Bo Bradley is a Court Dependency Investigator with San Diego’s Child Protective Services. She also suffers from Bi Polar Disorder and is coming out of a deep depression after losing her lifetime companion, her dog Mildred. When a friend and fellow patient at the Ghost Flower Lodge, a sub acute psychiatric facility is murdered leaving behind a 6 year old boy, Bo is determined to find out who murdered her friend and protect his son from becoming a “victim” to the system. Bo wonders if the financial problems of the Neji Indians who run the lodge could possibly be related, especially when she discovers suspicious actions regarding a corporation that is interested in buying the lodge. While overall I enjoyed this book, I find that it is a struggle to get into Ms. Padgett’s novels and this one was no exception. I felt like I was forcing myself to read the book and then as I read on, I became more interested in the story and wanted to see it through to the end. It’s always interesting to get into the mind of the main character, Bo Bradley, and see the world as only Bo does.
