Today I'd like to shine a spotlight on a recent release that's on my TBR pile. A Murder in the Making by Victoria Laurie is the second book in the Magical Trinket Mystery series.
Dovey didn’t expect to fall in love after the age of 200, yet she can’t
stop thinking about Grant “Gib” Barlow, the gorgeous FBI agent who
helped her crack her last case. A romance with an unbound is obviously a
terrible idea, but for Gib, it could be fatal—because Dovey’s employer,
Elric Ostergaard, arguably the most powerful mystic in the world, also
happens to be her longtime lover.
Alas, Dovey’s efforts to steer
clear of Gib become impossible when her best friend, fellow mystic, and
unapologetic romantic, Ursula Göransdotter, tricks them into a lunch
date—during which Gib is alerted that a fellow agent has been murdered
in his own home. The state of the crime scene, and of the body, seem to
defy logic—but Dovey immediately recognizes the Crushing Curse, which
could only be cast by a supremely powerful mystic—like her boss. When
another agent is killed in the same manner, Dovey races to find Elric
for answers.
Meanwhile, the FBI body count rises, and it becomes
clear that a rogue mystic is targeting the unbound agents, but why? What
ensues is another missing magical trinket, a tense confrontation with
Elric, a shocking discovery about Gib, and grave danger to all
involved—forcing Dovey to navigate realm-crossing love triangles,
supernatural power struggles—and ultimately, her own surprisingly
vulnerable heart . . .
