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It Takes a Coven (A Witch City Mystery Book 6) Kindle Edition

by Carol J. Perry (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 569 ratings

Book 6 of 14: A Witch City Mystery

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There’s a new witch hunt in Salem, Massachusetts—and an amateur sleuth and her clairvoyant cat are on the case . . .

When Lee Barrett joins a former student’s bridal party as maid of honor, she expects cake tastings and dress fittings. But wedding planning becomes more peculiar than Lee’s scrying talents could ever predict. There’s a magical baker, a best man with a checkered past, and a talking crow named Poe as the ring bearer. There’s also a kindly old man dead under his apple tree—one of a series of unexplained deaths hanging over the Wiccan community . . .

With witches dropping dead before they even come out of the proverbial broom closet, Lee’s best friend, River, fears she might have somehow unleashed a terrible curse on the city. Now, aided by Poe and her clairvoyant cat, Lee sets out to investigate. Are lives being claimed by vengeful supernatural forces—or by something more shocking? As she soon discovers, casting light on the wicked truth can be one killer commitment . . .

Praise for the Witch City Mysteries

“This rewarding paranormal cozy series debut will have Victoria Laurie fans lining up to follow.” —Library Journal on Caught Dead Handed

“Perfectly relaxing and readable.” —Kirkus Reviews on Look Both Ways

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About the Author

Carol J. Perry was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween eve, and that magical city serves as the backdrop for her Witch City Mystery series. She is also the author of several young adult novels. Her nonfiction articles on travel, antiques, and ecology often appear in regional and national publications. Carol and her husband, Dan, live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with a black Lab and a cat.

C. S. E. Cooney is a writer, actor, poet, and singer-songwriter. She narrates for Podcastle, the world's first audio fantasy magazine; Uncanny Magazine, an online science fiction and fantasy magazine; and the poetry journals Goblin Fruit and Stone Telling.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0719VDJ64
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (February 27, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 27, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1656 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #127,743 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,189 in Witch & Wizard Mysteries
- #1,330 in Ghost Mysteries
- #1,808 in Amateur Sleuth Mysteries (Kindle Store)

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Carol J. Perry was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween eve, and that magical city serves as the backdrop for her Witch City Mystery series. She is also the author of several young adult novels. Her nonfiction articles on travel, antiques, and ecology often appear in regional and national publications.

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Dawn M. M.

Loved it!

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024

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I have read all of the books in this series, and this one is my favorite so far. I loved having Bridget Bishop in it; such a great tie-in to the real history of Salem.

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Andrea Reilly

What a terrific Gift!

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2023

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Bought this for my granddaughter, SHE LOVED IT!

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a best man with a checkered past

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018

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After Lee Barrett joins a former student’s bridal party, she expects cake tasting and dress fittings but not murder. There’s a magical baker, a best man with a checkered past, and a talking crow named Poe as the ring bearer. There’s also an old man dead under his apple tree, one of a series of unexplained deaths of witches in the area.

Wedding planning becomes strange when Lee’s scrying talent kicks in. With witches dropping dead before they even come out of the broom closet, Lee’s best friend, River, fears she might have inadvertently cast a dreadful curse on the city. Aided by a very strange crow and her clairvoyant cat, Lee sets out to investigate. Are lives being claimed by vengeful supernatural forces, or by the human variety?

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Series: A Witch City Mystery - Book 6
Author Carol J. Perry
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Witch/Paranormal
Publisher: Kensington

It Takes a Coven is a great addition to the “A Witch City Mystery” series. It is filled with wonderfully charming, intelligent and unforgettable characters. Ms. Perry is a talented writer that puts sentiment and realism in her stories.

Lee isn’t your normal average person; she has visions that can be frightening in their intensity. Sometimes the visions make no sense, at other times their meaning is clear as a bell. This time her visions showed her a dead man in a gazebo on a beach, and she knows exactly who he is. It also shows her a dead witch who will go to great lengths to find the killer and get her spell book back. Lee must figure out what to do to prevent another death and to appease the hanged witch before the congregating crows destroy the peace and quiet of the town or another body turns up.

Lee’s aunt plays a delightful role in this story and is very helpful as always. River North also plays a bigger role, and it would be wonderful to see her play an even bigger role in the future. Lee’s boyfriend Pete is his usual self and with Lee’s help figures out who the killer is in the nick of time.

Setting a witch-based series in Salem could never be wrong. The history and the city lend itself to mystery and magic. For those who have never visited Salem, it will inspire them. For those who have, it will bring back fond memories and give them fanciful ideas.

The ending of It Takes a Coven can be a bit baffling for a first-time reader. Although this book can stand on its own, it is helpful for readers to read at least one of two of the other books in the series. Clues to the killer’s identity are there, but they can elude the average reader and make the unmasking a letdown. Longtime mystery readers should have no problem figuring out who did it and why early in the book.

There are some issues in general, there is far too much talk about food and Lee’s car and not enough investigating. Lee becoming an investigative reporter might upset fans who enjoy the interaction she has with her students who are intricate to the plot in almost all the other books in the series.

This book and series are recommended for anyone who wants a fun, easy to read paranormal cozy with well-rounded characters that will leave them smiling.

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J Powell

Latest Salem Witch mystery with our psychic heroine

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018

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This is a sweet little series that I got hooked on when I went to Salem Mass last year and books caught my attention. Lead character has a special psychic gift that allows her to see visions in reflective services. As the mysteries unravel, she sees visions that help her to solve them and catch the murderer/thief or whatever. Kind of clever.

Pretty well written and plot moves along fast. My only gripe is that while other books and movies lead us to believe that no characters ever stop long enough to eat, these people are eating all the time and several recipes are included. Not low fat, low calorie stuff, more comfort foods. Every meal or snack is described in detail and are full size meals. Have a snack handy when reading this series!

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Birdie

This whole series is great! Believable characters and mysteries that keep you guessing

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018

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This whole series is great! Believable characters and mysteries that keep you guessing!

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no clever name

excellent afternoon read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2018

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nice complex mysteries that take you through the inner city of Salem and it's witchy inhabitants! Nicely blends the supernatural and old fashioned detective work into cosy mystery with unexpected reveals at the end.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021

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I very much enjoyed this book, as I do all of her books, and this series. However, I find it VERY distracting that her characters can't seem to speak in full sentences. I don't know ANYONE who talks like that---"You want this"--"You want me to..." ..." Want this to eat..." and so on. For having has such wonderful examples of English teachers and such, it does not show. It is just plain distracting to an otherwise fabulous read. I'll still read the rest of the series and any other books she writes because I like them, but that is sooooooo annoying.!

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KBeckham

Make These Books into Movies Please!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2021

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Love these books! The author has a real talent to pull me into the story, the locations, to really care about the characters. I think they would make an amazing movie series!! So many great characters and plots. And the locations would be amazing!

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carol J. Perry is an excellent story teller!

Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2023

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“It Takes A Coven “ is a smooth well written tale that entertains the reader right.from the start. Witches are being murdered; Salem has been invaded by a ‘murder of crows’. Are these coincidences? Or is there more to this tale. Read “It Takes a Coven” to discover the answer you won’t be disappointed.

Gladys Wroblewska

wonderful author and the story pulls the reader into the story

Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2020

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A good author and her work will be greatly missed

Sharon Webster

Easy reading

Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2021

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It was good easy reading. I can usually tell "who done it" in the first 3 chapters but this book didn't follow the usual plots so it was nice to keep guess until the last few chapters.

Michael Finley

Unusual mystery

Reviewed in Canada on August 30, 2018

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This is great series with interesting twists and turns

Susan

Like the characters

Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2018

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Always enjoyable. Like the characters.