Caught Dead Handed

Caught Dead Handed is the first book in A Witch City Mystery.

Summary
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.

Main/Supporting Main:
Isobel Russell

Lee Barrett

O’Ryan

Pete Mondello

River North

Appearing:
Ariel Constellation

Cadillac Driver (Unnamed)

Coven Mates (Unnamed)

George Valen

Janice Valen

Jim Litka

Male Nurse

Marty McCarthy

Mr. Doan

Mr. Henry

Mrs. Doan

Phil Archer

Patrick (Uniformed Officer)

Rhonda

Scott Palmer

Sergeant Major William Joseph Valen

Tom Whaley (Police Chief)

Unnamed Desk Clerk

Unnamed Press

Unnamed Volunteer’s

Unnamed Officer's

Wanda

Willie Valen

Yvette Pelletier

Mentioned Only:
Bridget Bishop (Mentioned Only)

Johnny Barrett (Mentioned Only)

Marlena (Mentioned Only)

Mr. and Mrs. Kowolski (Mentioned Only)

Nigel (Mentioned Only)

Patrick's Mom (Mentioned Only)