In The Potion Perilous Deep: A Murder, She Witches Mystery
By Kat McGee
Life in a magical bookstore is supposed to be cozy. Until someone uses your friend’s potions for murder.
Octavia Grimstone’s retirement plan was delightfully simple: co-own a charming bookstore, write cozy mysteries, and enjoy the whimsical chaos of Grimstone Grove’s magical and nonmagical residents. That plan gets thoroughly scrambled when a councilman inconveniently expires at their charity bazaar, leaving behind a very suspicious potion bottle brewed in Octavia’s co-owner’s cauldron.
Suddenly, Blanche is sitting in jail, their Three Witches Bookstore is posted as bail money, and Octavia’s playing amateur sleuth alongside a bumbling investigator. Their secret weapon? Elzadora, a sarcastic feline familiar who’s seen enough drama to fill several lifetimes and isn’t shy about sharing her opinions.
Soon enough, the case gets more tangled than Elzadora’s yarn collection. The fortune teller’s love life is messier than her tarot readings, the librarian knows more than she’s letting on, and the local alchemist’s experiments keep going comically awry. It becomes clear that someone’s been stirring up more than just love potions.
Octavia must risk everything to clear Blanche’s name, or watch their beloved bookstore—and their friend—disappear forever.
Life in a magical bookstore is supposed to be cozy. Until someone uses your friend’s potions for murder.
Octavia Grimstone’s retirement plan was delightfully simple: co-own a charming bookstore, write cozy mysteries, and enjoy the whimsical chaos of Grimstone Grove’s magical and nonmagical residents. That plan gets thoroughly scrambled when a councilman inconveniently expires at their charity bazaar, leaving behind a very suspicious potion bottle brewed in Octavia’s co-owner’s cauldron.
Suddenly, Blanche is sitting in jail, their Three Witches Bookstore is posted as bail money, and Octavia’s playing amateur sleuth alongside a bumbling investigator. Their secret weapon? Elzadora, a sarcastic feline familiar who’s seen enough drama to fill several lifetimes and isn’t shy about sharing her opinions.
Soon enough, the case gets more tangled than Elzadora’s yarn collection. The fortune teller’s love life is messier than her tarot readings, the librarian knows more than she’s letting on, and the local alchemist’s experiments keep going comically awry. It becomes clear that someone’s been stirring up more than just love potions.
Octavia must risk everything to clear Blanche’s name, or watch their beloved bookstore—and their friend—disappear forever.