Rosemary Edghill cast a keenly observant, friendly, yet faintly amused eye on an intriguing American micro-culture. The Bast novels offer a very new view of the practitioners of a very old faith. Edghill allows that there's still magic in the air.
Rosemary Edghill's Bast novels are a real treat.Bell, Book, and Murdercontains all three Bast novels,Speak Daggers to Her, Book of Moons, and the first softcover edition ofThe Bowl of Night(excerpted inUSA Today).
Rosemary Edghillis a prolific writer in several genres, under her own name and various pseudonyms. HerBastbooks, witty mysteries featuring a Wiccan amateur detective, were collected inBell, Book, and Murder. She has also written Regency Romances and fantasy novels, including several collaborations with Mercedes Lackey (Spirits White as LightningandMad Maudlin) and Andre Norton (Shadow of AlbionandLeopard in Exile).
Edghill lives in upstate New York with several cats and several Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, which she shows in obedience competitions.
Edghill has a chatty, witty style that keeps the action fast-paced. Definitely a new twist to the mystery genre.
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