See Something
The Blurb
Lee has been promoted from field reporter to program director. Keeping track of all the shows and managing the local TV personalities, including a cowboy, a clown, and a performing dog, has her head spinning. Perhaps that’s what makes her take pity on the distraught woman she finds sitting alone on a bench on the Salem common. When she realizes that the poor woman doesn’t even know her own name, Lee takes her into the warmth of the home she shares with her Aunt Ibby and their clairvoyant gentleman cat, O’Ryan. Maybe Lee can use her own psychic gifts to divine the woman’s identity.
Lee’s detective beau Pete Mondello wants to talk to the “Jane Doe,” but before he can investigate, he’s called to a crime scene. A body has been found washed up in a narrow harbor cove. As harmless as her new houseguest seems, Lee can’t help but wonder if she may be harboring a killer.
The Details
Series: A Witch City Mystery – Book #11
Author: Carol J. Perry
Genre/Category: Cozy – Paranormal/Witch
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 384
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The Review
See Something is the 11th book in the “A Witch City Mystery” series. It contains everything readers have come to expect from these books. Lee has a new job at WICH-TV, now a program director for a children’s show; she isn’t sure she can pull it off, or that her dream of being a field reporter hasn’t died, but she knows that she is enjoying her new role and has come to realize that maybe she won’t miss being in the field all that much. That is until she finds a woman with amnesia, and a dead body soon follows, are the two connected? Danger comes calling and places Aunt Ibby and Lee in its sights. Even with her paranormal ability, Lee didn’t see it coming.
This mystery is filled with genuine characters that readers love; each brings nuance to the story that helps keep the plot alive and the action moving. Add in the delightful Aunt Ibby and Lee’s clairvoyant cat O’Ryan, and this cozy shines. It can be challenging to give a paranormal/witch-based series a new twist but this one has plenty to go around. Red-herrings pop up often, and it can be hard to figure out if they are real evidence or another twist in the storyline. The fun is in the puzzle and deciphering the clues to catch a killer. Motives like suspects are easy to find and believe. Locations are intriguing, as is typical for a city like Salem with its history.
Lee gets involved in the investigation without even trying. She finds the killer and saves the day but not without putting herself in danger. For me, there wasn’t enough of the paranormal aspects, certainly not as much as there had been in past books. And River North, Lee’s best friend, a tarot reading witch never has enough of a role. I would love to see a future volume where River is the main suspect and plays an actual leading part. Overall, See Something is a quick read, with enough action and mystery to keep readers turning the page and looking forward to the next installment.
The Author
Carol J. Perry was born in Salem on Halloween Eve. She has written many young adult novels, in addition to the Witch City Mystery series. Carol knew as a child that she wanted to be a writer. A voracious reader whose list for Santa consisted mostly of book titles, she never lost sight of that goal. While living in Florida, Carol was on assignment for Southern Travel Magazine, preparing an article on the world’s largest sandcastle, which was being built near her home. That combination of events inspired her first young adult novel.
Carol has always been an avid reader of mysteries. Appropriately enough, this Salem-born author celebrates her birthday on Halloween Eve! Carol and her husband Dan live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with two cats and a Black Lab.
Other books in the “A Witch City Mystery” series readers will enjoy are Caught Dead Handed the one that started it all, and book #5 Grave Errors.
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