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Caught Dead Handed

Witch City Mystery, Book 1

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Caught Dead Handed

By: Carol J. Perry
Narrated by: C.S.E Cooney
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Most folks associate the city of Salem, Massachusetts, with witches, but for Lee Barrett it's home. This October she's returned to her hometown - where her beloved Aunt Ibby still lives - to interview for a job as a reporter at WICH-TV. But the only opening is for a call-in psychic to host the late-night horror movies. It seems the previous host, Ariel Constellation, never saw her own murder coming.

Lee reluctantly takes the job, but when she starts seeing real events in the obsidian ball she's using as a prop, she wonders if she might really have psychic abilities. To make things even spookier, it's starting to look like Ariel may have been an actual practicing witch - especially when O'Ryan, the cat Lee and Aunt Ibby inherited from her, exhibits some strange powers of his own.

With Halloween fast approaching, Lee must focus on unmasking a killer - or her career as a psychic may be very short lived.

©2014 Carol J. Perry (P)2015 Tantor Amateur Sleuths Cosy Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Magic Users Magic Witchcraft Psychic Extrasensory Perception

Critic Reviews

"The atmosphere of this mystery is delightfully spooky, and the psychic elements add mystical touches that enhance the plot." ( RT Book Reviews)
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Great story with interesting characters and twists. Enjoyed the female character and her abilities and the cat. Gentle in places with a serious side to it too. Looking forward to the next one.

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