A Cast-Off Coven

Name: A Cast-Off Coven
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.54 (13 reviews)
Author: Juliet Blackwell
ISBN: 9781452680491

Author: Juliet Blackwell

Series: Witchcraft Mysteries #2

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/19/2012

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Students are spooked at the San Francisco School of Fine Arts, and Lily is called in to search for possible paranormal activity. In return she's been promised a trunkful of Victorian-era clothes recently discovered in a school storage closet.

But Lily finds something else: the body of a wealthy patron of the school. In between running the store and seeing her new boyfriend, Max—a "mythbuster" who is uncomfortable with her witchcraft—she uses her sleuthing skills to try to solve the murder. Soon Lily senses something from the school's vintage clothes, but it's not the smell of mothballs—it's the unmistakable aura of evil intent.

About Juliet Blackwell

Juliet Blackwell was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, the youngest child of a jet pilot and an editor. She graduated with a degree in Latin American studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and went on to earn master's degrees in anthropology and social work. While in graduate school, she published several articles based on her research with immigrant families from Mexico and Vietnam, as well as one full-length translation: Miguel Leon-Portilla's seminal work, Endangered Cultures. Juliet taught medical anthropology at SUNY-Albany, was producer for a BBC documentary, and served as an elementary school social worker. Upon her return to California, she became a professional artist and ran her own decorative painting and design studio for more than a decade. In addition to mainstream novels, Juliet pens the New York Times bestselling Witchcraft Mysteries and the Haunted Home Renovation series. As Hailey Lind she wrote the Agatha Award-nominated Art Lover's Mystery series. She makes her home in northern California, but spends as much time as possible in Europe and Latin America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katyana on October 26, 2010

I liked this one better than the first. Now that the basics of the world are established, the author got to dig in and tell a really fun story. I felt like the plot in this one was much more gripping. I was pretty into the details of the demon story as it unfolded, and I was largely kept guessing on......more

Goodreads review by Elle G. Reads on January 08, 2019

Release Date: June 1, 2010 Genre: Paranormal Mystery. Cozy Mystery Actual Rating: 4.5 stars Is it me, or is this cozy mystery series really dark? I feel the like paranormal aspects are a little scary if I am being honest! First our amateur sleuth, Lily was casting off La Llorna and now she is rid......more

Goodreads review by Deanie on October 17, 2020

Secondhand clothes dealer Lily Ivory may be a witch, but her talents don't include necromancy, so she's hesitant when her employee, Maya, asks her to investigate a supposed ghost sighting at her college. Lily reluctantly agrees to go with the students, and is shocked when they find a dead body (and......more

Goodreads review by #ReadAllTheBooks on October 28, 2010

After having eagerly devoured the first book in this series (Secondhand Spirits), I couldn't wait to see what the second volume of this series would bring. Just like in my review for the first volume, I have to warn all readers who may not be aware of what they're getting into. This is not a mystery......more