Clea Simon

Becca, newly single and newly unemployed, wants to believe she has psychic powers. With nothing but time--and a desire for empowerment--she's studying to become a witch. What she doesn't know is that her three cats--Harriet, Laurel, and Clara--are the ones with the real power. And when Harriet--"a cream-colored longhair with more fur than commonsense"--conjures a pillow for her own comfort, Becca believes her spells are finally working. Could that...

"When two new clients seek Becca's professional services, the fledgling witch detective is overjoyed. Finally, she can use her skills to help her magical community. But as the young witch finds the new cases intertwining, things grow more complicated. Becca's three cats - the ones with the real power - can smell something is wrong with these clients. But not even Clara, the calico, knows what to do when a man ends up dead and a powerful and poisonous...

"Gal, a rock star for a hot minute twenty years ago, is back in Boston to play a memorial for her late drummer/best friend when she finds herself freezing on stage at the sight of a face in the crowd. The next day, the middle-aged musician learns that the man she saw has been killed--beaten to death behind the venue--and her friend's widower is being charged in connection with his death. When the friend refuses to defend himself, Gal wonders why and,...