In My Attic: A Magical Misfits Mystery: 1

Sometimes all it takes is murder to discover who you truly are.Myrtle Coldron shared her parents practical view of the world so when she was orphaned as a teenager and sent to live with an aunt with more than a few Wiccan leanings her worlds clashed. Intent on escaping from all things witchy and an aunt with a decided idea of who should be given her magical lineage Myrtle settles herself in academia far from the small medieval village of Avebury.But when she receives a call about her aunts mysterious death from a fall from the attic Myrtles carefully constructed world falls apart. Guilt-laden from ignoring her aunts pleas for help as simply more of her witchy ramblings Myrtle returns to Avebury to bury her aunt sell the Witchs Retreat--her aunts witch-themed inn--and put this part of her life behind her forever.Yet the sleepy historic village will not let her be: at turns met by cryptic folks and strange happenings including threatening notes footsteps in the attic in the middle of the night and a plant with a mind--and legs--of its own Myrtle determines she owes it to her aunt to find out what happened. Distraught and hounded by a selfish cousin two daft but well-meaning sisters and two equally handsome--and equally suspicious--boarders Myrtle soon discovers that taking a practical approach to things otherworldly isnt the best plan and that denying her lineage--and her powers--may just cost her her life.