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Magic and Mystery: An Esme Hightower Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Channeling Ghosts for Beginners) Kindle Edition

by Izzy Wilder (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 169 ratings
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My name is Esme Hightower, and I’m a psychic-in-training.

Dead people like to contact me at the most inopportune times, and I’ve learned that not all spirits play nice. Especially the disgruntled ones. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what I’m dealing with now. But that’s not my only problem. I have to solve the mystery of a stolen urn before an unfriendly ghost causes chaos. A tough task for someone who’s not a full-fledged psychic.

I hope I’m up for the challenge. If not, I’ll tarnish my family’s name and disgrace my favorite aunt—a well-known psychic who’s been widely respected for ages.

Life is never easy, but this is crazy. Wish me luck!

Magic and Mystery is the prequel to the Southern paranormal cozy mystery series, Channeling Ghosts for Beginners. It can be read as a standalone, but it’s also a great way to begin the series.

Channeling Ghosts for Beginners series

Book 1: Havoc and Hauntings

Book 2: Mayhem and Mystics

Book 3: Chaos and Crystals

Book 4: Turmoil and Tarot

Book 5: Gaffes and Ghouls

Book 6: Trouble and Tea Leaves
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    68 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publication date
    January 22, 2022
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The Channeling Ghosts for Beginners Series
The Channeling Ghosts for Beginners Series
Izzy Wilder Cozy Mysteries

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About the Author

USA Today bestselling author Izzy Wilder writes fun, Southern paranormal cozy mysteries with sassy female sleuths who have a knack for trouble and fall hard for the resident bad-boy. Izzy lives in New England with her family and two feisty bulldogs.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09QZHJ5F4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elusive Dreams Press (January 22, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 22, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1487 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 68 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 169 ratings

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Izzy Wilder

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USA Today bestselling author Izzy Wilder loves to write quirky paranormal cozy mysteries with psychics, ghosts, witches, vampires, and additional otherworldly creatures. Readers have praised her for her interesting characters and intense storylines that keep you guessing. Izzy lives in New England with her family and two feisty bulldogs. When not writing, you can usually find her reading something spooky.

Watch for additional books in Izzy’s series, Channeling Ghosts for Beginners.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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JR
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023
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Working with ghosts as Esme expands her abilities that created a unique plot along with an exciting cast of characters making this a quick fun read
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WelshDragon
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the other two I read, today
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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This is a decent story with interesting characters and a good plot. The plot is straight forward and easily followed. The characters are easy to like, and the premise is finding out who stole the urn of ashes from the haunted house. There was also a twist in the story I did not see coming. I definitely recommend this story.
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Gracie Lou Freebush
3.0 out of 5 stars It was okay
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2023
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It was okay. Just a tad too homey and to fantasy for my likes but if you’re into ghosts, witches, psychics and shape shifting wolves who don’t resemble anything like Jacob Black from twilight you may enjoy this. I more than likely won’t move on to the rest of the series. I did enjoy the writing however and I may check out this authors other books.
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Maranda
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023
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This was a great fun read to start. I enjoyed Esme and Aunt Matilda. Not to mention the hunky chief named Guy. Book was full of spirits and shifters plus a few witches. Great little short book to read in a day.
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H. W. Stone
4.0 out of 5 stars A very good novella-- with one hilarious flaw.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024
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It was short, it was an introduction to the protagonist, and the sense of humor involved was hilarious.

The magic and shifters fit normalized ghost/magic parameters.

There was one huge flaw in the story. Our protagonist was planning on leaving Georgia to go to California to break into acting. California has more actors, but Georgia has more motion picture acting jobs and now does more motion picture production than California. If she wanted to be on TV New York and Los Angles are better, but those jobs are hard to get.

In today's world people from California and Vancouver and New York come to Georgia to break in to motion picture acting. Moving to California means a lot of serial work is available, but the number of people fighting for a role is very high, so it is a tough market.

That "move" from Georgia to California made me break out laughing.

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Genesis Gage
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2023
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I liked this book. The story was cute. Fun little cozy mystery to read for a break between longer books. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

PS. Author did a good job of giving you the information needed to understand what was going on, without repeating herself over and over. Nice editing job, not many errors, if any (none popped out at me while I was reading).
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Crystal
4.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2024
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It was good, but there was a point near the end where I kept thinking the chief of police was in on it. His interaction with Esme was suspicious to me. I don't know if it was just me or if others felt the same.
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Linnette Parris
5.0 out of 5 stars Really Good
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
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This was a fun book to read. I enjoyed the story very much and look forward to the next one. The characters are clever and real, I do like a love interest in my cozies.
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