A Very Fairy Funeral
A.N. Sage
Cozy Mystery
An introverted fairy, a secret society of undertakers, and a talking cat—what a deadly combination!
In the Mistbrook Manor Funeral Home, Lyra Moore prefers the company of the dead to the living. As a fairy in hiding and the town’s funeral director, she’s perfected the art of staying out of the spotlight—until an unclaimed body appears on her doorstep under mysterious circumstances. No one knows who the victim is or how he died, but Lyra is determined to leave the case to the authorities. She does not need any more strangers knocking on her door, at least not breathing ones.
Unfortunately, life outside Fairy has other plans. When Lyra returns home to find an odd man lurking in her living room, he claims to be a detective, yet Lyra can see right through his lies. Even without her fairy magic!
Reluctant to leave well enough alone, Lyra stumbles on a secret society of undertakers with a unique calling: solving crimes.
With her own magic to conceal, and a bratty talking cat—who happens to be a changeling stuck in feline form thanks to an administrative slip-up and a foolish feud—Lyra finds herself entangled in the mystery with no way out.
But can she crack the case while keeping her magical secret? Or will the truth refuse to stay buried?
Uncaged Review: What could be more fun than an amateur group of undertakers forming a secret society to solve a small town’s mysteries? In this first book of the series, Lyra is a fairy, hiding as a mortician in a small town, a very introverted fairy, hiding her magic and trying to stay away from people, and even when she does have to go into town, her anxiety almost cripples her. But when she stumbles upon a group of people at a mausoleum and finds out that her latest person in her morgue may not have died of natural causes, she resigns herself to help.
With a truly fascinating cast of supporting characters who seem to endear themselves to Lyra, they go off trying to find out what really happened to the man in her morgue. All the time, trying to keep her magic under wraps so the psycho dark prince of fairy won’t come looking for her. This was a fun book to read, and this group is better than the police and use all there resources to dig for clues. This is fun and light hearted, and there is some danger, but it’s hard to resist a talking, sarcastic cat and a group of very unique individuals. Reviewed by Cyrene
4 Stars
