Witch Way To Murder: An Ophelia And Abby Mystery
By (Author) Shirley Damsgaard
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
5th January 2006
United States
General
Fiction
Occult fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
FIC
Short-listed for Agatha Awards (First Novel) 2005
Paperback
304
Width 112mm, Height 171mm, Spine 20mm
148g
Bewitched meets Murder She Wrote in this delightful new cozy mystery series featuring Ophelia Jensen, small town librarian and reluctant psychic, and her grandmother Abby, a benevolent witch.
Thirty something Ophelia Jensen wants to live a quiet life as a small town librarian. She's created a comfortable existence with her kooky, colorful grandmother Abby, and if it were up to her, they could live out their daysalong with Ophelia's dog Lady and cat Queeniein peace and quiet. But, to Ophelia's dismay, she and Abby aren't a typical grandmother/granddaughter duo. She possesses psychic powers, and Abby is a kindly witch. And while Ophelia would do anything to dismiss her giftharboring terrible guilt after her best friend was killed and she was unable to stop itthreatening events keep popping up, forcing her to tap into her powers of intuition. To make matters worse, a strangeyet devastatingly attractiveman is hanging around Ophelia's library, and no matter how many times she tells him she's sworn off men forever, he persists. Soon this handsome newcomer reveals he's following a lead on a local drug ring, and then a dead body shows up right in Abby's backyard. And much as Ophelia would like to put away her spells forever, she and Abby must use their special powers to keep themselves, and others, out of harm's way.
"A Golden Broomstick to the season's most unusual sleuths, a septuagenarian witch and her psychic granddaughter. Inventive and imaginative." -- Carolyn Hart
Shirley Damsgaard is an award-winning writer of short fiction. She lives in a small Iowa town, where she has served as postmaster for the past twenty years.