About the Book – Deadly Shades of Grey (Now Ghostly Echoes) by Mai Griffin Hardback with Dust Jacket UK Publisher: U P Publications Ltd The horrific prologue, launches us straight into Mai Griffin s dramatic psychic mystery thriller Deadly Shades of Grey . Reflecting the dark side of the mysteries that plague the day to day life of unwilling psychic Sarah Grey and her artist daughter Clarrie Hunter, it also marks the start of the Grey series. As the plots twist and spiral around the edge of the reader s vision it is possible to see the dilemma of trying to live normally, when everything around you isn t. Overcoming the temptation to live in denial of their unwanted psychic abilities, Clarrie and Sarah are gradually drawn in to help find a kidnapped woman and a child that has disappeared… … and what does Clarrie keep glimpsing in her picture of an old empty cottage and why has she been driven to paint it? No matter where she goes, danger keeps intruding into Clarrie s life and painting is not keeping it at bay… Despite the terrible things that happen around them Mai s characters feel like people that I might have met in the nineties, when the books are set. A mixture of characters from the young and independent female artist to the older and old-fashioned friends of her mother, these people feel real and their problems and issues are well portrayed. The story lines all have a beginning, middle and end and one closes the book, satisfied, but wanting to read more! Fortunately Book Two in the series A Poisonous Shade of Grey is now out and should be in the shops in time for Christmas! Yet another twisting Grey tale , the story starts with a rejected lover seeking to eliminate the competition by murdering the wife . Carefully planned, and skilfully executed by someone who specialises in expediency and efficiency… what could go wrong? –Grapevine Magazine Spain Dec 2008