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  • Published: 29 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781496732699
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $17.99
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Witch Trial




In the second installment of Cate Conte’s charming new series featuring crystal shop owner and witch Violet Mooney, the murder of one of her customers launches her into a case that conjures up both supernatural and mortal enemies...
 

In the second installment of Cate Conte’s charming new series featuring crystal shop owner and witch Violet Mooney, the murder of one of her customers launches her into a case that conjures up both supernatural and mortal enemies...
 

Double, double toil and trouble,
A witch’s life is quite a muddle.
 
The Full Moon crystal shop in North Harbor, Connecticut, offers healing stones for all sorts of ailments. Unfortunately, there’s nothing among the gems that can help owner Violet Mooney learn how to wield the magick she inherited from both sides of her family—the legendary Ravenstar and Moonstone clans. As if being an apprentice witch weren’t difficult enough, Violet’s tutors are her estranged mother Fiona, a sister she never knew she had named Zoe, and a familiar in the form of a black cat, Xander.
 
Between learning spells, Violet is being investigated by the Magickal Council. A reporter out to debunk spiritualists was “genied”—her soul imprisoned inside a bottle—in Violet’s shop, and she can’t prove she didn’t do it. Meanwhile, her non-magickal life has become complicated when one of her crystal shop customers, Nicole St. James, goes missing and turns up dead, a victim of murder.
 
Determined to solve both crimes, Violet taps into powers she doesn’t understand, much less control—and finds herself conjuring up both supernatural and mortal enemies…

  • Published: 29 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781496732699
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $17.99
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“Zippy and fun, with an otherworldly hook that’s further enhanced by characters with a little magic of their own.” Kirkus Reviews on Witch Hunt
 
“Cate Conte casts a winning spell with Witch Hunt, summoning a bit of magic to offset the mysteries and murder at hand. A cozy setting, charming characters, and moments of comic relief all conspire to keep pages the turning; further, the otherworldly elements are handled with subtlety and reverence rather than over-the-toppedness. Consequently, I’m conjuring up a positive prediction for this series: that it will beguile readers for years to come.” —Criminal Element on Witch Hunt
 
“Witch Hunt gives us a terrible crime, off-page, and then leads us on a journey filled with red herrings, twists, turns, and startling revelations. It is a real page-turner filled with complex characters who have oddly relatable problems.” —Frolic Media on Witch Hunt
 
“A delightfully charming tale with a quirky cast of characters.” —Dru’s Book Musing on Witch Hunt
 

“In a subgenre in which dialogue and character development typically take a back seat to ailurophilia, Conte’s cat cafe series is eminently readable and often immersive.” Kirkus Reviews on Tell Tail Heart
 
“Like the best of its subgenre, Cat About Town achieves an intimacy of time, place, and people that immediately draws you in and makes you want to stay a while despite the inevitable crime(s) at hand. There’s an undeniable comfort to Cate Conte’s storytelling that will leave readers wanting—perhaps even kneading—more.”Criminal Element
 
"Conte's well-plotted novel with a host of likeable characters is a Valentine for any cat lover." Best Friends Magazine on Cat About Town
 
“Cate Conte delivers a triumphant Purrder She Wrote, which lovingly straddles the conventions of the cozy genre while also practicing the subtle art of subversion. Both the whos and the whys are worthy of your time and attention, as is the welcoming backdrop against which these questions play out. Despite the inevitable cat-astrophes, the end result is a whole lot of fun—but with a generous and good-natured side scoop of frisky.” Criminal Element on Purrrder She Wrote
 

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