By the Gemstone Turned Dark: A Murder, She Witches Mystery
By Kat McGee
A mystery author’s characters are supposed to stay on the page. Too bad her magical quill never got the memo.
For witch and bookstore owner Octavia Grimstone, a little magical mayhem is just part of Grimstone Grove’s charm. But her cozy life is rewritten when an enchanted quill brings her fictional detective, Imogene Mooreworth, and her cat, Shadow, to life. Suddenly, her store is filled with a mysterious fog and characters leaping from the pages of her books.
The magical strangeness takes a dark turn when local gemologist is found dead, the victim of a magical surge. A mysterious gemstone he was studying is left at the bookstore, its energy darkening by the hour and fueling the literary pandemonium. With her friend Violet arrested by the officious Bureau of Magical Regulation, Octavia must team up with her own creation to investigate.
With help from her unimpressed familiar, Elzadora, and the steady Dr. Cassius Morgenthrall, Octavia navigates a cast of characters both real and imagined. Between interrogating fictional pirates and dodging a grumpy troll, she uncovers a conspiracy that stretches back decades and threatens to unravel the fabric of her town.
She must find the killer and learn the gemstone’s secret before the line between fiction and reality is erased for good.
A mystery author’s characters are supposed to stay on the page. Too bad her magical quill never got the memo.
For witch and bookstore owner Octavia Grimstone, a little magical mayhem is just part of Grimstone Grove’s charm. But her cozy life is rewritten when an enchanted quill brings her fictional detective, Imogene Mooreworth, and her cat, Shadow, to life. Suddenly, her store is filled with a mysterious fog and characters leaping from the pages of her books.
The magical strangeness takes a dark turn when local gemologist is found dead, the victim of a magical surge. A mysterious gemstone he was studying is left at the bookstore, its energy darkening by the hour and fueling the literary pandemonium. With her friend Violet arrested by the officious Bureau of Magical Regulation, Octavia must team up with her own creation to investigate.
With help from her unimpressed familiar, Elzadora, and the steady Dr. Cassius Morgenthrall, Octavia navigates a cast of characters both real and imagined. Between interrogating fictional pirates and dodging a grumpy troll, she uncovers a conspiracy that stretches back decades and threatens to unravel the fabric of her town.
She must find the killer and learn the gemstone’s secret before the line between fiction and reality is erased for good.