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Murder Like Magic

by Trisha Blanchet

A telepathic investigator returns to a divided community

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A telepathic investigator returns to a divided community

Tess Tulley runs a small private investigation business and has a fraught history with the Spinners, a community she once put at odds with by reporting her uncle’s crimes. A murder brings her back into their orbit: the victim is a Spinner, and the unusual crime scene offers few clear clues about the cause of death or the blood found beside the body. Tess’s limited telepathy is one tool in an investigation that also hinges on her old connections and the question of trust within the community. The setup combines a murder mystery with urban fantasy elements, while making Tess’s estrangement from the Spinners part of the case’s context.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy mysteries featuring private investigators and unusual crime scenes.
  • Readers interested in urban fantasy involving witches, telepathy, and community ties.
  • Readers who like detective stories where a protagonist’s personal history intersects with the investigation.

Themes

Loyalty and communityEstrangement and belongingInvestigation and suspicionTelepathy and witchcraft

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Book overview

Being able to read minds should make it pretty easy to solve crimes, right? Right?

A sort-of-telepathic witch-slash-PI takes on a murder case in this light urban fantasy mystery, perfect for fans of A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer.


Tess Tulley is the proud proprietor of Mill City Investigations--the premier (if you ask her) private investigation business in her small Massachusetts city. Business is slow, especially after she blew up her credibility among her fellow Spinners (do not call them witches) by turning in her own uncle for a crime spree three years ago. Loyalty among Spinners is top priority, and Tess's decision to put the investigation over her coven has left her out in the cold.

So when the local "Officer Handsome" comes knocking with a bizarre murder investigation involving a dead Spinner, Tess is reluctant to take the case. Even more so when she learns the details: The victim was stabbed postmortem, there's no sign of who or what actually killed her, and the body was found in a pool of someone else's blood.

Left with few other options, Tess dusts off her investigative skills, revs up her so-so telepathy, and dives headfirst back into her old community of Spinners. If she's lucky, she'll be able to unmask a killer and figure out whose blood had been left behind at the crime scene--and why. If she's not lucky (and let's face it, she rarely is), Tess might just become the next casualty on a slab in the Mill City morgue.
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