Home for a Spell
by Madelyn Alt
Series: Bewitching Mystery #7
Series Rating:
Published by Berkley on January 4, 2011
Genres: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover
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Also in this series: The Trouble With Magic, A Charmed Death, Hex Marks the Spot, No Rest for the Wiccan, Where There's a Witch, A Witch in Time
In Madelyn Alt’s “enchanting and bewitching”* series, Maggie O’Neill is Stony Mill, Indiana’s newest witch. It’s a job that entails a fair share of magic and mysticism – and sometimes brews up a perilous potion of mystery and murder…
Maggie is back at work at the antique shop Enchantments. Unfortunately, she’s hobbled by a broken ankle, which makes helping customers a pretty lame proposition. But just because she’s sporting a bright yellow, sparkle-covered cast doesn’t mean the rest of her life is slowing down.
Her boyfriend, the magically inclined Marcus, has some unfinished business that she feels guilty about distracting him from. And her best friend and upstairs neighbor is getting ready to tie the knot with her own boyfriend and move away. This leads Maggie to wonder if it isn’t time to find her own change of scenery. First things first: a new apartment.
But when she finally finds a place to call her own, Maggie’s dream of new digs turns into a nightmare after the apartment manager is found dead before she can even sign the lease. And Maggie finds herself not only searching for a new home – but for a frightfully clever killer…
*Midwest Book Review
5-Star Cozy Mystery
I am happy to say that I am giving Home for a Spell by Madelyn Alt five stars because it kept my attention and I actually like the storyline this time. Granted we don’t see much of Steff or Dr. Dan or of most anyone else in the N.I.G.H.T.S unless they are the ones working at the antique shop with Maggie, Liss, Tara, and Evie.
The one time that Steff is mentioned is when Liss tells her that she is moving in with Dr. Dan sometime soon. Which is how Maggie ends up trying to find a new place. Even if the apartment manager gives her the creeps and she had no clue why.
This time I actually figured out who did it along with Maggie and them. Granted I didn’t understand the motive for this person. However, I did realize it was her and we found out the reason at the end of the book. Let’s just say that even though the ending of the book is perfect. This might be the last book of Maggie’s life and that is sad. And we are left to our own devices on thinking up stuff for Maggie and the N.I.G.H.T.S. and what has been going on in their life. Home for a Spell by Madelyn Alt is a wonderful story, I highly recommend it.
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About Madelyn Alt
Madelyn doesn’t seem to be writing anymore.
