Witchy Cozy Mysteries, The Appeal of Cults, + More Mystery & Thriller Talk, September 13, 2024

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For fans of reunion stories, secrets, and murder mysteries!

It’s been a decade since Priscilla graduated college and saw her sorority sisters. The last time they were together was when they were witnesses in a murder trial for their Zeta Phi Zeta sister Lupe. The sorority sisters helped send Lupe’s killer to prison, but now, just in time for their 10-year reunion party, he’s being released. The party wasn’t canceled because they wanted to honor Lupe but maybe it should have been since one of the sorority sisters has now disappeared. Clearly, they’re not safe.

For fans of nonfiction and reading about cults!

If you want a book you can easily pick up when you have spare a bit of reading time that takes you into the history of cults and why people joined them, grab this book. You’ll get plenty of “hey did you know” facts alongside the psychology behind how people looking for specific communities found themselves in cults.

Selene Blackstone is a librarian and an outcast in her small town. The second part is because she’s believed to be a witch. Then Aiden O’Hare, a paranormal investigator, comes into town to investigate Selene’s grandmother, herself a fabled witch. Selene has to figure out how to stop Aiden as he digs deeper into a family mystery.

Josie Way is hiding in a Victorian mansion in Wilfred, Oregon, where she is awaiting a trial related to her uncovering of corruption at the Library of Congress. She may be in hiding but her sleuthing days aren’t over. She’s just stumbled upon a dead body! It’s a good thing that, along with her librarian skills, she’s about to find out she’s from a long line of witches meaning she has powers that can help her out in this situation.