Down the Hatch
by Constance Barker
Series: Witches Be Crazy #1
Series Rating:
on May 13, 2020
Genres: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
Pages: 118
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An Arrow to the Heart is No Loving Matter
Helga owns an antique shop in the bustling French Quarter in New Orleans. She's a witch with fiery silver eyes when her witchiness takes control. But right now she's burdened with three ghosts who like to keep her company while working. But that's not the worst of it. When a dead body with an arrow to the heart lies in her path, will she be the one who is blamed? The ornery critter had a jealous wife. Or maybe the arrow has significant meaning. Could Cupid be on the warpath? Is the deadly deed black magic or evil lurking in the mundane world?
Helga's coven consists of Gwen her sister, and friends from the Shear Magic hair salon. Can they help her or is one of them to blame.
Jacob, the detective in town, is an old school chum of Helga's. While he may not possess the skills Helga has, he does have a few of his own, not counting his dreamy eyes.
***Find out what happens in the first book of the Witches Be Crazy Cozy Mystery Series***
Down the Hatch by Constance Barker is a cool New Orleans witchy mystery.
Can Helga figure out who shot the Quarter’s drunk?
Helga is our witch sleuth. She is trying to mind her own business and work in her family’s antique shop. All that is changed when she finds the same man’s dead body known around the quarter as a drunk. Helga is a different type of witch than I thought that she would be. Technically I didn’t know what I thought a New Orleans witch would be like but probably not someone like Helga. Until I read this story, it’s pretty entertaining. She also is dealing with ghosts in her store that are okay but not that great.
Helga is a character that I’m not sure I would be friends with at all. She is totally different than me, and I don’t know if we would have anything in common. I can’t say that there is anything that I like or don’t like about her.
The Mystery
Earlier in the day, Helga ends up being our prime suspect because she threw the quarter drunk on his butt when he was flirting with her, and she didn’t want anything to do with it. Helga is now the prime suspect even though she called in the body. To clear her name, she is going to have to figure out who killed him. That is a pretty long list as not only was he the quarter’s drunk but the quarter’s drunken flirt. Helga and her detective friend, Jacob, have a lot of hard work ahead to go through all of these potential targets.
Three Stars
Down the Hatch by Constance Barker is the start of an okay mystery series. I’m not really into this one despite it being a paranormal cozy mystery. Ms. Barker has a good story, but she does need to go over and edit the book a bit. Other than that, I am giving it three stars.
The Other Books in the Series
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Down the Hatch by Constance Barker.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Constance Barker
Constance Barker lives in the Midwest with her husband and two Akitas where she can look out from her screened porch onto a wooded area brimming with activity. Since she was a young girl she read mysteries, often given to her by her grandmother. She loved figuring out who the culprit was and sometimes she was right and other times startled at who the author picked as the assailant. Now she enjoys writing mysteries herself. When she isn’t writing stories, she can be found in her favorite vacation spot, Las Vegas or shopping for bargains.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2020 Cloak and Dagger Challenge
- 2020 Craving For Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2020 Cruisin' Thru The Cozies Reading Challenge
- 2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2020 Supernatural Creatures Reading Challenge
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