Magical Bookshop Mysteries: A New #Paranormal #Cozy #Mystery Series

Title: Magical Bookshop Mysteries: A New Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series

Author: Samantha Silver
Genre: Cozy / Paranormal / Small Town
Status:TBR
Cats?: Yes

Ginger Says:


Mystery author Samantha Silver is best known for paranormal cozies, and she's back at it with her new venture: the Magical Bookshop Mystery series!

If you've got a taste for witchcraft, small-town life and books, you might want to give this new series a try. There are already three installments available:

1) Alice In Murderland
2) Murder on the Oregon Express
3) The Very Killer Caterpillar (pre-order, available July 30, 2017)

Here's a bit more information about the first in the series, Alice In Murderland:

Moving from Miami to small-town Oregon was supposed to be boring...

When Alice Calliope takes over her recently deceased aunt's bookshop in Sapphire Village, Oregon, she's not expecting her world to be flipped upside down, but that's exactly what happens when her cousin Cat reveals to Alice that she's actually a witch. Add in the fact that the two of them stumble upon a dead body, and Alice's first day in town ends up being a lot more eventful than she could have possibly imagined!

What was supposed to be a simple cross-country move winds up with Alice having to learn how to navigate a whole new magical world while at the same time trying to clear Cat's name as she emerges as the main suspect in the murder. Add in the eccentric Grandma Cee, witchcraft lessons, a whiny old ghost and the laziest cat ever, and Alice definitely has her hands full.

With pressure mounting for the super-hot local sheriff to arrest her cousin, will Alice be able to hunt down the real killer before it's too late?

Alice in Murderland is a full-length novel and the first book in the Magical Bookshop Mystery series of paranormal cozy mysteries.

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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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What's New, #Mystery #Cats?

Hey, Mystery Cats! What are we reading?

KitKat Says:

Zorro's Hardy Boys review inspired me to dive into Nancy Drew. I've never read the series, if you can believe it, but I'm starting with The Witch Tree Symbol. Antique furniture and the Amish--what's not to love?

Zorro Says:

Haven't started it yet, but there's a Linwood Barclay waiting for me. Been hearing great things about his books for years. He's a bit of a hometown hero, too. So time to take him for a spin with The Accident.

Ginger Says:

Next on my list is Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris. I read Shakespeare's Trollop in the Lily Bard series and gobbled it up. I absolutely loved it. I'm not sure if Definitely Dead (A Sookie Stackhouse Novel) will appeal to me quite as strongly because it's paranormal and that's not really my thing, but if it isn't to my taste I'll pass it over to KitKit.

Butterball Says:

It is always most difficult to choose a book to read after one has devoured an Agatha Christie mystery as brilliant as The ABC Murders (which I shall have to review on the blog sooner rather than later), but I have selected a Martha Grimes novel to follow. I must admit I've judged The Old Fox Deceiv'd by its eerie cover. I am very much looking forward to exploring its interior.

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Fresh Cream: What The Cat Dragged In #Paranormal #Witch #Mystery

Title: What The Cat Dragged In (The Celtic Witch Mysteries Book 1)
Author: Molly Milligan
Genre: Cozy / Paranormal / Witch
Status: TBR
Cats?: With a title like that, I sure hope so!

KitKat Says:

If you're looking for a new mystery series set in the UK and involving witches and paranormal elements, maybe you'll be interested in the book I've just added to my TBR pile:  What The Cat Dragged In, Book 1 in The Celtic Witch Mysteries series.

Magic, mystery and mayhem abound in this new series from Welsh writer Molly Milligan.

The body that turns up in Bron’s garden has been there for decades, and he died of natural causes. Just rebury him and carry on as normal, right?

But it’s kinda hard to be normal when the ghost of the dead man has been disturbed, and now he wants … well, just what does he want?

It’s down to Bron, a traditional hedge witch, to find out. If she doesn’t, that ghost is going to be lingering in corners and upsetting kitchen chairs for the rest of her life. Creepy, tedious and noisy, all at the same time.

She’s helped by the unexpected arrival of her cousin Maddie from America, who is seeking connection and history in this uncertain age. And there’s another mystery – why is this vivacious, friendly young woman so evasive and afraid?

Soon they are up to their knees in faery folk (don’t trust em), druids (keen on trees), wild animals (Bron’s a healer), the obligatory smouldering blacksmith (sorry, he prefers men), and the maddest Mad Great Aunt of all.

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The Purr-fect Crime: #Cozy #Mystery, Witchy Women and a Talking #Cat!

Title: The Purr-fect Crime (Book 1 in the Willow Bay Witches Series)
Author: Samantha Silver
Genre:Paranormal
Status: TBR
Presence of Cats: Yes! And she speaks!

Ginger Says:

Samantha Silver has been a friend to the Mystery Cats since before we had this blog. Since I'm her favourite (she told me so--but don't ask her to repeat it because that wouldn't be fair to Zorro and Butterball), I want to tell you about a new series she's written.

The Willow Bay Witches is a series of paranormal cozy mysteries featuring a witch with a talking cat.

As of now, this series has 4 installments with a 5th available for preorder and coming out at the end of January 2017. I'm calling attention to the first in the series, The Purr-fect Crime, not only because the very beginning is a very good place to start (according to The Sound of Music), but because the price is definitely right!


Magic is about to meet murder in Willow Bay...

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