title: Lethal Outlook: A Psychic Eye Mystery
author:  Victoria Laurie 
description: &ldquo;Abby Cooper is a character I hope will be around for a long time.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Spinetingler Magazine<br><br></i>&ldquo;If you like to mix&hellip;witty banter with suspense and a touch of mysticism, this series is for you.&rdquo;&mdash;Examiner.com
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  _For Josie, always my first reader._
  
   **Prologue**
  
  I watched my daughter die.
  
  The days leading up to her death are seared into my memory like one of those
  old clicking reels of film, snapshot images flickering behind my eyelids.
  There, Vivian, looking up at me. There, Alex, wild-eyed and frantic.
  
  I’d made the mistake of trusting the wrong person, again.
  
  Never trust anyone.
  
  Never trust yourself.
  
   **Rachel**
  
  On the night I first saw Alex the air was so hot it was almost fetid. It
  choked my throat and groped at me with damp fingers, slipping under my hair
  and arms, wrapping my legs, making my skin prickle and itch. I was late for my
  class.
  
  By the time I got to the village hall most of my sign-ups had arrived: the
  usual suspects, a motley bunch, probably just there for the company and free
  biscuits. Geoff was already present, resplendent in his greying towelling
  robe. He always liked to strut around whipping up his crowd of admirers. Not
  that there was