Prose and Cons [Paperback]

Magic, books, and cats collide in a village near Niagara Falls in the latest Magical Bookshop Mystery from the author ofCrime and Poetry.
 
In Cascade Springs, New York, Violet Waverly and her grandma, Daisy, are the proprietors of Charming Books, where the power of the written word is positively enchanting...
 
October in Cascade Springs means tourists are pouring in for the annual Food and Wine Festival, and Daisy hopes to draw those crowds to the store. She asks Violet and the local writing group, the Red Inkers, to give a reading of the works of Edgar Allan Poe in the shop’s back garden to entertain the revelers. Everyone eagerly agrees.
 
Yet their enthusiasm is soon extinguished when Violet discovers one of the writers dead during the event. After the shop magically tells Violet she’ll need to rely on Poe’s works to solve the murder, she enlists the help of her trusty tuxedo cat, Emerson, and the shop’s crow, Faulkner. But they must act fast before someone else’s heart beats nevermore...Praise for the Magical Bookshop Mysteries
 
“An enchanting tale of mystery, magical books, and endearing characters. Prepare to be charmed.”—National bestselling author Heather Blake

“In her page-turning style, Flower builds effective suspense.”—Booklist 
 Amanda Floweris an Agatha Award–winning author of the Magical Bookshop Mysteries. She also writes theUSA Todaybestselling Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries under the name Isabella Alan.One

A petite teenage girl stood in front of the display of sports biographies that was tucked away in a small corner of the bookshop Charming Books, which I co-owned with my grandma Daisy in the village of Cascade Springs, New York, and chewed on her lip.

I set a stack of picture books decorated with smiling pumpkins and l(