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Book 56, 2016
Jul. 30th, 2016 09:35 amThursday, I read the last of Home for a Spell by Madelyn Alt. It's the most recent book in her "Bewitching Mystery" series, and now I'm all caught up until the next release!
Still hobbled by a cast from breaking her ankle, Maggie has moved in with boyfriend Marcus so he can chauffeur her around and help take care of her. When Maggie learns that Marcus is going to put off taking some classes because she "needs" him, she puts her (unbroken) foot down and decides to find a ground-level apartment.
Maggie goes to check out a complex, and while the manager seems a bit skeevy, she thinks the apartment is a good deal. Marcus takes Maggie back the following morning to sign a lease, and they find the manager dead. They are drawn into the investigation when police ask Marcus, who's a computer whiz, to see if he can find anything on a damaged flash drive that was found at the scene.
While Marcus works that angle, Maggie is realizing that all of the tenants of the complex are young, pretty women. When Marcus finds compromising photos on the flash drive, all of them of the apartments' tenants, they have a motive for murder. But, who done it?
I did enjoy the story, but not as much as I've liked others in the series. For one thing, the author barely touched on the "witch" aspect of her "bewitching" trope, and I found that disappointing. I like the paranormal element!
Favorite line: I just hated the thought that I was another of those loose ends.
I wish I could give this a 3 1/2, but I'll give it a 4, as a nod to the series as a whole:
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Still hobbled by a cast from breaking her ankle, Maggie has moved in with boyfriend Marcus so he can chauffeur her around and help take care of her. When Maggie learns that Marcus is going to put off taking some classes because she "needs" him, she puts her (unbroken) foot down and decides to find a ground-level apartment.
Maggie goes to check out a complex, and while the manager seems a bit skeevy, she thinks the apartment is a good deal. Marcus takes Maggie back the following morning to sign a lease, and they find the manager dead. They are drawn into the investigation when police ask Marcus, who's a computer whiz, to see if he can find anything on a damaged flash drive that was found at the scene.
While Marcus works that angle, Maggie is realizing that all of the tenants of the complex are young, pretty women. When Marcus finds compromising photos on the flash drive, all of them of the apartments' tenants, they have a motive for murder. But, who done it?
I did enjoy the story, but not as much as I've liked others in the series. For one thing, the author barely touched on the "witch" aspect of her "bewitching" trope, and I found that disappointing. I like the paranormal element!
Favorite line: I just hated the thought that I was another of those loose ends.
I wish I could give this a 3 1/2, but I'll give it a 4, as a nod to the series as a whole:
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