Review: I Should Have Seen it Coming

Crime fiction doesn't always have to be about murder. Fraud happens more often than murder, but it's hardly represented in crime fiction. Here's one short story that does fraud well. 

 

In a nutshell, I Should Have Seen it Coming lays out in simple, straight-forward prose how to be a tarot card-reading con artist. I'm on a fraud kick with my writing lately, so I enjoyed the angle author Victoria Watson took.

 

Those who want a quick, fun 15-minute read will enjoy it, too. The main character, Carol, loses her job to outsourcing. She pays the bills by BS-ing her way through a job as a tarot card reader. Little by little, her effect on clients grows deeper. The money follows suit. But so does the risk. Will it catch up with her? Or is there a reason the title is, I Should Have Seen it Coming?

 

Click here to get I Should Have Seen it Coming for the Kindle for 99 cents.

 

Click here to get it for the Nook.

 

P.S. This short story reminded me of this classic clip. I've been thinking about it, since it inspired my next novel.