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Loading... A Charmed Deathby Madelyn Alt
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. In the second book in the Bewitching Mystery Series, Maggie finds herself involved in another mysterious death and is somehow drawn into trying to solve the mystery. This time a teenage diva is dead and clues link her to a sexy blog and even sexier pictures. I have enjoyed both of the books in the series so far. I like the paranormal/wicca elements. They are not overplayed, but are definitely driving Maggie's intuition. There is a great deal about faith of all kinds in the book. That might be a turn off for some, but it is not preachy. I did figure out the murderer, but that did not spoil if for me, the characters are good and I was not really sure until the very end. Liked book one better than book 2 Second in the "Bewitching" paranormal mystery series featuring Maggie O’Neill and set in small-town Indiana. When a local high school prom-queen type is murdered, Maggie is drawn into the case because Amanda had been in to Enchantments the day she disappeared to buy a Christmas present for her mother, a very expensive antique clock. Where did she get the money? When evidence that Maggie stumbles upon comes to light that Amanda was not quite what she seemed to be on the surface, suspects start crawling out of the woodwork—was the person who trashed Maggie’s apartment looking for that evidence or had they meant to harm Maggie? I had another of those instinctive whispers in my ear early on about the bad guy, but no evidence to back it up until later. I enjoyed this book, though there is something ever-so-slightly “off” that bugs me about the author’s writing style—I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it was enough of a something that while I can say I liked the book, I didn’t like enough to rave about it. I have the third (and so far latest) in the series already on my TBR so I will most certainly read that one. Hopefully the annoying buzz, whatever it is, won’t get any louder! Maybe it is the “dual love interest” thing—another Stephanie Plum-esque triangle in the offing, perhaps? I thought the “witchy” aspects of this book were quite well done and Felicity’s character reminds me very much of someone I know in real life, albeit without the accent. LOL Second in the series about Maggie O'Neill, a young woman who works in a collectibles shop called Enchantments. Maggie's boss, Liss, tells her from the first that she is a witch. Maggie, who has strugled with being Catholic, likes Liss very much and begins to dsicover her own psychic powers and to understand witches aren't all bad, espcially as she meets others like Liss. In this book a young woman is murdered, and it really shakes up the small town in Inidana that Maggie lives in. On the day she died, Amanda had bought a clock in Enchantments, so Maggie is drawn into the case. I really like the characters in this series, but I did think there was a plot flaw in this book. Maggie does something that seems to not make much sense, and because of ti she winds up in danger in the climactic scene. In spite of that I enjoyed the book. 0.069 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 042521317X, Paperback)Maggie O'Neill must turn on her own charms-mystical and otherwise-while investigating the death of one of her customers from the antique shop, Enchantments.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Maggie has managed to stumble her way into investigating yet another death. A young girl in town was found near the river. At first it's suspected that it was an accident, but later the word murder is whispered.
When a visit to the dead girls mother lands Maggie in a precarious position, she has no choice but to investigate the murder. With the help of computer wiz and all around bad boy Marcus, she ends up cracking the case... unfortunately, she discovers who the murderer is right about the time he shows up and gets her alone. Will she make it out of yet another murder investigation in one piece?
The book had me from page one and refused to let me go until I was finished. Reading it cover to cover in less than a day, it's definitely holding a place of honor on my bookshelf! (