Searching Amazon for my next lot of summer reading, I stumbled
upon The Reiki Man by Dominic C James. I bought it purely for the Reiki
aspect and wasn’t disappointed at all.
Classed as a murder/suspense/mystery, it begins with the murder
of a billionaire industrialist which leaves the police clueless as the only
piece of evidence is a symbol. Stella, Head of Security and ex-Special
Branch, recognises the symbol and contacts her ex-boyfriend – a Reiki
Master. The ex-boyfriend, Stella and a member of Special Branch are then
taken into a world where the unexplained happens, ancient powers and rituals
abound and danger lurks around every corner.
The book started well and quickly had me hooked with the death
of the industrialist – I needed to know how the murderer had achieved his
mission. The main characters were all fairly likeable and the interaction
between them was good. I was really pleased that Stratton, ex-boyfriend
and Reiki Master, was a normal guy, likeable and well-grounded with no hint of
airy-fairyness. He had a past to contend with and lived in the real
world. He made Reiki appear perfectly normal, although the book did go
into some of the more extreme phenomena that probably only the really open
minded would accept. As well as a spate of murders, nice things happened
and, of course, there is the love interest.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely buy Dominic’s next
novel. It’s really good to see Reiki used in fiction and, hopefully, this
will catch the interest of many readers and make them want to discover more
about this wonderful therapy.
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