In the fourth Ophelia and Abby mystery, Ms. Damsgaard continues an intriguing series on the reluctant witch, Opehila Jensen, her loving grandmother, Abby, and Tink, the adopted teenager who has talents of her own.

Ophelia lives in a small town in Iowa working in the public library. She has always tried to avoid the family's talent that she has inherited due to her grief at being unable to prevent the death of a good friend after she received a premonition of that murder. Since Ophelia met Tink, she has started working with Abby to better understand her gifts and how to utilize them fully.

Darci is Ophelia's best friend and co-worker. Darci is an attractive woman who knows how to use her looks to her advantage. She is also an intelligent woman with some very good insights into people and the reasons they behave as they do. Her cousin, Becca comes to town to visit Darci. Darci has always looked up to Becca but this time she is seeing aspects to Becca's character that she finds unsettling.

There is a biker gang hanging around the town of Somerset and Becca is involved with them. When Becca is found in bed with a murdered biker, Darci persuades Ophelia to help her discover the real killer.

Ophelia has enough to deal with right now, but she finds herself in the middle of the investigation. Tink is having trouble in school. Ophelia tries to help which leads to Tink getting mad at her for interfering. Tink and her friends use a Ouija board to try to discover the name of the killer. Instead they bring the ghost of the dead biker back to the scene of the crime. Now, he's hanging around Ophelia's house until the identity of the killer can be exposed.

Darci, Ophelia, Abby, and Tink will have to work together to clear Becca's name and to expose the real killer. The investigation will lead to the real killers and bring the DEA to Summerset to break up a drug ring. As the truth begins to come out, a supposed suicide attempt will be revealed as murder.

Ms. Damsgaard has brought some unique characters together to form a winning combination. Her use of magic is low-key and doesn't leave the reader feeling like the existence of magic is being forced down one's throat. Throw in a small town setting, which means that Ophelia and Abby must exercise caution when using their gifts and you have an enjoyable read.

I enjoyed this one so much that I've searched out the first three books to read. Whether you start at the beginning or later in the series, those who like their mysteries with a little dash of mysticism will love these books.