The Drowning Pool

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From Publishers WeeklyIn Seewald's tepid second novel of romantic suspense to feature psychic librarian Kim Reynolds (after The Inferno Collection), Kim and her police detective boyfriend, Lt. Mike Gardner, look into the murder of Rick Bradshaw, an unrepentant womanizer found floating in the swimming pool of the apartment complex where Kim lives in Webster Township, N.J. Suspects include Rick's fiancée, his current lover, an ex-lover and assorted cuckolded husbands. Gardner welcomes Kim's help on the case, but he's mainly interested in persuading her to marry him. The romantic scenes between the pair flow better than the slow progress of the murder investigation. Some readers may be disappointed that Kim, who's haunted by ghosts, doesn't use her psychic talents until late in the proceedings. (Feb.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistSexy. Crime solver. Psychic. Librarian. Kim Reynolds is all of the above. She and police detective Mike Gardner (The Inferno Collection, 2007) are together again . . . sort of. Mike wants to step things up and marry Kim, but she’s not so sure that’s what she wants, even though they love each other. Mike’s life is further complicated when he’s assigned a new partner, “Bert” St. Croix, a tough cop straight off the mean streets of New York City. Bert, the “Jackie Robinson” of the Webster Township police department, has to prove herself both as a woman and as an African American. Mike is expected to rein in his zealous, martial-arts-trained partner before she gets in trouble with the brass, even while they’re solving two mysterious murders. Seewald’s fans will be happy to see the return of Kim and Mike. Who says academic reference librarians lead boring lives? --Shelley Mosley