Shifting and Shenanigans: The Magical Mystery Book Club
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – A magical off-shoot of Colorado
Independently Published (July 15, 2022)

Synopsis

Paige and her adventurous Aunt Glo inherit a country inn from eccentric GeeGee. They pack up and hit the road, arriving at the charming place they both loved since childhood. Finally! They can get into the secret room in the basement that GeeGee kept locked! They discover it’s a wonderful library filled to the brim with mystery books. But more than the room was a secret – it’s a magical place that houses enchanted books. Paige and Glo find themselves smack-dab in the middle of a murder mystery, along with a motley group of book club friends. The club will need to work together to solve the case in order to get out of the book and back to their home.

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I LOVED this book! The concept was new and refreshing, at least to me. The characters find themselves smack dab in the middle of a mystery book and have to solve the murder before they can return home. Can you imagine being whisked away into the middle of the book you are reading? Some of us would call that heaven.

Paige and her Aunt Glo inherit a house from Paige’s grandmother GeeGee, but there are conditions – they have to move there and live in the house, run the B&B, and host a book club. Well, Paige and Glo don’t really have anything else better going on in their lives, so they decide to take the plunge and move to this tiny town in Colorado. What follows is a twisty magical tale where you suspend belief and just go with the flow.

The characters are quite intriguing, and a motley crew at that. Zelda (Zell) was GeeGee’s closest friend and, in a way, is their guide through this new chapter and the book club since it isn’t your ordinary book club. The members of the book club choose a book, but since they are new to this, they don’t realize that they are about to be swept away into the book to solve the crime. They discover this quite by accident when they are trying to decide on a book, and Paige reads the first page. Apparently, you don’t do this unless you are ready to solve that crime. However, neither Zell nor Frank share that little detail until it is too late. Oh sure, they try, but not very hard. Frank is a hoot. He is a magical cat and can speak to them, but he also seems to know when to dramatize events to get his point across.

I enjoyed trying to solve the mystery alongside Paige, Glo, and the gang. They do seem to work well together and discover clues that lead them to the killer. But this town is magical, and the same rules don’t always apply there as they would in our world. I won’t say too much, but it was an interesting way to justify the crime. Justify may be a strong word, but if you read the book, you will understand. There is also an interesting twist at the end, which explains even more about GeeGee’s passing.

I can’t wait to read the second book in this series and discover new adventures with Paige, Glo, and the rest of the gang. I think this will be a fantastic new series.

We give the book 5 paws up.

About the Author

Elizabeth Pantley says that writing the Destiny Falls Mystery and Magic book series is the most fun she’s ever had at work. Fans of the series say her joy is evident through the stories she tells. Elizabeth is also the internationally bestselling author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution and twelve other books for parents. Her books have been published in over twenty languages. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, the beautiful inspiration for the enchanted Destiny Falls world.

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