Author: Karen McSpade
Genre: Mystery
Digital Book
ASIN #: B0BPJPKLZB
Newcastle Media
77 Pages
$2.99 Amazon
February 21, 2023
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With her biggest clue now in hand, Sidney must use it to find the person who murdered her ex-boyfriend. But this requires skillful sleuthing and Ada-Mae's special potion to cover their tracks. What surprise will her grandmother pull from her magical shawl this time? And will it protect them or bring more trouble for these quirky witches?
And that's not all of Sidney's problems. When her mother falls head-over-heels for a shady realtor, Sidney smells a snake in the sand dunes. Well, make it two if you count the magic hold Officer Reece's deputy has over him. Sidney will have to deal with them both if she wants to break the magic love hexes before it's too late.
As dark stormy clouds descend over this small town, a sinister plan is hatched by the murderer and Sidney looks for the ghost of her grandfather to guide her. But where is he when she needs him? And what about Mojo -- what's caught this cat's tongue? Can Sidney stir up her own magical spell in time to save her family and put the murderer behind bars?
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In the fourth episode of Crystal Beach Magic Mysteries we have Sidney discovering an important clue on the golf course and trying to figure out where it lies in the big picture. She's also worried about her mother and her new relationship with a shady realtor. She can't go to Detective Reece with her information yet, and so she sets off to talk with Ada-Mae about what she's found. It leads them to try and find even more information, and Sidney also discovers something that rattles her. None of it is making sense, although she is becoming more comfortable with her new powers. Not so much, though, with her cat Mojo speaking to her. It seems he does so on his own terms (as all cats do). . .
I enjoyed this episode more than the last, and that's a good thing, as I enjoyed the last one immensely. Sidney and her grandmother Ada-Mae are digging deeper into Ben's death and the reason why, and they're finally coming up with answers. But as I stated above, neither of them are happy about Sidney's mother's current arrangements, but can't figure out what to do, as Ada-Mae is reluctant to use her own magic in fear of the repercussions.
Yet they, along with Ada-Mae's friend Ernie, plow forward in their quest for the truth, and it could bring them closer to danger. Alas, the story ends before we can put everything together (although it does give us a couple of clues), and we can only wait for the conclusion in the next one. I will add that I rarely read stories about witches, but this one had me riveted from beginning to end. Highly recommended.
I was given an advance copy of this 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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