| Murder in Scorpio is the first appearance of psychic | | | | Elizabeth discovers real estate fraud and a meth lab |
| private investigator Dr. Elizabeth Chase, who is gifted | | | | but at the peril of her life. |
| with paranormal abilities. She uses these powers to | | | | I found myself turning the pages rapidly at the end of |
| solve mysteries and is called upon by a detective with | | | | the book as Elizabeth gets trapped by the responsible |
| the San Diego Police Department, unofficially of | | | | party and barely escapes with a young girl in tow, |
| course, to investigate the death of a friend. | | | | rescued by Tom her knight in shining armor. |
| All indications are that Janice Freeman died in a tragic | | | | The fast pace doesn't help the reader much as |
| car accident. Tom McGowan is convinced that there is | | | | Elizabeth unravels the mystery. Lawrence piles on the |
| more to this 'accident' than meets the eye. He | | | | facts and those of us without a basic knowledge of |
| describes a paranormal experience that led him to | | | | real estate ownership and business ownership details |
| Elizabeth Chase. | | | | are left re-reading Elizabeth's logic to keep up. |
| Her powers tell her that Tom is correct and begins to | | | | There are places where a section feels as if it were |
| investigate Janice's death. The trails take Elizabeth | | | | inserted only for the sake of lengthening the novel with |
| from the halls of a multi-million dollar real estate | | | | no added value to the story. For example, an interview |
| corporation to the broken-down shack inhabited by | | | | with a waitress, who claims to be an eyewitness to |
| potheads to a secluded house in the desert, sitting in a | | | | the crash, is ominous and appears to hold a vital clue. |
| sea of junk. | | | | However, after the scene, no more mention is made |
| One thing that becomes clear to Elizabeth is her | | | | of the waitress or her story. |
| growing attraction to her benefactor, the handsome | | | | None of these detract significantly from the novel with |
| Tom McGowan. When an attempt on her life luckily | | | | is an enjoyable and easy read. The story is interlaced |
| fails, Elizabeth is forced to take refuge in Tom's house, | | | | with intriguing paranormal events but never gets |
| a situation that neither finds uncomfortable. | | | | bogged down or burdens the reader with the feeling |
| The key to the whole mystery comes from the | | | | of a science fiction or fantasy tale. Lawrence keeps |
| murdered Janice, herself. She appears to Elizabeth in a | | | | the novel believable and exciting. The reader will fall in |
| dream and shows her the location of this 'key'. | | | | love with the divine Dr. Chase. |