A Review. Finding David, by Stevie Turner.



When Karen and Mick Curtis attend a demonstration of clairvoyance for the first time, Karen is singled out by the medium, Rae Cordelle. Rae has a message from Karen’s son David, who passed over to the spirit world many years before. The message shocks Karen and sends her on a journey of discovery, rocking her previously happy relationship with second husband Mick, David’s stepfather.


My Review.

A medium, a message and a mystery. The perfect ingredients for a very clever and well written short story. It reaches to the heart of everything. Not just, how can they know? and how can it be true? but – what does it mean if they are?

There’s always the danger, in a short story, that the plot is rushed, or the action condensed. Nothing like that happens here, this is a well written and well thought out tale.

Not to give too much away, but this story had me reading quickly, it’s very cleverly put together, with the end of every chapter leaving you desperate to turn the page. The theme is familiar, the desperate, overpowering need to know.

Karen needs to know what happened to David, Rae, the medium, says that she has the answers. Mick is sceptical. Then things get really interesting, as motives and secrets are revealed.

The writing is crisp and the description accurate, the characters are well-drawn. You can feel a certain emotion towards one character, then after a few more pages, shift it to another as the plot unfolds. The issues are not clear cut, although at the start you may be forgiven for thinking that they are. As the story develops the skill of the writer at leading you along a twisted path becomes more obvious. The ending is very satisfying, making me want to read more stories about the medium (I’m sure she has lots of interesting ones to tell), perhaps in a series of her own.

I have no hesitation in giving this story:

Stevie Turner has become another name on my ever-increasing list of authors To Be Read, the only question is, where to start?

Finding David is available here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07RLZF1JW


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6 Responses

  1. DGKaye

    Fab review Richard. I concur. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved every one of Stevie’s books I’ve read so far 🙂

    • Richard Dee

      Thanks for commenting, I have to decide which one to read next.

  2. Robbie Cheadle

    A lovely review, Richard. I have one of Stevie’s audio books in progress now and I have read 3 of her other books. All excellent.

    • Richard Dee

      Thanks, there are so many brilliant authors and so little time.

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