| Walsh: Where there's a case to be solved, clues are scarce
Four recent crime novels feature strong-willed women investigators, both professional and amateur, in difficult, complex cases. The best of the bunch is "Vanishing Point" by Marcia Muller, the latest in her carefully crafted series starring San Francisco private investigator Sharon McCone, who now heads her own agency. She's hired to look into a cold case, the mysterious disappearance of Laurel Greenwood, a housewife, artist and mother of two young girls who vanished 22 years earlier. .
Getting psychic
Right in the heart of the Mission, near ATA and across from Herbivore, a sign that says Psychic Horizons stands over a doorway. You might not even notice it or you might just ignore it like you do the evangelical church down the street. But if you're curious, every Tuesday night at 7:30, Psychic Horizons is open for a free introduction. I went last Tuesday to check it out (Full disclosure: I've been dragged by various friends to see psychics and invariably I'll be told something intriguing or ominous about my future and I'll start obsessing about it just a little, even when it seems ludicrous. My friends are generally amused by this.) Anyway, I guess I was still curious enough to take a closer look. On some level, maybe I was thinking they'd teach us how to access our own psychic powers so we could read people's minds.
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