All Shay Graves is worried about is helping her daughter, Ember, prep for her starring role in the upcoming musical at the local community theater. All Alvin Graves is worried about is passing his continuing education course at Mystic Key University. But when Shay’s father falls ill, she agrees – albeit begrudgingly – to attend on his behalf and take copious notes. It’s only an hour out of her … out of her day, after all. What could possibly go wrong?
As luck would have it, it just so happens to be the day all spell breaks loose on campus.
Now, Shay is left shaken and an unexplainable rash of suicides has the town in a tizzy. Even more troubling, the spirits have descended on Shadow Lane and they are adamant that foul play is involved. What’s worse, they aren’t going anywhere until they find out what – or who – is responsible.
But with a mystery more convoluted and a killer more subtle than any she’s faced before, Shay will have to think fast before someone close to her becomes the next victim.
If you like humorous paranormal cozy mysteries full of magic, misfits, and mayhem, then journey into Mystic Key and meet the Witches of Shadow Lane.
Witchy Secrets (Witches of Shadow Lane Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series, Book 3) is a full-length humorous paranormal cozy mystery novel.
Witches of Shadow Lane series:
Witchy Business, Book 1
Witchy Orders, Book 2
Witchy Secrets, Book, 3
Blackwood Bay Witches cozy mystery series:
Haunted and Hexed, Book 1
Bad Magic and the Big Top, Book 2
Phantoms in High Fidelity, Book 3
Broomsticks and Bones, Book 4
Payback’s a Witch, Book 5
On a Witch and a Spell, short story
One Spell of a Time, short story
more
I loved Witchy Secrets! This is a fun and interesting mystery. I did not want to put the book down. I love the characters. They are witty and entertaining. The plot is engaging. The mystery has many twists and turns. I like the setting of the magical town. I highly recommend this book series!
I loved this fun, witchy cozy mystery. A wave of suicides hits a Mystic Key and Shay is determined to get to the bottom of it. This book is skillfully written with a fun plot and great characters. It kept me guessing until the end and I’m looking forward to future installments. I received this book free and chose to make a voluntary, unbiased review.
Shay was concentrating on her daughter’s upcoming part in in the local community theater and was trying to organize a costume for the part. Unfortunately, Shay’s dad had fallen ill and needed Shay to attend a lecture at he university on his behalf. The lecture was part of a requirement for his business license, so it had to happen. Unfortunately that was the day that all hell broke loose at the university when a number of students jumped to their deaths in an apparent suicide pact. Shay found herself in the middle of everything when the spirits of the dead students all visited her at the funeral home run by her family. They insisted that they did not have any such pact and that they weren’t leaving until Shay found out exactly what happened.
Shay has her hands full when Ember (her daughter) has a lead role in the community play. Then her Dad comes down with the ‘flu and he asks Shay to step into his shoes at the University because he needs her to take notes so he can pass a test in order to keep his business in operation. But things get really messed up when there is a rash of sucides by students that don’t seem to make any sense. Can Shay figure this all out, help Ember and her Dad and manage to keep the Funeral Home going? It seems like a big mess but Shay seems to fall into a bigger mess with each book. I really liked this book and per usual with Misty’s books, I had to read it straight through before I could go to sleep. It was worth missing a few hours sleep for a great book.
Suddenly the top students at the college all commit, what the police chief believes is, suicide. Shay witnesses one of the students, a fairy, jump out of a window without making any effort to flap her wings. Shay doesn’t believe for a second that this was a suicide pact, and along with Roman, sets out to prove that the students were actually murdered.
This is a fun and fast read. The characters are wonderful and Aunt Hattie is too funny!
I love this series by Misty and recommend it to young adults and adult readers of all ages. I believe you will find yourself a devoted follower of Misty’s books as you curl up and forget the continual negative news every day and get lost in a world where you can read and see if you can solve the cases before the characters do. I really enjoy writing lost in Misty’s books.
I urge you to give this story a read and see if you too don’t agree that Misty is a writer you want to read more of!