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Title:
OCCULT AND BATTERY
Author: Lena Gregory
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 304
Genre: Cozy Mystery
A murder mystery weekend becomes a
little too real in the latest Bay Island Psychic Mystery from the author of Death
at First Sight—
Cass Donovan uses her skills as a former psychiatrist to get away with pretending to be psychic, but she’s not about to let anyone get away with murder...
The outlook is not so good for Cass’s psychic shop, Mystical Musings. With winter winds discouraging tourists from riding the ferry from Long Island to Bay Island, Cass hopes to draw in more customers by hosting a murder mystery weekend, complete with a séance, in a supposedly haunted mansion.
But Cass begins to lose her spirit when her ex-husband shows up, along with his fiancée—Cass’s ex-best friend. Then, after one of the guests is found dead, a blizzard blows in, trapping everyone inside with a murderer. Now Cass must divine who did the deed before her reputation and her livelihood fade away.
Cass Donovan uses her skills as a former psychiatrist to get away with pretending to be psychic, but she’s not about to let anyone get away with murder...
The outlook is not so good for Cass’s psychic shop, Mystical Musings. With winter winds discouraging tourists from riding the ferry from Long Island to Bay Island, Cass hopes to draw in more customers by hosting a murder mystery weekend, complete with a séance, in a supposedly haunted mansion.
But Cass begins to lose her spirit when her ex-husband shows up, along with his fiancée—Cass’s ex-best friend. Then, after one of the guests is found dead, a blizzard blows in, trapping everyone inside with a murderer. Now Cass must divine who did the deed before her reputation and her livelihood fade away.
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Book Excerpt:
“Stop
the car!”
Bee
Maxwell slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop on the sand-covered shoulder.
Without loosening his white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel, he turned a
glare on Cass. “Are you crazy? What’s the matter?”
Cass
released her hold on the dashboard and shot him a grin. “We’re here.”
A
hand the size of a baseball mitt fluttered to Bee’s chest, with all the drama
of a true diva. “You nearly gave me a heart attack because we’ve arrived at our
secret destination?” Gritting his teeth, he shifted gently into park. No way
would he jam the shifter into gear, even though she could tell he badly wanted
to. The black Trans Am was his baby, always to be treated tenderly. Cass, on
the other hand, was a different story. Bee looked about ready to throttle her.
“Wouldn’t it have been easier to just tell me where we were going?”
Stephanie
Lawrence poked her head between the seats to stare at Cass. “Not that I want to
agree with Bee, but really, Cass, you could have just told him where to go.
Then maybe this maniac wouldn’t have nearly put us through the windshield.”
She
shrugged. “I didn’t think he’d agree to take me if I told him where we were
going.”
Bee
waved a hand in dismissal and glanced out the window, as if realizing for the
first time where they were.
The
old, supposedly haunted Madison Estate perched in the center of the highest
ground on the island, amid dried-up beach grass, trees long since devoid of
leaves, and garbage from whatever kids were brave—or stupid—enough to ignore
their parents’ warnings. Thick, grey clouds gathered overhead, lending credence
to the haunted stories Cass had heard since childhood.
A
dainty shiver ran through Bee’s bulky frame. “Well, if your destination has
anything to do with that house, you can just count me out.”
“But
it’s perfect.” She opened the door and shot him a quick grin over her shoulder.
“Hey.
Where are you going?”
Ignoring
Bee’s protests, Cass climbed from the car. She closed the door behind her,
effectively cutting off any further arguments. Bee happened to be deathly
afraid of ghosts. Not that he believed in them.
About the Author
Lena
Gregory lives in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island with her husband and
three children. When she was growing up, she spent many lazy afternoons on the
beach, in the yard, anywhere she could find to curl up with a good book. She
loves reading as much now as she did then, but she now enjoys the added
pleasure of creating her own stories.
Her
latest book is the cozy mystery, Occult and Battery.
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Cool play on words for the title!
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