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Title: Touching Silver

Author: Jamie Craig

Narrator: Lauren Fortgang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-11

Publisher: Carina Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Everything always comes back to the Silver Maiden.

Six girls are missing and cold-case detective Olivia Wright is determined to find them. A lone survivor names gang leader Gabriel de los Rios as the culprit - and points Olivia to Isaac McGuire, the force's foremost authority on Gabriel. Isaac is stubborn, domineering, and believes in strange things like time travel and a mystical coin called the Silver Maiden that Gabriel wants. Yet the longer they work together, the more Olivia is drawn to him.

Isaac shares Olivia's desire to bring Gabriel to justice. He usually works alone, but the beautiful detective quickly fills his thoughts more than the case - and reminding himself that she's off limits only makes him want her more.

As Isaac and Olivia grow closer, so do their enemies. While they hunt Gabriel, a stalker targets Isaac and the missing half of the Silver Maiden reappears - with frightening effects on Olivia.

Members Reviews:

Cops, crimes& magic make for a pretty decent read

Touching Silver is the second book in the Silver Maiden Trilogy by Jamie Craig. It has been awhile since I read a more traditional crime/mystery novel, and I enjoyed Touching Silver. In Touching Silver, the mystery waiting to be uncovered revolves around a coin, missing girls, and a killer gang lord. Cold Case Detective Olivia Wright teams up with Detective Isaac McGuire when their cases unite to arrest the gang lord responsible behind missing girls and violence. Things get complicated when Olivia and Isaac find they are attracted to each other, and Isaac becomes a target.

I enjoyed the characters. Olivia is a strong, tough female who doesn't need a man to protect her, but finds that having Isaac at her back is not a bad thing. Isaac, the tough and efficient cop, comes to trust and rely on Olivia. Isaac and Olivia are good together, their characters personalities balance each other out and they have some pretty hot sparks. At the same time, their practicality balance out the emotionality between Nathan and Remy.

The concept of the Silver Maiden, this magical coin that has abilities unknown, is different and interesting. It gives the story that paranormal, magical element that creates intrigue and mystery. There is still so much mystery surrounding the coin, and I am quite curious to learn more about it.

I don't really have a lot of specific negatives for Touching Silver. The writing was pretty good, the flow was okay, the characters were interesting. I just didn't really LOVE the book. Overall, I would say that Jamie Craig effectively brought a new, magical element to the crime and mystery genre. I will read more of Jamie Craig's in the future, and I will be looking forward to the third installment in the Silver Maiden Trilogy.

story with a side of steam

This was my first read by this author. It's also in a series. One thing that is important to me in a series book is that they can be read as stand alone. Somehow, someway, I always end up reading series out of order. I very rarely catch a series from the first book.

Thankfully there were very few plot points that required reading of the prior books.

The series actually pivots around the evil character and everyone who is chasing after him instead of the good character and everyone they chase.