Tarnished and Torn

Lily Ivory runs a popular vintage clothing store in San Francisco, and she is also a witch. A day at an antique jewelry fair counts as work for her, and she moves through the stalls looking for bargains. Among them she senses a faint vibration of magic.

The pull leads her to Griselda, a merchant who drives a hard bargain and may be a fellow practitioner. Then a fire breaks out and sends the crowd into panic. In the confusion Lily finds Griselda dead, killed in a manner that echoes an old-fashioned witch hunt.

The case turns personal when the police name their lead suspect: Lily's estranged father. Their relationship is strained, and he may not deserve her help. Lily decides to clear his name anyway, which means working out who killed Griselda and why.

This is a cozy-leaning paranormal mystery with an amateur sleuth who uses her magical senses alongside ordinary detective work. The setting mixes antiques, vintage fashion and city life, and the tone stays light even as the crime reaches into Lily's family past.