Home for a spell

Seventh in Madelyn Alt's Bewitching Mystery series, Home for a Spell finds Maggie O'Neill dealing with a broken leg and an unwelcome change in circumstances: her best friend and upstairs neighbour is getting married and moving away, leaving Maggie to wonder whether it is time to find a place of her own.

Her apartment hunt turns sour fast. The manager of the building she has settled on is found dead before she can even sign the lease, and Maggie's search for new digs becomes a search for a clever killer. The book keeps the series' small-town Indiana setting and its blend of cozy amateur sleuthing with a light paranormal thread.