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Hibou Te Prends

Les cloches de mariage sonnent pour la sorcière Astra Arden et son fiancé loup-garou Lothian – sans oublier son hibou divin Archie et sa promise emplumée Noctua. Mais quand un invité est retrouvé mort lors de leur enterrement de vie de célibataire commun, "jusqu'à ce que la mort vous sépare" prend une toute nouvelle signification.

À quelques jours des deux cérémonies, Astra se retrouve à jongler entre plans de table, dégustations de gâteau et une enquête pour meurtre qui touche de trop près les futurs mariés. Pire encore, le message du défunt pointe vers quelqu'un de la noce comme assassin. L'un de leurs proches cacherait-il de mortels secrets derrière son sourire festif?

Alors que des contretemps magiques perturbent les préparatifs et que les soupçons se portent sur amis et famille, Astra et Archie doivent courir contre la montre pour démasquer le meurtrier avant de dire "oui". Avec des cadeaux de mariage qui ressemblent davantage à des menaces et des présages mystérieux à chaque tournant, le chemin vers le bonheur conjugal est tout sauf paisible.

Astra pourra-t-elle résoudre l'affaire et arriver jusqu'à l'autel? Ou cette célébration nuptiale se terminera-t-elle par des funérailles plutôt qu'une réception?

Crystal Clear Balance

A denied claim is one thing. A denied life is another.

Fortuna Delphi is just settling into her new role as leader of the Mindslider Coven, which mostly involves dealing with interdimensional portals in casserole dishes and sentient books with matchmaking ambitions. The magical infrastructure of Mystwich Hollow is a mess, but Fortuna is determined to bring things back into balance.

But when notoriously crooked paranormal insurance adjuster Cornelius Grimsby is found dead in the woods—with the word REJECTED stamped on his forehead—Fortuna’s administrative duties take a deadly turn.

With the entire town celebrating Grimsby’s demise, everyone is a suspect. From a rival bookstore owner with military-grade mental shields to a restaurant owner whose fortune cookies predict the future, the list of potential killers is as long as the list of denied claims.

Can Fortuna uncover the truth before the killer’s policy on murder pays out again?

Sketchy Charms

A body in the woodlands near the crystal field.
Smoky quartz that smoked the local mailman.
Can Fortuna unearth the truth the authorities won’t?

When reporter and Mystic’s End busybody Pepper Stanford discovers a sketched map that professes to reveal what the heck the deal is with mystics in Mystic’s End, Fortuna reluctantly follows her out to the thick forest to hunt for clues. The two women encounter more than they bargain for when they stumble over a body on the way back to their car, the bloody smoky quartz crystal near him replaying the man’s last few flashes of life straight into Fortuna’s mind.

After the county determines the death accidental (because of course they did), Fortuna works to forget about postman Tom Wilson’s death and refocus on the obscure text she discovered in the woods. That is, until she recognizes Tom Wilson’s resentful soul captured in the sparkling stone that killed him—and if she wants to get him out, she must get him justice for his murder.

Will Fortuna be able to unmask who cracked Tom Wilson with a crystal? Or does the witch now have two spectral roommates?

Nugget, Coins, and Murder

A cat with a gold chip on his shoulder.
A coin collector dead in the night.
Can they uncover the killer before the truth—and the collector—is buried forever?

With Silver Circle Rescue moved into Wardwell Manor, Ellie Rockwell and daughter Evie (and the dozens of cats) couldn’t be happier in their new home. The pair are getting familiar with all their cats using the magical crystal plate that allows the cats to speak to them and are able to match cats with perfect forever homes.

Their idyllic life screeches to a halt when a mysterious woman abandons the recently deceased Harold Goldfinch’s cat Nugget on the shelter’s doorstep. The sullen cat insists the police have got it all wrong—Harold didn’t die naturally. He was murdered.

As Ellie and Evie look into Harold’s death, they come to realize that while suspects are plentiful, the clues are few and hidden well. Someone doesn’t want them to uncover the killer’s identity and will stop at nothing to keep Harold’s secrets from being brought to the surface.

Can Ellie and Evie unravel the mystery before it’s too late?

Der Hexenhafteste Zirkus auf Erden

Magie unter dem großen Zelt.
Mord unter Ermittlung.
Kann eine ehemalige Hexe das Familienunternehmen retten und das Finale überleben?

Charlotte hatte nie die Wahl, in die magischen Fußstapfen ihrer Familie zu treten. Ihre Eltern entschieden sich vor Jahrzehnten, unter den Menschen zu leben und dem mystischen Zirkus den Rücken zu kehren. Als ihr Onkel, der Zirkusdirektor, jedoch ermordet wird und ihr den magischen Familienbetrieb vermacht, spürt sie den Ruf, unter das große Zelt zurückzukehren. Während sie die enormen Kräfte der verzauberten Aufführung entfesselt, schwört sie, den Mörder ihres Onkels zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.

Inmitten ihrer Untersuchungen, der Leitung des Zirkus und dem Navigieren zwischen rivalisierenden Zirkusgruppen schmiedet der menschen-phobe Hexenrat Pläne, sie schneller zu ersetzen als ein fliegender Trapezartist. Mit Bedrohungen von beiden Seiten des Zelts muss Charlotte den Mörder ihres Onkels enttarnen, bevor der legendäre Zirkus seine letzte Vorstellung gibt.