Title:
Stage Fright (Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mysteries Book 1)
Author: Dakota Cassidy
Rating: Five Siren Stones
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Sub-Genre:
Paranormal Fiction
Keywords:
Ghosts, Thief, Witch, Dogs, Opossum, Murder, Mystery
ISBN
E-Book: Amazon Digital Services, LLC
Price:
$4.99
Publisher:
Self-Published
Blurb/Summary:
If you want to know who unalived you, I'm your girl. Evanora Lavinia Dark at your service!
Heart attack/stroke/open-heart surgery survivor, new-lease-on-life starter, astral-projecting-ghost-talker.
And most importantly, a witch over fifty with bursitis, blood pressure meds, and zero effs to give.
I’m done with corporate life—or maybe it was done with me first— and after a life-changing stroke followed by a heart attack and a subsequent quadruple bypass. All this just before boarding a plane for my lifetime dream trip to Hawaii.
Clearly, it was time for a change.
So I moved back to my hometown and my passion. Interior design. I have no experience, no degrees in the field, but I jumped in with both feet and opened my own house staging business--Stage Right. Nowadays, you can find me happily decorating houses for my best friend, house flipper, and real estate agent, Fabiola Fabrizio.
Together, we’re determined to give our town, Buttermilk Bay, located in Massachusetts (not far from Salem) a facelift and bring in young families to stir up the economy. Little by little, people are beginning to take notice of my work and hiring me on the daily and that’s great for my bank account.
There’s only one problem. Ghosts. Sooo many ghosts. Ghosts I started to see after my bypass surgery (cliche, right?). Ghosts who were murdered and need my help to solve the mystery surrounding their deaths. Do you have any idea how hard it is to carry a fifty pound chandelier while a ghost is in your ear, hassling you to find their killer?
When a guy named Ferris Leopold is found dead at the house next door to the one I’m staging, it’s full steam ahead to solve his murder. Or is it? Ferris was a lowdown dirty, albeit petty thief in life and I’m struggling to set aside my morals in order to help him.
But as I dig deeper into Ferris’s past, meet a hot AF silver fox of a man, and explore my new powers in the process, I discover not everything is as it seems...
Review:
Stage Fright is a wonderfully engaging story from beginning to
end. The characters are endearing and vibrant. Evanora Dark and Fabiola Fabrizio
draw readers into their drama filled lives. Although this is book one in the Bewitching
Midlife Crisis Mysteries series, I felt like I was meeting old friends.
Evanora is a witch that can see and talk with ghosts. With this power she has taken on the responsibility of helping the ghosts resolve issues so they can move on. Stage Fright involves a murder wrapped in a mystery with plenty of action.
This story had a great plot, interesting cast of characters, good backstories, wonderful family support, and the mystery is solved without a cliff-hanger. Dakota Cassidy does offer a little something at the end to keep readers coming back for more.
Stage Fright is a fantastic way to start a new series. Highly recommend.
I received an ARC for an honest review.
