Monday, January 26, 2009

The Witch's Grave by Shirley Damsgaard (paperback)

This is the sixth book in the Ophelia and Abby mystery series. All of them take place in the fictional Iowa town of Summerset and revolve around the adventures of Ophelia, the town's librarian and reluctant witch.

At a library fundraiser at a local winery (where the owner is named Ron Mark), Ophelia is drawn to a visitor there. When he is shot while walking with her, she is pulled into the investigation. Was she the target? What do the dreams she's been having mean? Will she finally come to terms with her powers as a witch and reluctant practitioner of "magick"?

I enjoy these books - and not because the Friends hosted a library fundraiser for the author at the Summerset Winery a few years ago! The story moves along rapidly, the characters are fun, and the author manages to tell murder mysteries without using graphic violence, language, or sexual connotations. I think the strongest word she used in this latest offering was "dang." A fun read!

No comments: