Publisher Description
To get a fresh start away from a bad relationship, Kylie Strange moves across the country to open a shop in a seemingly quiet town in rural Maine. During renovations on Strange Herbs & Teas, she discovers a peculiar and ancient codex, The Booke of the Hidden, bricked into the wall. Every small town has its legends and unusual histories, and this artifact sends Kylie right into the center of Moody Bog's biggest secret.
While puzzling over the tome's oddly blank pages, Kylie gets an unexpected visitor—Erasmus Dark, an inscrutable stranger who claims to be a demon, knows she has the book, and warns her that she has opened a portal to the netherworld. Kylie brushes off this nonsense, until a series of bizarre murders put her, the newcomer, at the center. With the help of the demon and a coven of witches she befriends while dodging the handsome but sharp-eyed sheriff, Kylie hunts for a killer—that might not be human.
Contains mature themes.
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About Jeri Westerson
Jeri Westerson worked in a bevy of careers prior to setting her sights on becoming a novelist.
Would-be actress, graphic artist, theology teacher, tasting host and tour guide
for a winery, and newspaper reporter were among them. She wanted to create her
own brand of medieval mystery, and combined the concept of medieval mystery
with hard-boiled detective fiction into what she calls “Medieval Noir.” Her novel Veil of Lies, garnered nominations for the Macavity Award for
Best Historical Mystery and the Shamus Award for
Best First PI Novel, the first medieval mystery to be so honored. She has lectured
around the country about the Middle Ages, demonstrating her cache of medieval
weaponry, and is vice president for the southern California chapter of Mystery
Writers of America. She is also a member of Private Eye Writers of America and the
Historical Novel Society. She is married to a commercial photographer, has a
screenwriter son, and herds two cats, a tortoise, and the occasional tarantula
at her home in southern California.