Empath Maggie O'Neill has decided to take her relationship with Marcus Quinn to the next level when she's called to the hospital. Her sister Meg has gone into labor unexpectedly and Maggie's family needs her -- immediately. Maggie and Marcus head to the hospital to await the arrival of the newest family member. While they're waiting, Maggie's grandpa does a quick disappearing act, and Maggie and Marcus volunteer to search for him. Grandpa G is quickly located in the cafeteria.

While Marcus wheels Grandpa G back to the maternity floor, Maggie stocks up on munchies to see them through their wait. Heading back to the waiting room, Maggie's elevator gets stuck, and while she waits for the power (and lights) to come back on, she overhears what may be a murder plot. She doesn't know if it's related to the earlier death of a local teenager, or of something yet to happen, and all too soon there's more than one death to investigate and determine how it all relates to the mini baby-boom in town. It will take all of Maggie's intuitive abilities, and a little bit of luck to figure out what's going on in Stony Mill.

A WITCH IN TIME is the latest of the Bewitching mystery series by Madelyn Alt. This story is a bit light of the mystery element; it's there, but doesn't seem to be the forefront of the story. Instead, the focus is more on Maggie's life, as a sort of building block to things to come. Things in Stony Mill aren't normal, the spirit world is restless and beginning to manifest in strange ways in this sleepy little town. Maggie and her group of talented friends may be all that stands between the inhabitants of Stony Mill and chaos. A WITCH IN TIME both entertains and deepens the reader's knowledge of the inhabitants of the town, many of who will be impacted when things in town spin out of control. It will be interesting to see how things shape up in future visits to Maggie's world.