Shirley Wetzel, dorothyl.com
"This is a fresh, fun series."
Murder and Mayhem Book Club
"Dietz has cooked up a bewitching story that will put you under its spell."
Murder Express
"...certainly hope this will be the beginning of a long running series..."
Book Description
Sydney St. Charles is descended from a long line of witches. She owns an apothecary shop in Manitou Falls, Colorado, where she sells spells, potions and talismans. Sydney’s charms are very popular, but it isn’t witchcraft that has the town buzzing. Clive Newton, a member of the rock band The Newts, has been murdered. Then the band’s manager dies in a fire. Sydney finds her attempts to help with the investigation are complicated by her growing attraction to amnesiac, "John Elway." She is also drawn into an ancient family mystery: a parallel murder that happened in Salem in 1692. Through an ancestor’s journal, she learns far more than she expected about her own heritage — and also about the modern-day killer. In the end, Sydney must outwit a murderer who will go to any lengths to silence her.
Eye of Newt FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Witch-in-denial Sydney St. Charles runs an apothecary in Manitou Falls, CO. When her niece receives the severed ear of a rock band murder victim on her birthday-and the band's agent dies suspiciously after buying a love spell from Sydney-she reacts; and with the help of her ex-cop brother, her witchy great-aunt, a sexy amnesiac, and clues from old family journals, she prevails. This amazing concoction of self-deprecating humor, raucous familiars, and idiosyncratic family should entertain most. Dietz, who also writes culinary mysteries, lives on Vancouver Island, BC. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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