Witch Trial (A Full Moon Mystery)

In the second installment of Cate Contes charming new series featuring crystal shop owner and witch Violet Mooney, the murder of one of her customers launches her into a case that conjures up both supernatural and mortal enemies... Double, double toil and trouble, A witchs life is quite a muddle. The Full Moon crystal shop in North Harbor, Connecticut, offers healing stones for all sorts of ailments. Unfortunately, theres nothing among the gems that can help owner Violet Mooney learn how to wield the magick she inherited from both sides of her familythe legendary Ravenstar and Moonstone clans. As if being an apprentice witch werent difficult enough, Violets tutors are her estranged mother Fiona, a sister she never knew she had named Zoe, and a familiar in the form of a black cat, Xander. Between learning spells, Violet is being investigated by the Magickal Council. A reporter out to debunk spiritualists was geniedher soul imprisoned inside a bottlein Violets shop, and she cant prove she didnt do it. Meanwhile, her non-magickal life has become complicated when one of her crystal shop customers, Nicole St. James, goes missing and turns up dead, a victim of murder. Determined to solve both crimes, Violet taps into powers she doesnt understand, much less controland finds herself conjuring up both supernatural and mortal enemies