Spells and Suspicions
(2026)(The fifth book in the Brightstone Bay Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Paula Lester
An ex-SNOOPS agent. A vacant Council seat. A front-runner with no pulse and five suspects who all had reasons to want her gone.
Maple Winterbourne didn't ask to become Brightstone Bay's first Magical Hospitality Liaison. (Solstice did. Solstice has opinions.) She didn't ask to plan a candidates' mixer that turned into a crime scene, either. And she absolutely didn't ask to spend her week interrogating a journalist with too much cash, a businesswoman with too much to lose, a research assistant with too much grief, a retired judge with too much pride, and a campaign manager who's just a little too perfect.
But somebody poisoned a candidate in front of half the town, and somebody is going to answer for it.
If Maple can identify the killer before the wrong person fills Clem's old Council seat, she might just save Brightstone Bay from another political disaster. If she can't — well, at least the show tune-singing permits won't be her problem anymore.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Maple Winterbourne didn't ask to become Brightstone Bay's first Magical Hospitality Liaison. (Solstice did. Solstice has opinions.) She didn't ask to plan a candidates' mixer that turned into a crime scene, either. And she absolutely didn't ask to spend her week interrogating a journalist with too much cash, a businesswoman with too much to lose, a research assistant with too much grief, a retired judge with too much pride, and a campaign manager who's just a little too perfect.
But somebody poisoned a candidate in front of half the town, and somebody is going to answer for it.
If Maple can identify the killer before the wrong person fills Clem's old Council seat, she might just save Brightstone Bay from another political disaster. If she can't — well, at least the show tune-singing permits won't be her problem anymore.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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