Ruination by Runes
(2026)(The third book in the Mystic Haven Tea Shop Mystery series)
A novel by TJ Costello and Kat McGee
Fiona Shaw has her escape from Mystic Haven all planned out. Too bad her old life just crashed the party, and it’s not taking no for an answer.
Fiona is living on borrowed time, and she knows it. Her suitcase is packed, her non-magical car is gassed up, and she has a perfectly logical explanation for why she can't possibly stay in a town where the barista sees flavors and her cat offers unsolicited life advice. She just needs to find the right moment to make a clean getaway.
But just as she’s psyching herself up to say goodbye, her notoriously demanding ex-boss walks through the magical fog, and she’s the last person Fiona ever wanted to see again. And to stir the trouble brewing, she’s brought all the misery of Fiona’s old midlife existence with her.
The unwelcome reunion turns deadly when the town’s blissed-out self-help guru is found murdered, a series of ancient runes predicting his end, after the fact. Naturally, the prime suspect is the abrasive, non-magical newcomer who sees him as competition. Facing a murder charge, Fiona’s ex-boss gives her an ultimatum for Fiona to prove her innocence, or she’ll happily ensure that Fiona gets kicked out of the magical town for good.
Suddenly forced to choose between the life she left behind and the one she's been trying to escape, Fiona makes a surprising discovery: she's not ready to leave. To protect the quirky new home she never realized she wanted, she'll have to team up with the woman she despises to solve a murder.
After all, when a self-help guru winds up dead, it proves that in Mystic Haven, the line between enlightenment and ruination is carved in stone.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Fiona is living on borrowed time, and she knows it. Her suitcase is packed, her non-magical car is gassed up, and she has a perfectly logical explanation for why she can't possibly stay in a town where the barista sees flavors and her cat offers unsolicited life advice. She just needs to find the right moment to make a clean getaway.
But just as she’s psyching herself up to say goodbye, her notoriously demanding ex-boss walks through the magical fog, and she’s the last person Fiona ever wanted to see again. And to stir the trouble brewing, she’s brought all the misery of Fiona’s old midlife existence with her.
The unwelcome reunion turns deadly when the town’s blissed-out self-help guru is found murdered, a series of ancient runes predicting his end, after the fact. Naturally, the prime suspect is the abrasive, non-magical newcomer who sees him as competition. Facing a murder charge, Fiona’s ex-boss gives her an ultimatum for Fiona to prove her innocence, or she’ll happily ensure that Fiona gets kicked out of the magical town for good.
Suddenly forced to choose between the life she left behind and the one she's been trying to escape, Fiona makes a surprising discovery: she's not ready to leave. To protect the quirky new home she never realized she wanted, she'll have to team up with the woman she despises to solve a murder.
After all, when a self-help guru winds up dead, it proves that in Mystic Haven, the line between enlightenment and ruination is carved in stone.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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