Genevieve Wallace is a profesional diver in the Florida Keys and while on a dive sees a woman obviously dead but seeming to speak to her saying "Beware." Nothing like that has ever happend to Gen before and she is totally spooked. Since she is normally very level-headed and professional the other divers and cops called in search for the body but none is found.

Thor Thompson, the leader of the operation to find the mid-19th century ship Marie Josephine, is a very practical and logical guy and is not only skeptical of Gen's report of a body but also concerned that she is a diver who will panic plus affect the rest of the crew. Despite himself he finds that he is attracted to her -- on a purely physical plane, of course!!

A body of a woman in white with blond hair is washed up on the beach. Gen begins having "dreams" of her ghost and pirates and waking up soaked with seawater and as she and Thor start to get involved, she with her friend Audrey's help brings in Adam Harrison and the Blackhawks, Nikki and Brent, from a previous novel of Heather Graham's "Ghost Walk." Soon the hunt is on but is it for treasure? To put a ghost to rest? Or find a serial killer?

I enjoy the paranormal mysteries with Harrison investigations the story is fast moving and you don't know what is going to happen next and the endings are always a surprise. ( )

A very involved story but really good read. ( )

Genevieve Wallace is working as a scuba diver on a salvaging/treasure-hunting expedition outside of the Florida Keys when she spots what she thinks is the body of a woman; however, this woman is trying to speak to her and is warning her to "beware". This begins a strange and otherworldly story of romance, betrayal, pirate lore, mystery and murder. ( )

In a few words: good mystery

It's been a long while since I picked up a Heather Graham book. Not because I grew tired of the author, but because so many new authors have captured my attention in the last few years. But feeling a bit nostalgic recently I ransacked my TBR pile and pulled out "The Vision" by Heather Graham then curled up on the sofa with my comforter and a hot cup of tea while the snow and sleet did their damage outside. What I really enjoy about Graham's mystery/crime/romance books are the numerous potential "who done its" the author puts in the story. I can never seem to pin-point the villain until the last moment. I like that.

This story took sunken treasure, ghostly apparitions, a romance and a serial killer and wrapped them all up in beautiful Key West Florida. The heroine is Genevieve "Gen" Wallace an experienced diver on a team searching for a sunken ship. During a dive Gen sees a dead body or a ghost, she's not sure which but reports it as a dead body. The rest of the dive team see nothing and the police dive teams come up empty. Gen is teased by her friends the other divers and thought to be crazy by Thor Thompson, one of the men leading the dive exposition. Thor contemplates tossing Gen off the team because he doubts her ability to keep a clear head, but Gen's reputation gives her another chance - that and the fact that Thor thinks she's great eye candy.

Soon Gen is haunted by more ghostly visions, dreams of pirate corpses and pranks by her buddies. Then a real dead body washes up on shore and everyone stops teasing Gen. Things get stranger, people go missing and more bodies show up while a romance begins to bloom between Gen and Thor. When friends go missing the dive crew begin to panic and wonder if one of them is a serial killer. Everyone is a suspect and no one wants to be alone.

I enjoyed this book for the most part. The only draw back I have is one I find common with Graham's books. The author adores Florida and often fills her books with pages after pages of local details that aren't necessary and sometimes just boring. I find I am skimming a great deal at the beginning of her books because they read like a tourist guide to Florida's hotspots. I like Florida, but when I read a mystery novel I don't want a tourist guide. There is such a thing as too much detail. A red marker would have gone a long way in the first few chapters of this book.

That said, it was an enjoyable mystery/crime/romance read. I kept turning the pages wondering "who done it" right up to the climax and I was shocked- I thought that character was "one of the good guys". The romance wasn't the main focus of the book, but it was there with a few steamy (if vague) love scenes. Thor and Gen didn't like each other at all when they first met- water and oil. But they drifted together and the chemistry was there all along, so it worked.
To wrap it up, kudos to Graham for delivering on the mystery and romance under the sun of Key West, Florida.

Review on my blog: http://moonlighttotwilightblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/vision-by-heather-graham.htm... ( )

Excellent book, I really enjoyed it. It brought back memories of when I learned to dive - - fun! I'm glad I never ran into any bodies, though! ( )