Itsy Bitsy Spider: A Psychic Visions Novel

Dale Mayer

Dec 2018 · Psychic Visions (eBook Series) Book 13 · Valley Publishing Ltd.

About this eBook

Queenie Landry’s job as a fortune teller at an amusement park pays the bills but it's a far cry from the respectable psychic advisor role she once filled at the police station where the love of her life, Kirk Wallace, was a detective. A case went bad when she steered the team in the wrong direction and a woman died. Queenie experienced a horrific crisis of faith in her own abilities and pushed everyone away.

Nine months later, alone and denying her psychic gift, she gives birth to a son and feels redeemed. But a happily-ever-after isn't to be. Following a severe illness, Queenie wakes up eighteen months later only to be told her son died. Unable to handle her grief, she opens herself once more to her abilities, desperate to connect with her child. Resigned to telling fortunes at the park, she's stunned when a man walks into her tent and she sees a vision of a woman he’s murdered. She realizes she has to contact Kirk again.

Kirk left under duress. Though he regrets his decision, he's never forgotten Queenie or found anyone to replace her. Having to be the one to tell her about her son's death all but destroyed him because he knew it would unhinge her and he isn't sure how she'll ever find stability again. 

Unknown to either of them, someone has been watching her for a long time, someone who likes to play games with other people's lives--as he has Queenie's. But even he's confused by the creepy spiders amassing all around her. What message are they trying to convey to her that she's stubbornly refused to hear…and what price will she have to pay if she fails?

Ratings and reviews

I think many of us understand that when someone as close to us as a spouse, sibling, or child is missing, in our hearts we can feel that person’s presence or absence and know whether they are alive. Then we never stop searching. In Queenie’s case, a series of unfortunate events weakened her and she collapsed. Her psychic abilities were disregarded by the very people she had helped, including the police detective whom she had never told that her son was also his son. As vehemently as people insisted that Reese had died and been cremated while Queenie was hospitalized, and as hard as she worked in her Queen Seer job at the amusement park where for $5 one could get the answer to any question, Queenie continued to struggle with her own unanswered questions. Only her fellow amusement park workers gave her unconditional love and support, until one day a new little visitor to her tent literally turned her world around. Using spiders as the messengers of hope for a young boy trapped in a life of abuse and loneliness is a brilliant plot line as, like many of us, Queenie has to question and overcome her aversion to arachnids in order to rescue the little boy whose image she sees when the first spider touches her fake crystal ball. As more and more spiders arrive to help, and with the help of our old and dear friends Maddy (Maddy’s Floor) and Stefan Kronos (Eyes to the Soul and just about every other Psychic Visions book), Queenie begins to understand the spiders’ communication method and their steadfast dedication to bringing her and the little boy together for both of their salvations. I literally could not put this book down once I started reading it.

When you give so much of yourself, you leave nothing in reserve you become depleted... What an emotional journey this will be for both Kirk and Queenie. So much has happened, so much has been lost, buried in sadness. Adrift in pain, loss and manipulation. It is a story about connections that need to be resolved and put back together to regain a balance within their world. An evil presence, a voyeur, someone who has invaded Queenie’s world and doing their utmost to learn, evolve, manipulate and destroy. A game that will have severe consequences. It’s a tempestuous story from the first page turned to its conclusion. One of those stories that is a second chance, redemption, to heal and the strength to move forward into something better than before. It’s also a story within a story. One of caring and nurturing those who need our help above all else, yet connected to what is happening in Kirk and Queenie’s life. A kindness, empathy and ultimately about connections with friends who are family, new friends who come to our aid and an old friend who should have been there all along. Time heals and strengthens broken bonds if one willing to listen from the heart. Dale Mayer, gifts you Kirk and Queenie’s journey. If you love dramatic, paranormal suspense/intrigue, story twists and turns with a dash of fear of the arachnid kind that will leave your tingling… what are you all waiting for? Dale delivers this and more, in another page turning Psychic Visions book. This book is our bonded connections - that of the animal world, in particular, spiders, but also with those that return to our lives when you least expect and when you need them the most. The gifted psychics, Stefan, along with Dr.Maddy make their presence felt. With Stefan… a new level of attitude emerges… I was stunned for a moment, yet found it refreshing and completely understand the why’s. Both will undoubtedly lend their strength and capabilities to find and restore balance against a foe not seen before. Dale’s books, can be read stand alone but to gain that sense of familiarity and the special psychic connections within their world, it would be highly recommended you catch up on previous books inside this series to gain that better perspective. This book was an emotional roller coaster of sadness, pain and angst, Such a beautiful story, I had so much pleasure in reading and always love revisiting the Psychic Visions world. I highly recommend this book and this series.

This was my first time reading this series and I wasn't sure I should start with the word "Spider" in the title. However, I was pretty amazed how these usually frightening creatures were incorporated into the story without my usual response to the word itself. This was a engaging tale about Queenie, a psychic and Kirk, a detective from her past and how they wound up together again to try and save a child. This description only touches the surface of this story. This story involves someone evil entering Queenie's mind and friend's from the past helping her cope with the many problems she encounters. It involves challenges galore and love as well. I really enjoyed Queenie's spunk ( she really goes through a lot) and Kirk's loyalty, (he in his own way has faced many problems). Also there was Stephan and Dr Mandy to help Queenie in the psychic department and the carnival people as well. The ending was priceless---very well done. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. .