meanwhile, Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt has temporarily misplaced his dog. While he’s passing out bright pink “Lost” flyers at the Mount Rainier visitor’s center, the wayward pooch appears—with a human leg in his mouth.

Thanks to DNA matching, Grady soon learns that Mr. Leg has something to do with Leda’s new client, and soon the two cases are tangled.

Theories abound, but law enforcement is low on leads. Lucky for Grady, Leda has a few ideas that might just be crazy enough to work. They’ll need one yellow dog, a fair share of teamwork, and perhaps a bit of Klairvoyant Karaoke to piece the clues together.

My Thoughts: Psychic travel agent Leda Foley has taken a new case. She has been hired to find Robin Reddick who disappeared with a sack of her employer's cash and driving a vintage orange car. Her husband didn't report her missing but her brother and her son are sure that something bad happened. Leda uses psychometry to try to find her but gets only inconclusive results.

Meanwhile, Seattle PD detective Grady Merritt and his daughter are looking for their lost dog who ran off while they were hiking at Mt. Ranier. It is on their third trip back to Mt. Ranier that their dog Cairo appears. He happens to have a man's leg in his mouth. However, Cairo is basically untrained and not at all able to lead Grady and the Rangers to the rest of the body. 

DNA testing indicates that the leg belongs to Paul Reddick who is the missing Robin's philandering husband. Paul is a professor at a local college who has an affair with a new student each school year. 

I liked the way Grady and Leda work together to solve both of their cases. There are so many good things about this book. Leda doing Klairvoyant Karaoke at a local bar. Grady accepting that at least sometimes Leda's psychic abilities can be used to solve crimes. I liked Leda's circle of friends and even her pet beta fish.

This was fun and entertaining. I hope there are more stories coming in this series. 

I received this one in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. You can buy your copy here.