When the Curse Draws Near: A Murder, She Witches Mystery
By Kat McGee
A charity tea party should be about scones and gossip. Not curses and a three-year-old cold case.
Bookstore owner Octavia Grimstone was expecting an evening of polite conversation and questionable fashion choices at Hollowcrest Manor. Instead, the eccentric host traps his guests with a powerful curse. They are all aging in reverse, and the only way to stop it is to solve the cold case disappearance of his son before they all de-age into oblivion by sunrise.
With her business partners regressing into bickering teenagers and her snarky familiar, Elzadora, treating the de-aging drama like a spectator sport, Octavia must lead the investigation. The suspect list is a who’s who of Grimstone Grove’s most peculiar residents, including a grumpy troll with a grudge and a fae designer with a flair for theatrics. To complicate matters, the handsome witch doctor, Cassius Morgenthrall, is on hand, stirring up feelings Octavia thought were long since put to rest.
As the clues connect to the mysterious death of her own husband, Octavia is forced to confront ghosts of the past, both figuratively and literally. The more she uncovers about the host’s son’s disappearance, the more she realizes that everyone in the manor is hiding something.
In a house where time is running out, some secrets are best left buried but digging them up is the only way to survive.
A charity tea party should be about scones and gossip. Not curses and a three-year-old cold case.
Bookstore owner Octavia Grimstone was expecting an evening of polite conversation and questionable fashion choices at Hollowcrest Manor. Instead, the eccentric host traps his guests with a powerful curse. They are all aging in reverse, and the only way to stop it is to solve the cold case disappearance of his son before they all de-age into oblivion by sunrise.
With her business partners regressing into bickering teenagers and her snarky familiar, Elzadora, treating the de-aging drama like a spectator sport, Octavia must lead the investigation. The suspect list is a who’s who of Grimstone Grove’s most peculiar residents, including a grumpy troll with a grudge and a fae designer with a flair for theatrics. To complicate matters, the handsome witch doctor, Cassius Morgenthrall, is on hand, stirring up feelings Octavia thought were long since put to rest.
As the clues connect to the mysterious death of her own husband, Octavia is forced to confront ghosts of the past, both figuratively and literally. The more she uncovers about the host’s son’s disappearance, the more she realizes that everyone in the manor is hiding something.
In a house where time is running out, some secrets are best left buried but digging them up is the only way to survive.