The Yellow Lantern

She woke up dead - at least that is what the doctor told her.

Josephine Clayton thought she was coming to in heaven, but instead awoke in hell. She had to put her life in the hands of everyone she trusted and did not trust for she could not move to save herself. An unlikely ally appears out of the darkness to save her from death. Only to sell her for a soul stealing task. Josephine will do anything for the only person she loves and therefore goes forward with the deal with evil.

Braham Taylor inherits his foster uncle's factory much to his cousin Gerald's consternation. Gerald will do anything to get what he believes belongs to him. Everything that his uncle left Braham. When Josie comes to the factory for work, she walks into a place of mysterious accidents. But also where she herself is supposed to perform evil.

Just in time for Halloween, I read Angie Dicken's The Yellow Lantern: True Colors (2019). Dicken grabs you within the first page and does not let go. The story is straight from the history of American crime. Josephine is a healer which makes her dilemma about her participation with criminals to ring true. Dicken provides twists in the story so that there is more than one villain in the story. Awesome to read! The writing is crisp and clean. There is a light romance, but the story mainly focuses on the dilemma and the crimes committed. A great story as you get ready for Halloween and an interesting look back in time. I cannot wait for Dicken's next mystery.

I received this book for free in a Goodreads Giveaway and give my opinion without prejudice and voluntarily.

I feel like Angie Dicken is really hitting her stride as an author with this one! The symbolism with the yellow lantern is deftly woven into the story and Josie's peril is so vividly portrayed. Of course I suspected a great deal of what happened at the end as far as who some of the players were, but the final crimes I didn't really see coming because I didn't think they would be quite that bold. Whew!

The romance in the story is chaste and secondary to the story of Josie's peril and the other crimes in the story. I was glad that it didn't end up overshadowing the mystery and that the suspense carried through the story so nicely.

I'll definitely be reading more of this story as well as the next book this author writes.

Thanks to the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.