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Series: InCryptid That Ain't Witchcraft Paperback Seanan McGuire 9780756411794 $10.99 FICTION Mar 05, 2019

Now a Hugo-nominated series!The eighth book in the funny and fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans.Crossroads, noun: 1. A place where two roads cross. 2. A place where bargains can be made. 3. See also “places to avoid.”Antimony Price has never done well without a support system. As the youngest of her generation, she has always been able to depend on her parents, siblings, and cousins to help h... + Read More
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Series: A Witch City Mystery Final Exam Paperback Carol J. Perry 9781496714602 $10.99 FICTION Feb 26, 2019

A cold case update in Salem, Massachusetts . . . Life at the house on Winter Street is abuzz with preparations for Aunt Ibby’s 45th high school reunion, and Lee Barrett is happy to pitch in, tracking down addresses and licking envelopes. But as a field reporter for Salem’s WICH-TV, her priority is to be on top of the town’s latest news before anyone else. When the local police dredge up a vintage sports car containing human remains, Lee is thrilled to be the first reporter on the scene. Once she learns the car is connected to the cold ca... + Read More
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Series: Ladybird Expert Series Witchcraft: A Ladybird Expert Book Hardcover Suzannah Lipscomb 9780718188436 $16.99 HISTORY Nov 01, 2018

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Witchcraft is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to the magical myths that have coloured the popular imagination for centuries. Written by celebrated historian and broadcaster Dr Suzannah Lipscomb, Witchcraft explores the moment in history when witches were perceived to be especially dangerous: the famous witch hunts between 1450 and 1750.Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introd... + Read More
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Series: Ami McKay's Witches Half Spent Was the Night A Witches' Yuletide Hardcover Ami McKay 9780735275669 $20.00 FICTION Oct 16, 2018

Beloved author Ami McKay is back, bringing us a magical follow-up in the tradition of Victorian winter tales to her mesmerizing bestseller, The Witches of New York. During the nights between Christmas and New Year's, the witches of New York--Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St. Clair and the youngest, Beatrice Dunn--gather before the fire to tell ghost stories and perform traditional Yuletide divinations. (Did you know that roasting chestnuts was once used to foretell one's fate?) As the witches roast chestnuts and melt lead to see their fate, a ser... + Read More
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Series: The Book of Magic A Collection of Stories Hardcover Gardner Dozois 9780399593789 $40.00 FICTION Oct 16, 2018

A new anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy—featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many others! Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois’s acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf . . . and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda . . . and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore . . . and Severus Snape? Figures of wisdom and power, possessing arc... + Read More
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Series: Inner Witch A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft Paperback Gabriela Herstik 9780143133544 $22.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Sep 04, 2018

The ultimate guide to witchcraft for every woman craving a connection to something bigger, using the tools of tarot, astrology, and crystals to discover her best self.In these uncertain times, witchcraft, astrology, tarot, crystals, and similar practices are seeing a massive resurgence, especially among young women, as part of their self-care and mindfulness routines. Gabriela helps readers take back their power while connecting to something larger than themselves. She covers:Witchcraft as a feminist call to actionFashion magickSpells for self-... + Read More
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Series: All Souls Series The World of All Souls The Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life Hardcover Deborah Harkness 9780735220744 $54.00 FICTION May 08, 2018

A fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness’s #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy—“an irresistible…wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy” (People)A Discovery of Witches introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Shadow of Night and The Book of Life carried Deborah Harkness’s series to its spellbinding conclusion.In The World of All Souls, Harkness shares the rich sources of inspiration behind her bewitching novels. She draws together synopses, character bios, maps, rec... + Read More
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Series: Last King of Osten Ard The Witchwood Crown Paperback Tad Williams 9780756414399 $24.00 FICTION May 01, 2018

New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams’ ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! • Volume One of The Last King of Osten ArdThe Dragonbone Chair, the first volume of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, was published in hardcover in October, 1988, launching the series that was to become one of the seminal works of modern epic fantasy. Many of today’s top-selling fantasy authors, from Patrick Rothfuss to George R. R. Martin to Christopher Paolini credit Tad with being the inspiration for their own series.Now, twenty-fou... + Read More
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Series: The Witchfinder's Sister Paperback Beth Underdown 9780241978054 $16.99 FICTION Apr 24, 2018

’The number of women my brother Matthew killed is one hundred and six…’THE PAGE-TURNING RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB BESTSELLER’A compelling debut from a gifted storyteller’ Sarah Perry, author of The Essex SerpentWhen Alice Hopkins’ husband dies in a tragic accident, she returns to the small Essex town of Manningtree, where her brother Matthew still lives.But home is no longer a place of safety. Matthew has changed, and there are rumours spreading through the town: whispers of witchcraft, and of a great book, in which he is gathering women’s nam... + Read More
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Series: Hogarth Shakespeare Macbeth Hardcover Jo Nesbo 9780345809209 $32.00 FICTION Apr 10, 2018

He's the best cop they've got. When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it's up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess. He's also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past. He's rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They're all within reach. But a man like him won't get to the top.Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He's convinced he won't get what is rightfully his. Unless he kills for it.
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Series: Real Magic Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe Paperback Dean Radin PhD 9781524758820 $22.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Apr 10, 2018

The chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis. Are such powers really possible? Science says yes.According to noted scientist and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe, Dean Radin, magic is a natural aspect of reality, and each of us can tap into this power with diligent practice.But wait, aren't things like ESP and telepathy just wishful thinking and flights of the imagination? Not according to the author, who worked on... + Read More
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Series: A Witch's Cat Mystery Familiar Motives Paperback Delia James 9780451476593 $10.99 FICTION Oct 03, 2017

A new witch and her feline familiar get their fifteen minutes of fame in this enchanting mystery in the national bestselling series... After learning that she comes from a family of witches—and adopting a familiar named Alistair—artist Annabelle Britton has made beautiful Portsmouth, New Hampshire, her home. Together with her coven, this good witch is trying to put a stop to magic and murder most foul. When Anna takes Alistair to see local veterinarian Ramona Forsythe, they meet the most famous cat in town: Ruby the Attitude Cat, spokes-fe... + Read More
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Series: Basic Witches How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven Hardcover Jaya Saxena 9781594749773 $19.99 SELF-HELP Aug 29, 2017

A magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish crystal to banishing terrible Tinder datesWant to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal “potion” to rev up your stamina. DIY projects, rituals, and spells—along with fun historical sidebars—summon the best trends of the modern witchy lifestyle and the time-trusted traditions of t... + Read More
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Series: Ami McKay's Witches The Witches of New York Paperback Ami McKay 9780676979596 $22.00 FICTION Jul 04, 2017

The beloved, bestselling author of The Birth House and The Virgin Cure is back with her most beguiling novel yet, luring us deep inside the lives of a trio of remarkable young women navigating the glitz and grotesqueries of Gilded-Age New York by any means possible, including witchcraft...The year is 1880. Two hundred years after the trials in Salem, Adelaide Thom (Moth from The Virgin Cure) has left her life in the sideshow to open a tea shop with another young woman who feels it's finally safe enough to describe herself as a witch: a former m... + Read More
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Series: The Witch of Lime Street Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World Paperback David Jaher 9780307451071 $24.00 HISTORY Oct 11, 2016

History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal.The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also an era of fevered yearning for communion with the spirit world, after the loss of tens of millions in the First World War and the Spanish-flu epidemic. A desperate search for reunion with dead loved ones precipitated a tidal wave of self-proclaimed psyc... + Read More
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Series: The Pelican Shakespeare Macbeth Paperback William Shakespeare 9780143128564 $13.50 DRAMA Mar 29, 2016

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series designWinner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competitionGold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14This edition of Macbeth is edited with an introduction by series editor Stephen Orgel. and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. Cover artist Manuja Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican ... + Read More
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Series: The Witch And Other Tales Re-told Paperback Jean Thompson 9780147516985 $21.00 FICTION Sep 29, 2015

National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jean Thompson’s new collection of “bewitching improvisations on fairy tales” are “spellbinding” (Booklist, starred review). Capturing the magic and horror in everyday life, The Witch and Other Tales Re-told revisits beloved fables that represent our deepest, most primeval fears and satisfy our longings for good to triumph over evil (preferably in the most gruesome way possible). From the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood” to the beauty asleep in her castle, The Witch and Other Tal... + Read More
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Series: The Penguin Book of Witches Paperback Katherine Howe 9780143106180 $19.00 HISTORY Sep 30, 2014

Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial AmericaFrom a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl ... + Read More
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Series: Fairwick Trilogy The Water Witch A Novel Paperback Juliet Dark 9780345524249 $18.00 FICTION Feb 12, 2013

Perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness and Elizabeth Kostova, The Water Watch is a breathtakingly sexy and atmospheric new novel of ancient folklore, passionate love, and thrilling magic. After casting out a dark spirit, Callie McFay, a professor of gothic literature, has at last restored a semblance of calm to her rambling Victorian house. But in the nearby thicket of the honeysuckle forest, and in the currents of the rushing Undine stream, more trouble is stirring. . . . The enchanted town of Fairwick’s dazzling mix of mythical creatures ha... + Read More
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Series: All Souls Series A Discovery of Witches A Novel Hardcover Deborah Harkness 9780670022410 $40.00 FICTION Feb 08, 2011

Book one of the New York Times-bestselling All Souls Series—"a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight” (People). Now “[a] hot show that’s like Twilight meets Outlander” (Thrillist) airing on AMC and BBC America, as well as streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder. Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, disco... + Read More
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Series: The Wicca Cookbook, Second Edition Recipes, Ritual, and Lore Paperback Jamie Wood 9781587611049 $22.99 COOKING Oct 05, 2010

The spiritual tenets of Wicca are steeped in an inherent reverence for nature and stewardship of the environment. In fact, Wiccan practitioners have been living—and cooking—green since ancient times. In the decade since the first edition of the The Wicca Cookbook cast its spell over culinary history buffs and adventurous cooks everywhere, many readers have asked “What makes a cookbook Wiccan?” The tenth anniversary edition answers that question and more, bringing fresh dimensions to this heady witches’ brew with new rituals and delicious recipe... + Read More
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Series: White is for Witching Paperback Helen Oyeyemi 9780143169369 $18.00 FICTION Jun 15, 2010

With distinct originality and grace and an extraordinary gift for making the fantastic believable, Helen Oyeyemi spins the politics of family and nation into a riveting and unforgettable mystery. As a child, Miranda Silver developed pica, a rare eating disorder that causes its victims to consume non-edible substances. The death of her mother when Miranda is sixteen exacerbates her condition. And then there’s the family house in Dover, England, converted to a bed and breakfast by Miranda’s father. Dover has long been known for its hostility towa... + Read More
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Series: The Dreams in the Witch House And Other Weird Stories Paperback H. P. Lovecraft 9780142437957 $25.00 FICTION Sep 28, 2004

"The dreams were wholly beyond the pale of sanity . . . "Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon, he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. The Dreams in the Witch House, gathered together here with more than twenty other tales of terror, exemplifies H. P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror ... + Read More
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Series: The Practical Magic Series Practical Magic 25th Anniversary Edition Paperback Alice Hoffman 9780425190371 $23.00 FICTION Aug 05, 2003

*25th Anniversary Edition*—with a New Introduction by the Author!The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic and Magic Lessons.For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whi... + Read More
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Series: Witch Crafting A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic Paperback Phyllis Curott 9780767908450 $18.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Sep 10, 2002

The author of Book of Shadows digs deep into the practices and principles of Witchcraft to provide a comprehensive guidebook that anyone—novices and seasoned practitioners alike—can use to incorporate the beauty and power ofWicca into their own daily lives.Phyllis Curott’s first book, Book of Shadows, was an inspirational, spiritual memoir that chronicled her journey from Ivy League-educated, New York City attorney to Wiccan High Priestess. By inviting readers of all faiths to share in her own personal transformation, Phyllis debunked many o... + Read More
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Series: The Witch in Every Woman Reawakening the Magical Nature of the Feminine to Heal, Protect, Create, and Empower Paperback Laurie Cabot 9780385316491 $23.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 06, 1997

Create the life you seek. . . discover a pathway to the powers within.All women possess the primal courage and strength of the Witch. In this breakthrough, life-altering new book, Laurie Cabot brings more than forty years of experience as a spiritual counselor and practicing Witch to cultivate and celebrate the secret, magical side of every woman's nature. Unfolding the wit and wisdom of ancient Celtic tales, as well as many stories of her own making, Laurie shows you how ancient truths can empower you during many of life's dark moments and l... + Read More
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Series: The Witches of Eastwick A Novel Paperback John Updike 9780449912102 $23.00 FICTION Aug 27, 1996

“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort.”—The New York Times Book ReviewToward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnis... + Read More
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Series: Lives of Mayfair Witches The Witching Hour Paperback Anne Rice 9780345367891 $29.00 FICTION Sep 24, 1991

"[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror." —The New York Times Book ReviewDemonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women.Moving in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and the France of Louis XIV, from the coffee plantations of Port-... + Read More
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Series: The Devil in Massachusetts A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials Paperback Marion L. Starkey 9780385035095 $23.00 HISTORY Aug 05, 1969

This historical narrative of the Salem witch trials takes its dialogue from actual trial records but applies modern psychiatric knowledge to the witchcraft hysteria. Starkey's sense of drama also vividly recreates the atmosphere of pity and terror that fostered the evil and suffering of this human tragedy.
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Series: Hollows American Demon Hardcover Kim Harrison 9780593101414 $37.00 FICTION Jun 16, 2020

A thrilling return to the #1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series, continuing Rachel Morgan’s story.RACHEL MORGAN IS BACK—AND THE HOLLOWS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.What happens after you’ve saved the world? Well, if you’re Rachel Mariana Morgan, witch-born demon, you quickly discover that something might have gone just a little bit wrong. That the very same acts you and your friends took to forge new powers may have released something bound by the old. With a rash of zombies, some strange new murders, and an exceedingly mysterious new d... + Read More
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Series: A Wishcraft Mystery A Witch to Remember A Wishcraft Mystery Paperback Heather Blake 9781643853505 $10.99 FICTION Sep 29, 2020

Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather’s enchanted wedding plans are put to the test when murder invites itself to her bridal luncheon…The Enchanted Village always has a touch of magic about it, but the buzz of excitement over the wedding between wish-granting witch Darcy and Police Chief Nick Sawyer is positively electric. With every spellbinding detail planned to perfection all that’s left is to sit back and let wishes come true. But Darcy’s dream wedding is threatened when the Divinitea Cottage, the tea room hosting her bridal luncheon, goes up in f... + Read More
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Series: A Salem B&B Mystery Mrs. Morris and the Witch Paperback Traci Wilton 9781496721532 $10.99 FICTION Apr 28, 2020

In Traci Wilton’s second cozy mystery featuring a new sleuth on the Salem scene, when widowed B&B owner Charlene Morris discovers the dead body of a local Wiccan on Halloween, she and her charming ghostly partner must help the local Salem, Massachusetts, coven to find the killer.Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year in Salem, Massachusetts—but when B&B owner Charlene Morris finds the dead body of a witch, it spells trouble…Charlene, recently widowed, has renovated her historic mansion just in time to greet guests arriving for the town’s ... + Read More
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Series: A Wishcraft Mystery To Catch a Witch A Wishcraft Mystery Paperback Heather Blake 9781643855202 $10.99 FICTION Jul 28, 2020

National bestselling author Heather Blake is back with wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather in her eighth magical Wishcraft mystery adventure.Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather might be a witch with the ability to grant wishes for others, but wishing isn’t going to help her catch a killer…When wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather’s personal concierge company is hired by elite runner Abby Stillwell to organize the Wicked Mad Dash, a competition that takes place in the Enchanted Village, Darcy is more than willing to help her friend. As blizzard conditions rage ... + Read More
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Series: The Near Witch Paperback V. E. Schwab 9781789091144 $21.95 FICTION Jan 28, 2020

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST YA OF THE DECADE NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerBrand new edition of Victoria Schwab’s long out-of-print, stunning debut.The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of ... + Read More
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Series: U UP? Paperback Catie Disabato 9781612198910 $23.99 FICTION Feb 02, 2021

In the follow up to her smart debut, The Ghost Network, Catie Disabato creates a vivid portrait of a young woman investigating her best friend’s disappearance while navigating codependent friendships, toxic exes, and witchy ritualsEve has a carefully curated online life, works occasionally, and texts constantly with her best friend, Ezra. Basically, she is an archetypal L.A. millennial. She has also been carrying on a year-long conversation with her deceased friend Miggy over text. But when Ezra goes missing on the anniversary weekend of Miggy... + Read More