“Otherworldly fun,” says this review in Mystery Scene magazine. ” I couldn’t figure out which group provided the most fun: the clueless humans or the ever-so-sly cats.” Read the full review here (or below):
Clea Simon’s An Incantation of Cats: A Witch Cats of Cambridge Mystery is an otherworldly fun trip, in which the cat sisters—seal point Laurel, creamsicle Harriet, and calico Clara—have joined forces to help Becca, a witch detective and their “person,” solve Wiccan-related mysteries. They also try to rejuvenate Becca’s fading love life after she’s been dumped by her boyfriend. The cats are great fun, especially pushy Laurel, who thinks she knows everything. But it’s Clara who is actually the brains of the litter, partially because she has no trouble deciphering the websites Becca keeps logging on to for information. True, Clara can’t exactly read, but she’s a whiz at putting together the meanings of graphics and photos. Together, the three cats and their Wiccan person make a nifty team of Holmes-style detectives, although Becca isn’t always cognizant of the help she’s getting from her feline friends. This time out, a woman suspects an employee might be stealing from her, and a man may have been “helped” to die of a heart attack. Both cases turn out to be more complicated than they first appear, but the cats—led by the youngest but wisest Clara—eventually figure it out. As for me, I couldn’t figure out which group provided the most fun: the clueless humans or the ever-so-sly cats. – Betty Webb
BooksAn Incantation of Cats: A Witch Cats of Cambridge Mystery
by Clea Simon
Polis, January 2020, $26