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It’s always a JOY to have Carol J Perry join me in the studio. Her first visit was in 2015 when she became my first in-studio guest. That was for Book #1 in her wonderful Witch City Mystery series. Now in 2023 she has just released Book #13! Wowsers! That’s impressive. The new book is NOW YOU SEE IT which features the history of Salem’s seafaring history.

As if that wasn’t exciting enough–Carol also just released a novella that is included in HALLOWEEN CUPCAKE MURDER. Two of her friends, CARLENE O’CONNOR and LIZ IRELAND joined Carol to write a mystery about Halloween and cupcakes. Just perfect for this time of year!

Just married, Lee Barrett and her husband, Detective Sergeant Pete Mondello, are settling into their new home when Lee is dubbed WICH-TV’s new “Historical Documentary Chief Executive.” Her first subject is the brand-new Salem International Museum, slated to be a location for traveling blockbuster exhibits, starting with “Seafaring New England.” From research to collecting artifacts of Salem’s long-ago days as a shipping capital, the project is a challenge—but when the driver of a truckload of antiquities turns up dead under a pile of fall leaves, it’s not quite the kind of challenge Lee expected . . .

Soon, Lee and Pete are dredging up clues along with a hardy crew of helpers, including Lee’s librarian aunt, Ibby, Lee’s best friend and practicing witch, River North—and of course the clairvoyant cat, O’Ryan. But when a ship model in the exhibit’s collection appears to be haunted, Lee will have to dive into her own treasure trove of psychic gifts before a killer comes to the surface to strike again . . .

This is Part 1 – Author Holly Cassidy joined us for the first half hour:

Get Book #13-Now You See It

This is one time that the number 13 is lucky!

It might be because Carol was born on Halloween Eve in Salem, Massachusetts!

We also celebrated Carol's upcoming 90th Birthday