Title:
Witch Cake Murders
Author: Zoe Arden
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 330
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Witches and humans have always existed
peacefully in Sweetland Cove... until now.
Someone is killing humans and
drawing unwanted attention to the supernatural residents of Sweetland Cove.
Ava Rose just turned twenty-one,
and with her birthday came a few surprises.
One: she's a witch.
Two: she's part owner of a magical bakery she never knew
existed.
Three: Someone wants her dead.
The day Ava arrives in Sweetland
Cove, murders begin occurring…
Witches and wizards are quick to
blame her, but Ava's aunts won't let the town they love turn against her.
But murders follow Ava everywhere.
Soon, she finds herself on the
receiving end of the killer's mad spree. With a crazy wizarding sheriff who
wants to lock her up, and an even crazier
wizarding detective who wants to lock her whole family up, Ava must solve this case alone.
But as the days pass and the only
clues point to her, Ava starts to wonder if maybe the sheriff is right.
Maybe she really
is the killer.
The only thing Ava knows for sure
is that the witches of Sweetland are not happy with her. Especially those
witches who have something to hide.
And they all have
something to hide.
Can Ava
stop the killer before they strike again... even if that killer is her?
Witch Cake Murders is available
at Amazon.
"Let
me ask you something," Brendan said. "You're a witch. Why do witches
like human men?" He was looking at me so earnestly I felt compelled to
answer him. I just didn't know what to say.
"Um..."
I stammered. "I don't know. I grew up around humans, so I guess I'm just
drawn to them." I looked back through the glass patio door at Damon, who
was dancing with Megan again. Brendan followed my gaze, looking miserable.
"Love
sucks," he said, then shoved the purple stem he'd been twirling into his
pocket and skulked off. I turned back to the stars and sighed.
An earth-shattering
scream rose into the night, making me jump.
Through
the patio door, I could see a crowd gathering around the perimeter of the room.
A woman was screaming. I hurried inside. The crowd had opened up, leaving two
people in its center.
Felicity
stood there, her mouth hanging open. Campbell was dancing around her, his hands flying unnaturally
through the air. His head was tilted at an odd angle and his tongue lolled out
the side of his mouth, like a thirsty dog. He was making strange grunting noises
that almost resembled words.
"He's
drunk!" someone yelled.
Campbell swung his hips around and bumped into Felicity, who
stumbled away from him.
"All
right, all right, break it up," Felicity's boyfriend Lincoln said.
Lincoln was the sheriff of Mistmoor Point, and the crowded parted
for him as he came through. Even if he
hadn't been a sheriff, I suspected the crowd would still have parted for him.
At six feet tall with bronze hair and blue eyes, he made quite a figure in the
middle of a crowd.
"Okay,
Campbell. Time to go home," Lincoln said, clamping one hand down on his shoulder.
Campbell yanked Lincoln hard,
sending him flying across the room. Everyone gasped. Campbell stopped, looked around, then let out a strange gurgling
sound. He fell to the floor. His face was bright blue.
Felicity
hunkered down next to him. She gave him one hard shake then looked up at the
rest of the room, her mouth gaping.
"He's
dead," she cried. "Campbell's dead!"
Who
would be next?
About the Author
It
was from reading Agatha Christie’s mystery books that inspired Zoe to write
cozy mystery novels. Zoe liked the fact that cozy mysteries are able to offer
readers a form of escapism that typical detective stories can’t.
Like
what Marilyn Stasio, who has been the Crime columnist forThe New York TimesBook Review since
the late 1980s, recently wrote: “The abiding appeal of the cozy mystery owes a
lot to our collective memory, true or false, of simpler, sweeter times.” It is
Zoe’s desire that her writings will evoke that nostalgic memory in all of us;
those memories of the good old days.
What sets Zoe apart in her
writings is her fusing of Mystery with Paranormal elements, a combination which
will bring about fantasies that are intriguing and engaging. Her stories
contain unexpected twists and sometimes light-hearted moments that will make
one smile at Zoe’s quirkiness, fun and wittiness in her writings.
You
can connect with Zoe at Facebook.
Zoe Arden is giving away 7 cozy mystery paperbacks by Amanda M. Lee, Agatha Frost, H. Y. Hanna, Joanne Fluke, Leighann Dobbs, Gina Lamanna and Lilian Jackson Brown. BONUS: All entries will receive a free copy of Cozy Mystery: Cake Spell Disaster by Zoe Arden.
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- This giveaway ends midnight May 31.
- Winner will be contacted via email on June 1.
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