She’s not a psychic — she just plays one on TV.
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, … 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…
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“Caught Dead Handed” is the first book in the wonderful Witch City series written by Carol J. Perry. Witch City is the nickname for Salem, Massachusetts. because it was the scene of so many witch trials back in the early days of this country. Carol J. Perry certainly knows her way around Salem; she was born there on Halloween Eve. Book 1 …
I love a good seasonal mystery and what could be more fun than Salem at Halloween?
I needed a palate cleanser and this first book in the Witch City Mysteries was just what I needed. It is well-written for a cozy mystery, and I am contemplating downloading Book #2 b/c I enjoyed this one more than I expected – especially since I wasn’t positive of the murderer until it started getting spelled out, although I figured out the …
Suspenseful mystery in Salem Massachusetts kept me guessing until the end.
This was such a good cozy witchy book. Lee is a great character. I cannot wait to read more in this series.
**WARNING** If sexual abuse is a trigger, I wouldn’t read this. This book is a little disturbing and full of mystery, but if you are looking for a real-life crime with a supernatural element, then this will be up your alley.
We first meet Maralee, a young widow who moves back to her hometown in Massachusetts to live with her Aunt Ibby. We also …
Great new series with a mystery, a cat, and a versatile set of leading characters. I love the NASCAR touch that gives her a smart side!
The city full of witches, ghosts, crystal ball, crystal
necklaces, a dead psychic, a psychic cat named
Orion but changed to O’Ryan, poisoned cat food,
a slashed woman, tarot card readings, tea leaf
readings and the Witch’s Ball brew together to
make this book a very intriguing and interesting
story.
Lee Barrett returns home to her Aunt Ibby’s …
I was looking for a cozy mystery for Halloween. I grew up in the next town over, so I spent a lot of time in Salem, which made this a fun choice.
There were a couple of times I was a little disappointed in Lee. Lee is a smart woman, yet a couple of things went over her head that really shouldn’t have, but it didn’t take away from the …