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Bells, Spells, and Murders by Carol J. Perry
Back of the book synopsis: “Someone’s spreading deadly holiday cheer through Salem, Mass… Lee Barrett has landed her dream job at Salem’s WICH-TV. As the new field reporter, she’ll be covering events live as they’re unfolding. Next on her holiday checklist is an interview with the beloved chairman of a popular walking tour through Salem’s historic districts. But it may be his ghost walking this snowy Noel season after Lee finds him murdered in his stately offices, bloody Santa hat askew. With her police detective boyfriend working the case and a witch’s brew of suspects - including some bell-ringing Santas - Lee chases down leads aided and abetted by her wise cat O’Ryan and some unsettling psychic visions of her own. When a revealing clue leads to another dead body, not even a monster blizzard can stop Lee from inching closer to the truth. . . and a scoop that could spell her own demise this killer Christmas.”
This book took me longer to read, but it was no fault of the book, just life. 
I loved this book! It kicked off the mystery within the first Chapter or so and kept the pace all throughout the book. I loved the fact of how the clues were played out through the book and through the characters. Lee and her Aunt Ibby are absolutely amazing characters and their kitty O’Ryan is absolutely a key piece of making this book flow and the clues make sense along the way. I love how they treat him like another person. I was completely confused on who the murderer was for most of the book, just like Lee was. As it continued to flow and clues continued to come along, I slowly felt things coming into focus, but...like Lee...I figured the whole mystery out only in the last couple chapters. This was a very well written book that had me watching it play out in my head like a movie; I love books that can do that for me. This was a series book, but it was great as a stand alone book too. I had not read any of the other books in the series and was able to follow it perfectly and anything that did refer to past books was well explained and did not pertain to the current plot in any huge detail. The characters in this book were so fun and so personable! I wanted them to come out of the book so I could interact with them in person!
5 out of 5 Stars!