Bruja Brouhaha
By Rochelle Staab
(Berkley, Mass Market Paperback, 9780425251492, 304pp.)
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
Categories: Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
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Practical psychologist Liz Cooper and occult professor Nick Garfield are enjoying the sixteenth wedding anniversary celebration for their charming hosts Paco and Lucia Rojas, devout Santeria practitioners who own the historic Botanica Rojas near MacArthur Park. But the small group of friends is left horrified and confused when the evening ends in tragedy.
Devastated by loss, Lucia, a Santeria priestess, blames the locals for the escalating crime in her beloved community. She casts a vengeful hex on the neighborhood, leading strangers and friends alike to dub her bruja--Spanish for witch--and turn on the elderly woman. Lucia may be in harm's way, and it's up to Liz and Nick to unravel a mysterious disappearance and solve a murder before more lives are lost...
Rochelle Staab, author of the Mind for Murder Mystery series, has a professional bakcground as a marketing and advertising record label executive in the music industry and an award-winning Top 40 radio programmer.
"A fresh and entertaining premise for a new series that is cleverly plotted and executed."—Romantic Times
"Fans will enjoy accompanying the charming lead pair as the explore the supernatural."—MysteryGazette.com
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