Book 84, 2019

Sand-Witch on Rye by Molly Dox

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



Last night, I finished reading Sand-Witch on Rye by Molly Dox. It's the first in the author's "Soup and Sand-Witch" cozy mystery series, featuring inept witch and sandwich shop owner Katy.

Katy is a witch who's married to a "normal". Her shop straddles the boundary between Normal Town and Not-So-Normal Town, where the supernaturals tend to congregate. Katy runs the shop, which is home to a cookie jar spirit, and her husband is the chief of police. When the town harridan, Crystal Priss, is murdered at the bowling alley, Katy and her BFF Eve are suspects, because they catered the event and had a special sandwich set aside for Crystal. Determined to clear their names, the two of them launch their own inept investigation, much to the dismay of Katy's husband, Chip.

In a word, amateurish, and I'm not talking about the sleuthing. Plot was not cohesive, characters were not fleshed-out, and the murder mystery was a yawner. I did like Katy's cat, Fritz, although he didn't put in an appearance until late in the story. SPaG was okay, but the writing just did not flow smoothly. I guess if you're looking for an afternoon or evening of mindless entertainment, it may be worth your while to read.

Favorite line: "Sometimes, even those we know best, we only know what they want us to know."

It wasn't completely awful, so I'll give it two stars.