Adam J. Wright

I got to say that I am surprised I like this so much, I really wanted to read a Urban Fantasy and when I realized it was also a mystery series I was pretty excited to read it. Since this book is the first in the series I expected a lot of setup, but Wright does a pretty good job of intertwining plot and backstory. We don’t get long winded paragraphs explaining things but rather conversations and the like.

I don’t know too much about the supernatural so I couldn’t really guess what was show more going on, or who was the culprit and like most Urban fantasies like this we have a mystery to solve while also seeing pieces start to unravel for a bigger mystery that should span a couple of books, which I am excited for. As far as romances went we don’t get too much in this one, there are some hints to a couple but I really hope it’s not Alec and Felicity. There’s just too many books where people that work together tend to become romantically linked and I would much rather they turn into best friends and not lovers.

Overall, a good start to a Urban Fantasy mystery series. show less

3.25 stars
While I like this series, this particular book made my teeth ache - mostly because of goofs which could have been caught by a good editor. On top of which, this book's release date kept getting pushed further back each month (though, evidently, not because it was getting a good editing LOL).

Poor Alec.
His dad and Felicity are determined to keep him as out of the loop as they can on the prophecy about the Melandra Codex as they can. I personally think this is stupid on their part, show more but whatever. When they arrive for Christmas, it's not just to visit and catch-up. They want him to do a job for them for their pet project. Nice people these two.

Alec also has some weird reactions to things. He under-reacts to things his dad tells him, but goes a bit overboard when outsiders who enter his circle want to be included in the action. I really wish he'd blow up at the old man, who really needs a slap upside the head for the way he's treated his son over the years.

Also, the witches, Victoria and Devon Blackwell, are a curious pair. Do they never get tired from expending the amount of energy they use in their spells? Neither one ever seem to be exhausted after a teleportation spell or healing or what have you. Shouldn't there be some cost along the way?

I sometimes wonder if Alec really likes the job he's got as a PI, of if he'd be happier away from the whole thing, and especially out from under the Society's thumb ... We'll find out in the next exciting installment, which is out, hopefully, in November ... show less

This series is by turns frustrating (the author kept putting the release date for this book back and back) and interesting.

Alec Harbinger finds himself at the center of it all with an ancient Egyptian magician planing to turn everyone into his army of the dead, the Cabal causing it's own trouble, the Society being a pain in the backside (when will Alec realize that he shouldn't trust these guys?), the Melandra Codex, and Merlin causing his own havoc when it all comes to a head and the world show more changes in ways prophesied and not.

I will read what is supposed to be the last book, but I don't know how he's gonna save magic ... show less

Lost Soul
Harbinger P.I., Book 1
By: Adam J Wright
Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
I enjoyed this fun fantasy. PI doesn't stand for Private Investigator, it is for Paranormal or something similar. Yep, that is the world this is. Although he is sent to Maine to keep him out of their way, our main guy is super busy with all sorts of strange business besides trying to keep from getting killed. The ones trying to kill him, he believes, maybe from his Main Office! It is a fun book with lots of great show more characters, twists, humor, and I couldn't wait to get the next book.
The narrator was spot on for this book. The voices, the pace, inflections, all were perfect! show less