Also Known As Syzygy (AKA Investigations Series, Book 3)
On December 3, 2012, Saturn, Venus & Mercury aligned. On that same night, three women align to see that justice is done.
Ponzi Bonnet thought she had found the perfect husband. A psychologist could certainly understand her damage. But her suspicion of infidelity turns out to be something far worse. Far more sinister. And he had to be stopped.
Kenda Harper, an actress and Ponzi’s best friend, will do anything to help. Even if it means endangering her own life and denying the yearning in her heart.
Anna Dew, an artist and HSP, could not tell her friend Ponzi why she pulled away, but when she learns that her solution only enables bad men to do bad things, she is compelled to make it right.
Three women, finding strength amid their weaknesses, embarking on a journey into darkness, and the labyrinths of selfhood, match wits with the men who would inflict harm on other women, and they won't give up until justice is done.
The Story Behind This Book
Author's Note This book sprouted from AKA Investigations, Book 3, when I discovered that the minor characters didn't want to be minor. They sort of commandeered the book and began writing one of their own. So I pulled that material out of the book I was working on, and gave it its own place here, which made this book #3 in the series, and the one I had been working on, Book 4. For fear of confusing the reader (never mind myself), I spent a great deal of time trying to figure out how to label this book and the next in this series. While Also Known as Syzygy is not a book strictly about AKA Investigations per se, nor its main characters (Jobeth, Phoebe, Ginger and Izzy), it is a book about the people on the periphery of both. This book (Also Known as Syzygy) is a spinoff of the story in Also Known as Rising & Falling (Book 4); it covers the same approximate time period, only from different points of view than what is found in Book 4. Rather than juggle terms like prequel and spinoff, I thought it might be simplest to just call this one Book 3 and the other one Book 4, so that the reader would know in which order to read them. Syzygy, therefore, should be read first, then Book 4 of the AKA Investigations series, Also Known as Rising & Falling. (WTF. See what I mean?). Refer to blog posts Also Known as Syzygy and Prequels, Sequels & Spinoffs for more information.
Praise and Reviews
Brilliant series, March 1, 2013Book Three in the AKA Investigations Series
Ponzi Bonnet has a perfect marriage, or so she thinks. Her husband, Garrison, is impotent, which suits Ponzi. She can't have sex due to earlier problems and events in her life. Garrison is a psychologist, who better to understand Ponzi's problems?
Ponzi becomes suspicious of Garrison and wonders if he's told her the full truth about himself. She thinks he may be having an affair. Her suspicions are wrong. Garrison has a far worse agenda than a simple affair. He has to be stopped from carrying on his devious goings on at all costs.
Actress, Kenda Harper, is Ponzi's best friend. Kenda is also smitten with her straight best friend, but she would never act on her feelings. Straight is straight and married is married after all. Kenda would do literally anything for Ponzi, even at the risk of her own life.
Struggling artist, Anna Dew, used to work for Garrison as his secretary and left suddenly. Ponzi has her suspicions that she may be the one Garrison is seeing. But Ponzi couldn't be further from the truth.
Ponzi, Kenda and Anna eventually pit their wits together to outsmart Garrison and his sidekick. They have to prevent them from harming any more women, no matter what the consequences to themselves. They plot and plan and come up with a dangerous and intricate plan. But will it work? Will all three women survive?
This book is vastly different to the previous two in the series. But, it is every bit as exciting and as much a page turner from start to finish as it's predecessors. I ended up staying up until well past my bedtime to finish this.
Syzygy is an alignment of three celestial objects according to Kelli Jae Baeli. Here we have three women aligned in the pursuit of justice. Hence the title of this book.
Syzygy features Ponzi, Kenda and Anna as it's main characters. All are multidimensional and interact really well together. Some of the staff of AKA Investigations put in an appearance, along with Phoebe, Izzy and Ginger from the previous books. All characters are essential in moving the story along at a nice pace.
This book covers a lot of different topics. I don't want to add in any spoilers, but be prepared for some major shocks along the way. The storyline is certainly not for the faint hearted. But having said that, the book is extremely well written and any storyline of an upsetting nature has been sympathetically penned.
I have the fourth book in this series, which I can't wait to start. But I'm going to save it until next month. It will probably be a while before another AKA book is published. Well, I'm hoping there will be another in the series. Please!
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting and Satisfying! February 2, 2013
By J. Jones
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This is a must read - suspenseful, emotional and very satisfying. Will read the other books in the series. So glad I stumbled upon this author.
