I read this one after the others, even though it's set earlier in the series, so was a bit confused; I kept thinking Brenda was home recuperating from the stress of the most recent story. I see it was written in 2012, but I wasn't aware of the book until its release as an audio book.Unfortunately, the audio edition drags down an otherwise so-so plot. The narration is just awful! I stuck it out from determination to see if the story might be worth it - not really; I ended up regretting I hadn't read a print copy instead. Instead of the voice of Buffalo native Jeff, we get a guy who sounds more like he spent his life in the New Jersey suburbs. Richard seems a bit of a well meaning, loyal sidekick, whose main feature is to be a handy doctor when needed, as well as being rich enough to splash money around as needed. I didn't care who committed the murder, as I found the suspects largely a boring lot. Jeff's psychic ability, which comes into play regularly (more than I recall from the other stories) was the redeeming feature for me.This one is definitely NOT a stand-alone at all. Read the first book first to understand Jeff's background, and Richard's. This one adds nothing to the series as I don't recall these events affecting later plotlines. A turning point for Jeff, May 21, 2013 By Ellen Rappaport (Florida) Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Room At The Inn (The Jeff Resnick Mysteries) (Kindle Edition) This was a special book to me in this series. I've read all the Jeff Resnick books and found them to be in a class by themselves. The paranormal theme is not far fetched, on the contrary, due to Jeff's horrendous mugging that took place months ago, his psychic abilities seem quite believable.This story begins with Jeff and Maggie being asked by Maggie's friend, Susan, to do an article on the Sugar Maple Inn. Susan and her husband Zack have put all their finances into making a go of this B&B. Located next to a ski resort they could make quite a bundle during the skiing season. The problem was getting enough paying guests to enable them to renovate the rooms beforehand. That's where the idea for this article comes in. Maggie doing the writing and arrangements of the rooms while Jeff takes all the pictures. The photography equipment costs money and Richard, Jeff's brother, was there for Jeff for that endeavor.But something doesn't seem right to Jeff. Negative vibes keep popping into his head and he decides to call on Richard for assistance. At first I was already for Jeff to be totally abandoned in this psychic world that's now a part of his life, but I was especially pleased when that was not the case. Richard not only chose to answer his brother's call for assistance but actually was communicating with Jeff on every angle of what Jeff's psychic senses were showing him. That's the special quality for me in this book. Jeff was not abandoned and his brother, Richard, proved that over and over. They worked as a team delving into the unknown as to what lie beneath the surface of Jeff's sense of urgency.Maggie also played a vital role as their relationship rose to a higher level. They were working on their magazine article project together, communicating about what their take on the guests as well as Susan & Zack were as well as her accepting Jeff's psychic abilities in order to solve this mystery.If you want to read a book that opens up the possibilities of another dimension in a mystery then you may want to consider "Room at the Inn" and the Jeff Resnick series.
What do You think about Room At The Inn (2012)?
loved it! This book should be no. 3, after Dead in Red, before Cheated by Death
—Allycat
Jeff Resnick is an amazing character. I love this series. More, please.
—Karen
