Sand-Witch on Rye: First in a #Paranormal #Cozy #Mystery #Series by Molly Dox

Title: Sand-Witch on Rye
Author: Molly Dox
Genre: Paranormal / Cozy / Mystery
Status: TBR
Cats?: I suspect so (there's a cat on the cover)

Ginger Says:

Hello friends!  I have yet to begin The Soup and Sand-Witch Cozy Mystery Series, but I figured I'd post about it because these books look absolutely adorable.

In Not-So-Normal Town, strange things are happening. Turmoil, murder, and cookie jar spirits are turning the paranormal world upside down. Katy can’t help digging for clues when Miss Priss turns up dead at the local bowling alley. Too bad her magic is rusty. She’s having a spell of a time finding answers. Magic is only good when you remember how to use it.

Teaming up with her best friend, Katy hopes to reveal the truth before it’s too late. With an itch to become a better witch, she knows she’ll need to brush up on her skills, but with no time to spare, she needs to find answers before the killer strikes again.

Sand-Witch on Rye is the first book in The Soup and Sand-Witch Cozy Mystery series, and offers a family-friendly read with no foul language.

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KitKat Reads The #Witch Tree Symbol, A Nancy Drew #Mystery by Carolyn Keene

Title: The Witch Tree Symbol
Author: Carolyn Keene
Genre: Juvenile / Nostalgia / Mystery
Status: Read
Cats?: None, but there is an angry bull.

KitKat Says:

Inspired by Zorro's review of a Hardy Boys Mystery, I decided to give Nancy Drew a go.  I've obviously heard references to this series, and I'm aware it's been popular for generations, but I've never read a Nancy Drew book for myself. Better late than never?

With a copyright date of 1955, I was more than a little afraid of what I was getting into with The Witch Tree Symbol--particularly because the action takes place in Amish country. I figured a book written in the 50s would resort to broad stereotypes in representing Amish people.

I was surprised (and relieved) to find I was wrong. I'm not Amish, so I can't speak with any degree of authority on the matter, but it seemed like a fair and thoughtful representation of the families it depicted.

Not just that, but Nancy Drew is an intrepid investigator. She's pretty fearless.  I can see why the series has been so popular throughout the years.

Having said all that, would I rush out to read another Nancy Drew mystery novel?  Probably not, and here's why: I found the writing style outdated and impersonal. I don't mean that as a dig. These books were written, what, more than sixty years ago? Times change, trends change, tastes change. I really like to get inside a character's head and feel what they're feeling. That's pretty much impossible to do when the narrative bobs at the surface of the action.

I still think that, if you've never read a Nancy Drew mystery, The Witch Tree Symbol is worth your while.  Aren't you curious what you've been missing out on all these years?

Whether you read Nancy Drew as a youngster and you're looking for a spot of nostalgia or you've never read this series and you don't mind starting with #33, you might want to spend a day with The Witch Tree Symbol.

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Counterblow: A Rogan Bricks #Maritime #Adventure #Conspiracy #Thriller by Steve Richer

Title: Counterblow: A Rogan Bricks Thriller
Author: Steve Richer
Genre: Maritime / Conspiracy / Thriller
Status: TBR
Cats?: Unknown

Zorro Says:

Bestselling thriller author Steve Richer has been making headlines again with Counterblow, his follow-up to The President Killed His Wife.

I haven't dived into this beauty yet. Kind of nervous. All that sea adventure and me a cat. Not saying I'm afraid or anything. I'm no scaredy-cat.  Just not a fan of water.  You know how it is.

But I wanted to tell you Counterblow is on my radar, and maybe it should be on yours too. Especially if you're not a cat. And not creeped out by water.

Their reach is vast. Their resources, unlimited. Their target... is an army of one.

FBI Special Agent Rogan Bricks is called in to investigate a brutal attack on a fishing boat in the frigid and dangerous Bering Sea. It's no ordinary fishing boat, as it turns out. It was smuggling a deadly cargo and now Bricks must keep the sole survivor of the attack – the only living witness – alive.

Soon he finds himself caught in the middle of a far-reaching conspiracy that may have been borne of his own past, a dark past that's about to catch up with him.

In a desperate game of cat and mouse, Bricks discovers there are powerful players involved... players that want Bricks not just dead, but completely destroyed.

This standalone novel follows the best-selling thriller The President Killed His Wife.

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