We’re not even through the month of December and I feel like all I’ve
accomplished is party, party, party! I’ve attended so many holiday
celebrations (and still more yet to come) that I’m exhausted before the big
one at the end of the month is even close. And I’m not the only one ready to
hit the couch and veg for a week. You can see it on the faces of shoppers at
the mall. Eye-lids wanting to drift closed in the checkout lines, tired feet
shuffling across tiled floors toward the exits, and shoulders droop with the
weight of packages on the way out to the car. Of course, I can’t forget the
colleague who imbibed in a little too much holiday cheer and needs to escape
to another world for a short time…or two…or three. Everyone is ready to
cuddle up and get cozy.
So without further ado, I bring you three new December releases to transport
you to the worlds of witches, ghosts, and small villages where a missing
spell book is more than magical, apparitions are legendary and an English
sleuth knows her bling, and all three novels have heroines determined to
catch a murderer.
SPELL BOOKED, A Retired Witches Mystery by Joyce and Jim
Lavene
SPELL BOOKED
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The national bestselling authors of the
Missing Pieces Mysteries summon up the first Retired Witches Mystery in a
brand new supernatural series… Once upon a time in Wilmington, North Carolina, three witches ran a curio
shop named Smuggler’s Arcane. But as the years passed, their magical powers
started to fade—leaving them no choice but to conjure up a retirement
package… Before they could blink their eyes or twitch their noses, Molly, Elsie, and
Olivia somehow became eligible for AARP. But they can’t fly off to Boca
Raton just yet. First they must give up their magic, recruit and train three
new witches, and pass on their cherished spellbook. They’ve barely begun to consider potential practitioners when Olivia winds
up dead and their spellbook is stolen. To honor their friend and reclaim
their spells, Molly and Elsie are about to go wand-to-wand with a dangerous
young witch more powerful than the trio was in their prime. And this time
they’re going to need more than magic up their sleeves… |
THE GHOST AND MRS. MEWER, A Paws and Claw Mystery by Krista Davis
THE GHOST AND MRS. MEWER
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The spirited sequel to the New York Times
bestseller, MURDER, SHE BARKED Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly getaway in the United States, is
gearing up for a howling good Halloween—until a spooky murder shakes the
town to its core . . . Holly Miller doesn’t believe in spirits, but the Sugar Maple Inn is filled
with guests who do. The TV series in development, Apparition Apprehenders,
has descended on Wagtail’s annual Halloween festivities to investigate
supernatural local legends, and Holly has her hands full showing the ghost
hunters a scary-fun time. But the frights turn real when Holly’s Jack Russell, Trixie, and kitten,
Twinkletoes, find a young woman drowned in the Wagtail Springs Hotel’s
bathhouse—the spot of the town’s most infamous haunting. The crime scene is
eerily similar to the creepy legend, convincing Holly that the death wasn’t
just accidental. Now she’ll have to race to catch a flesh-and-blood killer—
before someone else in town gives up the ghost . . .
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SUSPICION AT SEVEN, A Lois Meade Mystery by Ann Purser
SUSPICION AT SEVEN
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Lois Meade has done enough buffing and
polishing over the years with her cleaning business, New Brooms, to know
that all that glitters is not gold. So when a bag of costume jewellery is
the main clue in a murder, she has a strong suspicion that appearances may
be deceiving… After a woman is discovered in the Mill House Hotel, strangled with a silver
necklace beside a bag filled with faux silver, gold and pearls, costume
jewelry dealer Donald Black seems like the obvious suspect. But Lois knows
Donald's wife, who runs a baker’s shop near the hotel, and can’t believe her
husband could be a killer. Plus, Donald has an airtight alibi. Nevertheless, Donald is no angel. It appears he’s running a pyramid scheme,
and Lois’s mother is getting sucked in. Could the murder have anything to do
with his unscrupulous business practices? As Inspector Cowgill and Lois hope the bling may shine a light on the
killer, the discovery of a second body on the old waterwheel in the hotel
may be grist for the mill in solving the murder—if they can manage to catch
the culprit without getting the runaround.
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Until next week, get cozy and read on!
About Kym Roberts
Kym Roberts is a
retired detective sergeant who looks for passion, mystery and suspense in
every
book she reads and writes. She can be found on the web at kymroberts.com, on
Facebook at Kym Roberts (author) and on Twitter @kymroberts911. Look for her
latest release, DEAD MAN'S CARVE, A Tickled to Death Mystery on
Amazon. (All proceeds will be donated to wounded veterans)
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