Where the Charm Magic Fades: A Murder, She Witches Mystery
By Kat McGee
A magical blizzard in spring is bad for business. A frozen charm-maker is a whole lot worse.
For witchy bookstore owner and mystery writer Octavia Grimstone, a creative slump is the least of her worries. When an unnatural winter storm descends upon Grimstone Grove, it brings with it more than just frost. The town’s beloved charm-maker is found dead in her shop, frozen solid with the shattered remains of the powerful Spring Amulet clutched in her hand, turning a friend into the prime suspect.
With her business partners looking to her for answers, Octavia must trade her writer’s quill for a sleuthing magnifying glass. Aided by her far-too-clever feline familiar, Elzadora, and the distractingly charming coroner, Cassius Morgenthrall, she begins to unravel a mystery more tangled than a quilter’s scrap basket.
The investigation reveals a town teeming with secrets, from counterfeit charms to clandestine magical experiments. As the blizzard rages and the bookstore’s own magic begins to fail, Octavia realizes this is more than a simple murder. It’s an attack on Grimstone Grove itself, and the killer is hiding in plain sight, fueled by a desperation more dangerous than any spell.
Some secrets aren’t meant to be stitched together but meant to be frozen solid.
A magical blizzard in spring is bad for business. A frozen charm-maker is a whole lot worse.
For witchy bookstore owner and mystery writer Octavia Grimstone, a creative slump is the least of her worries. When an unnatural winter storm descends upon Grimstone Grove, it brings with it more than just frost. The town’s beloved charm-maker is found dead in her shop, frozen solid with the shattered remains of the powerful Spring Amulet clutched in her hand, turning a friend into the prime suspect.
With her business partners looking to her for answers, Octavia must trade her writer’s quill for a sleuthing magnifying glass. Aided by her far-too-clever feline familiar, Elzadora, and the distractingly charming coroner, Cassius Morgenthrall, she begins to unravel a mystery more tangled than a quilter’s scrap basket.
The investigation reveals a town teeming with secrets, from counterfeit charms to clandestine magical experiments. As the blizzard rages and the bookstore’s own magic begins to fail, Octavia realizes this is more than a simple murder. It’s an attack on Grimstone Grove itself, and the killer is hiding in plain sight, fueled by a desperation more dangerous than any spell.
Some secrets aren’t meant to be stitched together but meant to be frozen solid.