The Saturday market has plenty of gossip. This week, it also has a murder.
Trading boardrooms for her late aunt’s apothecary was supposed to simplify Mavis Vale’s life. Instead, she got growing magical abilities, three meddling grannies, and Dividend, an opinionated orange tabby.
Then Royce Pelham, the man who has spent all season squeezing Thornwood’s vendors, drops dead at his own stall.
Everyone blames his bad heart. Mavis knows better. Her connection to the dead tells her something is wrong, and Royce’s furious ghost insists he was murdered.
Suspects are everywhere. Cheesemonger Edwin Mott threatened Royce over rising fees. Electrician Clive Renner was about to lose his contract. And committee chair Margery Cole was hiding a secret Royce could use against her.
But when suspicion shifts to June, one of Mavis’s beloved grannies, the case turns personal.
While Dividend provides his usual unsolicited advice, Royce’s ghost refuses to reveal the one truth Mavis needs most. She must find the truth before June is blamed for murder and the real killer walks free.
Genre: Mystery
Trading boardrooms for her late aunt’s apothecary was supposed to simplify Mavis Vale’s life. Instead, she got growing magical abilities, three meddling grannies, and Dividend, an opinionated orange tabby.
Then Royce Pelham, the man who has spent all season squeezing Thornwood’s vendors, drops dead at his own stall.
Everyone blames his bad heart. Mavis knows better. Her connection to the dead tells her something is wrong, and Royce’s furious ghost insists he was murdered.
Suspects are everywhere. Cheesemonger Edwin Mott threatened Royce over rising fees. Electrician Clive Renner was about to lose his contract. And committee chair Margery Cole was hiding a secret Royce could use against her.
But when suspicion shifts to June, one of Mavis’s beloved grannies, the case turns personal.
While Dividend provides his usual unsolicited advice, Royce’s ghost refuses to reveal the one truth Mavis needs most. She must find the truth before June is blamed for murder and the real killer walks free.
Genre: Mystery
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