Body at the Crossroads: A Viking Witch Cozy Mystery

Cate Martin

May 2020 · Ratatoskr Press

About this ebook

When her mother dies after a long illness, Ingrid Torfa must sell the family home to cover the medical bills. Her career as a book illustrator not yet exactly launched, Ingrid faces two options: live in her battered old Volkswagen, or go back to her mother's small town in northern Minnesota.The small town that still haunts her dreams more than a decade since she last visited it. Or rather, not the town but the grandmother.All of the drawings she fills notebooks with witches and the trolls that do their bidding? Not as whimsical in her nightmares as she sketches them in the bright light of day.If not for her beloved cat Mjollnir, living in the Volkswagen just might tempt her.But the cat wants four walls and a door, so north she goes. And finds trouble in the form of a dead body before she even finds her grandmother's little town. How much can a town of stoic fishermen possibly be hiding?As Ingrid is about to find out, quite a lot.

Ratings and reviews

I very much enjoyed this cozy, well-told story. Ingrid was likeable and relatable through quite a winding road of a tale. Took off one star for what I felt was a lack of real mystery -rather, it's more of a self-discovery plot than one focused on solving the case. Still a delightful read.

I thought it was an amazing story. The detail she wrote about I could see it in my head. The death and history of this place was a little creepy. But it was exciting too. I can’t wait to see how things and her decision will go.

8/10. This was different. It could have used a bit more detail about the towns, but the story itself was excellent. Without giving spoilers, it is difficult to explain what is lacking. Reading the sequel, Maybe???

About the author

Cate Martin is a writer of cozy mysteries who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.