Cauldrons and Cats: A Witchy Cozy Paranormal Mystery (Salem Psychic Sleuth)

Christine Pope

Apr 2023 · Dark Valentine Press

About this ebook

Ex marks the murder scene…or does it?

New relationships can be fraught with emotional missteps. Charity Hughes’s awkward encounter with Shelby Howard, Noah Jenkins’s ex, at his front door certainly qualifies, but as they’re clearing up that sort-of-minor misunderstanding, a new challenge enters Charity’s shop. A witch’s cat familiar pining for the impossible — kittens of her own.

The kitty conundrum takes a back seat when a frantic Shelby calls with a rather pointed problem. An ex-fiancé dead on her living room floor, run through with an antique sword. Now the prime suspect, Shelby begs Charity for help to prove her innocence.

There’s just one problem. Using magic to solve the case risks outing her as a witch to the public...including Noah. But Charity brings all her somewhat-inconsistent abilities to bear in the investigation, even calling on Milo, the spaniel familiar, to nose around. But it’s the Tarot that cuts through the static toward a culprit who's definitely not an ex-anything.

It's someone who opens a whole new kit and caboodle of lies.

Note: Cauldrons and Cats is Book 2 in USA Today bestselling author Christine Pope’s “Familiar Spirits” series. Contains a cat familiar with mommy fever, a doggo familiar pining for his feline friend, and a killer who does it old school — up close and personal.

Ratings and reviews

Christine Pope does it again. This entry into the Familiar Spirits series is very entertaining. Having a dog as my best friend I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between the witch, her familiars and her vet/love interest. The family relationships were very authentic as well as work relationships and the murder mystery. This book seems to cover all the bases and I eagerly await the next book in the series.

Cauldrons and Cats is the second book in the familiar spirits series. The story continues from the ending of book one where Charity finds out that Noah is engaged. In this book we witness Charity try to help a cat that wants to be a "mother" with kittens of her own, however, we also note that Charity is evolving not only as a witch that can speak to animals but also solving crimes especially murder!

A budding romance, a witch and her familiar's disagreement to resolve, and a murder mystery to solve challenge Charity in Book 2 of the Familiar Spirits series. Easy to read, satisfying resolutions, happy ending.

About the author

USA Today bestselling author Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her family’s Smith-Corona typewriter back in grade school. Her work includes paranormal romance, cozy paranormal mystery, and urban fantasy, among others. She makes her home in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.