Some Like It Witchy - A Wishcraft Mystery

Zusatztext Praise for the Wishcraft Mysteries   “A charming story.”—Denise Swanson!  New York Times  bestselling author of the Scumble River Mysteries    “Successfully blends crime! magic! romance! and self-discovery.”— Publishers Weekly   “[Blake] keeps the suspense high! your interest piqued! and your brain churning.”—Crimespree Magazine   “Certainly spellbinding.”—Fresh Fiction   “Full of charm! magic! and delightfully humorous and entertaining characters.”—Kings River Life Magazine Informationen zum Autor Heather Blake Klappentext Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather can charm desires into reality! but as the national bestselling Wishcraft mysteries continue! she won't be able to magically avoid trouble when death holds an open house... The Enchanted Village is abuzz when the old Tavistock house finally goes up for sale. Darcy's friend Curecrafter Cherise Goodwin is hoping she will have the winning bid on the home! but Darcy can't shake the feeling that something bad is about to happen-and her magical instincts are usually right. Sure enough! while Darcy and Cherise are looking at the property! they discover real estate agent Raina Gallagher stone-cold dead on the floor. Clutched in her hand is a gemstone amulet and! on the wall above her! a large red A. While Raina had no shortage of enemies! there's also a dark legend about the house itself. To track down the killer! Darcy must unlock the secrets of both the deceased and the estate-and she'll need to act fast! because revenge is a deal that never closes... PRAISE FOR HEATHER BLAKE’S WISHCRAFT MYSTERY SERIES OTHER MYSTERIES BY HEATHER BLAKE OBSIDIAN For baby J with so much love, little one. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter One Something wicked this way came. It blew into the Enchanted Village as surely as the warm breeze that rustled oak leaves barely unfurled from tightly wound buds. Villagers had been coaxed out of their homes by an early mid-May heat wave to bask in the warmth after a long arduous winter. Flowers bloomed, morning dew glistened on vibrant green grass, and sunshine beamed down. It should have been bliss, but as I stepped off the front porch at As You Wish—my aunt Ve’s personal concierge business where I both worked and lived—and scanned the village square, I couldn’t shake an uneasiness that had the baby-fine hair at the back of my neck standing on end. My companion, Curecrafter Cherise Goodwin, paused in her descent of the steps to look at me, concern etched in her eyes. “Something wrong, Darcy?” Wind suddenly gusted, carrying bad juju along with the sweet scent of lilac from colorful bushes dotting the landscape. There was evil in the air, whirling around as surely as the magic that made this village so special. Long strands of dark hair flew across my face. “‘Something wicked this way comes,’” I said, properly quoting Shakespeare’s Macbeth . Looking around, I tried to see something, anything , that would explain the feeling. The Enchanted Village, a themed touristy neighborhood of Salem, Massachusetts, was truly magical, filled with Crafters, witches who’d lived on this land for hundreds of years. As a fairly new Wishcrafter—a witch who could grant wishes using a special spell—I believed it to be the most extraordinary place in the whole world. I’d moved here almost a year ago from Ohio, and now I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. Being enchanted, however, didn’t mean this village was immune to wickedness. There’d been several murders here over the past eleven months. Cases I helped solve. I’d become accustomed to trusting my instincts, and right now I couldn’t shake a strong sense of foreboding. In her fifties, Cherise knew this village inside and out—and as a Crafter she knew not t...

About the author

Heather Blake is the national bestselling author of the Wishcraft mysteries as well as the Magic Potion mysteries. She’s a total homebody who loves to be close to her family, read, watch cooking-competition TV shows, drink too much coffee, crochet, and bake cookies. Heather grew up in a suburb of Boston but currently lives in the Cincinnati area with her family.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Blake
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.05.2015
• EAN: 9780451465887
• ISBN: 978-0-451-46588-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 170 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Wishcraft Mystery; Wishcraft Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense