Tempest Michaels is back! His office burned down, his love life is a joke and he is convinced he is getting fat. It’s the perfect time for a new case then.The client is the son of a man who was killed in a freak accident – struck by lightning. That doesn’t sound very paranormal until you learn that he was inside his house when it happened and his heart exploded out of his chest. There are … chest.
There are eldritch runes drawn on the victim’s house and his wife, together with several of her friends, has been seen colluding with a mysterious old crone. Is there witchcraft being practiced in the nearby village of East Malling? The client certainly thinks so.
Will Tempest be swift enough to solve the case before anyone else is killed? Will Frank’s witch-sniffer toad sniff out the witch? Will Tempest’s gender neutral assistant turn up dressed as a boy or a girl?
You can bet there will be bedlam as Tempest and his trusted sausage dogs find themselves pitted against another potentially deadly foe.
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satire, supernatural, snark-fest, laugh-out-loud, investigation
If you need a mood lifter, Blue Moon Investigations will overfill the bill! The publisher’s blurb is a pretty good hook, but the snarks really notch up the plot. Yes, there is a plot complete with twists and red herrings, but everything here is for fun, so enjoy! I most certainly did!
Ever heard of divorce???
This story is chock full of twists and turns that will keep you laughing out loud, reacting in shock and turning those pages! All I can say is WOW!
The Witches of East Malling (Blue Moon Investigations #6), my seventh read/listen from author Steve and my second in this series. Well written & enjoyable. Narrator Charles Robert Fox’s voice added to the listening enjoyment. I’m going to have to go backward & catch up as I’m reading books out of order because it’s what I have. I was given an Audible copy of this book & am voluntarily reviewing it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 – July 24, 2018).
Another good one by Steve Higgs. It wasn’t my favorite Tempest mystery because his friends weren’t featured as much, but I still loved it for the humor. Did find a few errors, but I can forgive this author as I’m one of his fans encouraging him to hurry up and write the next one. And I’m off to read the next one. Ta ta for now.
Blue Moon Investigations is still attracting mysteries to solve, and Tempest is still attracting girls , though in the end the pick-up methods of his friends don’t translate for anyone else.
Love is in the air though as very shortly his school friend Jagjit is getting married, no less than four hot women are after Tempest, and Big Ben may have children on the way. His folks will keep tossing their friends’ unmarried daughters at him too, in hopes of grandbabies. Yet in the next village, married men are dropping dead at an incredible rate. Has a hidden coven gone murderous ?
Hanging about in a suburban pub and listening in on a gaggle of old wives suspected of killing their husbands with witchcraft? It sounds like a doddle to Tempest, but turns out to be more challenging than expected. Once again Bull and Dozer the wonder dogs turn on the charm and keep their owner out of the soup in unexpected ways. One of the crones is not at all what she seems!
It’s easy to dismiss the contributions of Franks ‘witch-sniffing’ toad… or is it?
The maelstrom of cases and clues and the temptations of excess calories and stress to Mr. Wiggly are no match for our hero’s orderly military mind. But only with the help of his friends is he able to escape the serial killer himself.
Higgs keeps the tone witty and treats all human foibles with affection even as the suspense is maintained.
Steve Higgs has done it again. Great cozy mystery – will admit I had the killer figured out, but still enjoyed it. I love the witty, snarkiness of Big Ben. I can’t wait to see if Ben will be a father, how Hilary’s marriage will change, and if Tempest ever gets to date Amanda.