The Spellbound Coroner

A dead man. A pentagram in the dirt. And a wife in the occult who hexed him just days before.

When Coroner Fenway Stevenson is called to a body in the woods outside Estancia, the scene looks like an occult ritual gone horribly wrong. The victim, Bryce Baker, has been beaten, mutilated, and carefully arranged. All signs point the investigators toward one obvious suspect: his estranged wife, Bridget.

The evidence keeps piling up: Bridget has been studying witchcraft, owns the book that inspired the crime scene, and has no alibi—plus her kitchen is missing a big knife.

Arresting Bridget is imminent. All that's left is the due diligence to wrap up some loose ends.

But the ends are plenty loose. Yes, Bryce cheated on his wife, but other misdeeds come to light that widen the pool of suspects. As Fenway follows the trail from a country club to an occult bookstore to allegations of bribery, every new clue makes the murder more complicated—and the obvious answer less convincing.

Can Fenway separate the ritual from the ruse long enough to expose the truth?