Psych: A Mind is a Terrible to Read is a contemporary
mystery based on the USA television series and written by William Rabkin.
Brilliantly showing up a detective in court by causing
someone other than the defendant to confess to a murder, therefore throwing out
the whole case, is not the best way to get in someone’s good graces.
Though Shawn, man-child of excellent deduction skills who
has convinced most of Santa Barbara that he is actually psychic, may be
convinced that the end justifies the means in this case, the detective in
question is not so sure.
In fact, he’s so irritated that he gets Gus, Shawn’s best
friend since childhood, and Shawn’s car impounded over something as silly as
eighty-seven parking tickets. Petty man!
But when the duo go to pick up the car, they find they’ve
stumbled across a criminal conspiracy and nearly get run over by a Mercedes.
Not that surprising, really.
Once Gus wakes up in the hospital, not only does he find
himself in the midst of another crazy case with his so-called psychic best
friend, but they have somehow picked up a tagalong. Her name is Tara Larison
and she’s beautiful, helpful and kind.
And completely insane. She’s positive that she is Shawn’s
psychic slave and will do anything for him. Which doesn’t seem TOTALLY bad
until Shawn’s enemies start showing up dead – and they are no longer sure if it’s
the result of criminal conspiracy or Shawn’s new, gorgeous minion making her
devotion known….
I love Psych. One of my favorite TV shows. It’s wacky,
witty, full of pop culture and 80s references and hilarious - while also solving
crimes.
This is my first foray into the novelization of the TV
show and I was quite pleased. Is it AS awesome as the show? I don’t think I’d
go quite that far – but it was quite good!
Primarily written from Gus’s perspective, though in third
person, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read is funny and has that same
wackadoodle feeling to it as the show. We get appearances by all the beloved
characters and a pretty solid mystery. I even managed to be surprised!
It only reminded me how much I love the show, and I have
to say that it was definitely good enough to read the next novelization – as I
know there are a good few written. More time with Shawn and Gus is never
anything but a good thing in my book!
Now, go find a pineapple!
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