Crystal Beach #1
by Karen McSpade
Published: January 10, 2023
Publisher: Newcastle Media Publishing
Genre: Animals, Cozy Mysteries, Fiction, Mysteries, Psychics, Romantic, Suspense, Supernatural Suspense
Blurb:
Magic in this witch’s family has a name: Trouble
Meet
Sidney Grace. Quirky journalist, Hesitant witch, Professional
butterfingers.
Her grandmother believes Sidney’s talent for
communicating with the dead makes her the most powerful witch in the
family, but Sidney just wants to make it through the day without
getting fired.
A young writer living in Boston, Sidney is far from the small wacky town of Crystal Beach, Florida, where her spell-happy grandmother retired. She is perfectly happy with her career, her four cats, and the fact that she hasn’t been on a date in… well, years. All is well until her estranged mother informs Sidney that her grandmother has been arrested for murdering a resident at her retirement community.
Sidney road-trips to Florida to discover that her grandmother has no alibi, her grandfather isn’t as dead as she thought he was, and one of her cats can speak. To make matters worse, the handsome Officer Reece is tough on criminals and even tougher on witches. Who cooked up the deadly scone? And why are residents at Shifting Sands suddenly disappearing?
Now, Sidney must embrace her own magical talents to prove her grandmother’s innocence and stop the killer bent on destroying anyone who gets in the way.
Read Cat Scratch Murder, the first installment in the Crystal Beach Magic Mystery Series, for a bewitchingly fun paranormal cozy mystery with charming characters that will keep you spellbound!
My Review:
Cat Scratch Murder pulled me in from the first page. I loved all the characters, especially Sydney Grace’s grandmother, Ada-Mae. Cat Scratch Murder is a short story that reads like a full-length novel. I can’t wait to read more in the Crystal Beach series.
Ada-Mae is accused of murder and arrested. Her mother Julia-Mae asks Sydney Grace to go to her grandmother and find out what is going on and help her grandmother. Sydney Grace and her four cats take off to Florida where her grandmother lives.
Sydney Grace is arrested herself and put in the same cell as her grandmother, Upon her arrival in town Sydney Grace rams into the back of the sheriff’s vehicle nearly tearing off the bumper of the police car. I don’t think Sydney Grace left a good first impression on the sheriff.
The police don’t seem all that interested in investigating the murder so Sydney Grace takes it upon herself to prove her grandmother innocent. What is going on? Ada-Mae is innocent, right? Or is she? To find out you will have to read Cat Scratch Murder.
Grab a copy of Cat Scratch Murder to find out!
Be sure to check out all the books in the Crystal Beach Series
Dog Gone Troubles 0.5
Cat Scratch Murder #1
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