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“A Golden Broomstick to the season’s most unusual sleuths, a septuagenarian witch and her psychic granddaughter. Inventive and imaginative.” (Carolyn Hart, praise for WITCH WAY TO MURDER )
“Shirley Damsgaard has created a sassy, savvy librarian who just happens to be a reluctant witch haunted by her past. (Jo Dereske, praise for WITCH WAY TO MURDER )
“Ophelia and Abby have Charmed me To Death. I love this series.” (Pat Frovarp, Once Upon A Crime, Minneapolis, MN )
“Ms. Damsgaard has proved that her talent is solid and her characters are ones you’ll come to know and love.” (Fran, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Seattle, WA )
“Shirley Damsgaard brings us a wonderful second paranormal mystery...beguiling.” (Mary Alice Gorman, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA )
“[C]omplex and likable characters...a bit of romance and suspense. Definitely worth trying.” (Amarillo Texas News )
“Shirley Damsgaard has created a sassy, savvy librarian who just happens to be a reluctant witch haunted by her past. (Jo Dereske, praise for WITCH WAY TO MURDER )
“Ophelia and Abby have Charmed me To Death. I love this series.” (Pat Frovarp, Once Upon A Crime, Minneapolis, MN )
“Ms. Damsgaard has proved that her talent is solid and her characters are ones you’ll come to know and love.” (Fran, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Seattle, WA )
“Shirley Damsgaard brings us a wonderful second paranormal mystery...beguiling.” (Mary Alice Gorman, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, PA )
“[C]omplex and likable characters...a bit of romance and suspense. Definitely worth trying.” (Amarillo Texas News )
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Ophelia Jensen's good witch granny Abigail revels in her paranormal powers. But Ophelia never asked for her bothersome psychic abilities -- especially since they proved worthless when the thirty-something librarian's best friend Brian was murdered by a still-unknown assailant.
Now, five years later, another friend is gone, killed in almost identical fashion. Even dear old Abby isn't safe, distracted as she is by her fight to prevent a massive, mega-polluting pig-farming operation from invading their small Iowa town. And Ophelia can't count on her snarling, scoffing nemesis, police detective Henry Comacho, to get the job done, so she'll have to take matters into her own hands. Because a common thread to the crimes -- and a possible next victim -- is suddenly becoming troublingly apparent . . . and it's Ophelia Jensen herself!
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4.1 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews)
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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charming who-done-it, Mar 29 2006
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Charmed To Death: An Ophelia and Abby Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
Librarian Ophelia Jensen and her Grandma Abby reside in Summerset, Iowa. They look like ordinary women but they are witches with Abby training her granddaughter to learn what her gifts are and to use them wisely. They are also psychic with Ophelia having precognitive skills and the ability to find things. Six months ago using her powers she found a murderer and his cohorts. This action enabled her to come out of her shell, the one she retreated into when her friend Brian was murdered, and left in a dumpster.Ophelia still feels guilty over Brian's murder because she saw his murder in a vision and was too late to prevent his death from happening. At one time Detective Henry Comache considered her a suspect because he believed, rightfully so, she was hiding things from him. Now Abby has a feeling that it is time for Ophelia to find closure over Brian's death which means finding his killer. When Henry comes to Summerset, Ophelia is once again under suspicion when she finds, through her psychic senses, the body of a dead man whom she had a very public fight with. Evil has come to Summerset; Ophelia must find it and bring it out of the darkness before it kills her.
This is a very special mystery in an enchanting series as Ophelia and Abby perform magic in the traditional Bell, Book and Candle methodology. The heroine has gained strength from her brush with death and is finally willing to learn how to use her powers. She also overcomes her hermit like existence to make friends with some of the townsfolk and there is even a hint of romance in the air. Although readers might guess early on who the killer is it won't detract from the enjoyment of this charming who-done-it and why.
Harriet Klausner
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another good book, April 16 2006
By moria2 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Charmed To Death: An Ophelia and Abby Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the second of the Ophelia and Abby mystery series. These books are a delightful blend of mystery spiced up with a dash of the paranormal. I like the fact that the paranormal stuff isn't so much "new age" but is more like something one would read in the Foxfire series on the disappearing Appalachian life. In this story, Ophelia comes face to face with what was likely the most defining moment in her life, the death of her good friend Brian in Iowa City 5 years earlier. Without spooling the plot, Abby is not as influential in this story, Darci is as amusing as ever, and Rick from Witch Way to Murder is out of the picture. Instead, there is an annoying journalist from the city, the cop who investigated Brian's death, a pig farming conglomerate, and a coffee table book photographer from the East Coast. Damsgaard goes light on what I've seen with the politics surrounding these large corporate pig farms. So, it doesn't get preachy on that very touchy subject.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
more, please, Jun 24 2006
By Elizabeth Slater - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Charmed To Death: An Ophelia and Abby Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
Gotta have my WOO-WOO!!! Book 2 in Damsgaard's series featuring Ophelia and Abby Jensen, following WITCH WAY TO MURDER. Ophelia is a small town librarian who is finally starting to recognize her psychic powers, while her grandmother, Abby, tries to show Ophelia how to adjust to something she's had her entire life but tried to hide. Now Ophelia's haunted past has pushed itself into the present, and Ophelia must deal with both to find out why she is the connection between the murders. A wonderful paranormal cozy that isn't overwhelmingly cozy. I like it.
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