Drop of a Hat

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Sometimes the dead don't stay buried Blythe Fairfield finally has her life together. A tea shop with her name on it. A talking cat who runs the place from the windowsill. A sheriff who just told her exactly what she means to him... right before her dead great-aunt knocked on the door. But the real trouble starts when one of Cauldron Hollow's oldest witches is found dead. The poison? Brewed from a recipe out of the Tallowmere family collection. The suspects? Start with the witch who just walked out of her own grave, and work your way down to the niece who took her in. Blythe has solved murders before. This one is different. The victim had secrets. The suspects have more. Every clue she follows leads somewhere she doesn't want to go. Every alibi has a hole in it, and one person who might be innocent refuses to account for herself. Meanwhile, the witches of Cauldron Hollow are muttering about the old ways, the mundane authorities are circling a case they can't be allowed to understand, and Blythe's own familiar is taking sides... against her. The clock is ticking. The town is watching. And the killer is closer than anyone thinks. Turns out some hats never go out of style. They just come back.

Is Drop of a Hat appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A lighthearted witch mystery with a murder investigation but no graphic violence or mature content. The tone is cozy and humorous with magical elements.

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