Author: Karen McSpade
Genre: Mystery/Paranormal
Digital Book
ASIN #: B0BPJNWTP2
Newcastle Media
75 Pages
$.99 Amazon
January 10, 2023
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Meet Sidney Grace. Quirky journalist, hesitant witch, professional butterfingers. Her grandmother believes Sidney's talent for communicating with the dead makes her the most powerful witch in the family, but Sidney just wants to make it through the day without getting fired.
A young writer living in Boston, Sidney is far from the small wacky town of Crystal Beach, Florida, where her spell-happy grandmother retired. She is perfectly happy with her career, her four cats, and the fact that she hasn't been on a date in...well, years. All is well until her estranged mother informs Sidney that her grandmother has been arrested for murdering a resident at her retirement community.
Sidney road trips to Florida to discover that her grandmother has no alibi, her grandfather isn't as dead as she thought he was, and one of her cats can speak. To make matters worse, the handsome Officer Reece is tough on criminals and even tougher on witches. Who cooked up the deadly scone? And why are residents at Shifting Sands suddenly disappearing?
Now, Sidney must embrace her own magical talents to prove her grandmother's innocence and stop the killer bent on destroying anyone who gets in the way.
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This is the first episode of a new series by Karen McSpade. It is entirely different from her last series and entirely enchanting. While I don't normally read books about witches (too overdone), I have to say that this one has me hooked. I love Sidney, who wants to be a good journalist but has no tact when she writes articles, and wants to ignore her heritage (if she can). She also doesn't enjoy chasing down her grandmother who loves to cast spells (constantly), even if it means that she's leaving her boss in Boston to cool down after her last fiasco of an article.
So now Sidney and her four cats (I love cats) are living in a Dodge van that's seen better days; she's trying to find a killer to keep her grandmother out of jail, and oh, yes -- she can see her dead grandfather, who points her to clues. Not bad for a couple of days in a retirement village, right?
Then there's the fact that she might have her eye on a killer...
This is a short read, but the next installment is coming soon (not soon enough). If you like magic, a somewhat ditzy heroine, and a cat or four, then this is the book for you. Highly recommended.
I received a copy of this book from the author and Booksprout, but this in no way influenced my review.
More on Karen McSpade's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/karen-mcspade/
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