What’s in a murderer’s bag of tricks?
Twenty-something Kailyn Wilde has learned to embrace her unpredictable life as a descendant of small-town New Camel’s most magickal family. She just didn’t expect to inherit her mother and grandmother’s centuries-old shop, Abracadabra, so suddenly. The surprises keep coming when Kailyn goes to finalize the estate at the local attorney’s office—and stumbles over the body of her best friend Elise’s husband . . .
As a brash detective casts the blame on Elise, Kailyn summons her deepest powers to find answers and start an investigation of her own. What with running a business, perfecting ancient spells, and keeping up with an uninvited guest of fabled origins, Kailyn has her hands full. But with the help of her uncanny black cat Sashkatu and her muumuu-clad Aunt Tilly, she’s closing in on a killer—who will do anything to make sure she never tests her supernatural skills again!
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My Review: (Thanks to NetGalley)
I like cosy mystery books, but this one seemed like the author added the 'magick' aspect just to try and be 'different'. There wasn't really that much used and the bits that were, weren't very consistent in usage rules.
Apart from the random insertions of 'magick' this book followed the tried and tested cosy mystery plot with a heroine investigating things she shouldn't and sticking her nose into places she shouldn't, but somehow she managed to be more annoying than normal.
When they were not being annoying, the characters were boring and the featured romance was meh. There was so many potential bad guys, the non-suspect list would have been shorter! It made me lose interest, just red herrings everywhere. Some useful clues were given but they were so vague you wouldn't even realise they were clues, even if you were re-reading.
Then, SPOILER, one of the actual bad guys was someone who wasn't even featured in the damn story! What was the point of that?
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