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Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Thank you to @lovearctually and @atriabooks for this traveling ARC copy of Grave Reservations!  All opinions in this review are my own.

Leda Foley has always had psychic visions but they are usually helpful to no one.  Her real job is trying to get her struggling travel agency off the ground.  When Leda has a bad feeling about one of her clients, she changes his flight at the last minute, just in time for him to watch his original flight explode on the runway.

Grady Merritt has just narrowly missed being on an exploding plane.  After the initial shock wears off, he realizes that his travel agent saved him.  The more he learns about Leda, the more he wants her to help him solve a cold case.

Grave Reservations was a quick, light cold case murder mystery.  As a mystery, Grave Reservations didn't blow me away.  Despite Grady reminding Leda that they need hard evidence to arrest anyone, most of the clues or leads were based around Leda's psychic connections.

It is such a small moment, but I like that Leda and her friend, Niki, play video games together.  Typically when characters play video games in books, especially women, it becomes their entire personality so I really appreciated this moment.