Name: Caught Dead Handed
ISBN: 9781617733697

Carol J. Perry

Reluctantly taking a job as the host of late-night horror movies after Ariel, the previous host, is murdered, Lee Barrett must unmask a killer in Salem, Massachusetts, as Halloween fast approaches, all with the help of Ariel's cat, who exhibits some strange powers. Original.

Caught Dead Handed

Sonia Grgas

She's not a psychic--she just plays one on TV. Most folks associate the city of Salem, Massachusetts with witches, but for Lee Barrett, it's home. This October she's returned to her hometown--where her beloved Aunt Ibby still lives--to interview for a job as a reporter at WICH-TV. But the only opening is for a call-in psychic to host the late night horror movies. It seems the previous host, Ariel Constellation, never saw her own murder coming. Lee reluctantly takes the job, but when she starts seeing real events in the obsidian ball she's using as a prop, she wonders if she might really have psychic abilities. To make things even spookier, it's starting to look like Ariel may have been an actual practicing witch--especially when O'Ryan, the cat Lee and Aunt Ibby inherited from her, exhibits some strange powers of his own. With Halloween fast approaching, Lee must focus on unmasking a killer--or her career as a psychic may be very short lived. . .

Amy Shedleski

It stars Lee Barret who has come home to Salem after her NASCAR husband was killed in a car accident. It has been a while but she just felt she needed to go home. 

For a mystery book, it wasn't bad. The pacing was good, it did feel slow and fast in a few places. I like that Carol Perry didn't put a huge focus on the paranormal, it was in the right places and it felt natural. I was guessing who the killer was until the last 4 chapters; I enjoyed how the story lead you to believe it was a few people that killed Ariel and Yvette. I was not excepting who was the killer. I am looking forward to reading the next book. 