The Case of The Formidable Fiend: An adventurous paranormal cozy mystery

by H.B. Chapman

Overview

A rising star in classical music should not become addicted to crime scenes. Specifically-interdimensional ones.

When a witch is murdered in the magic realm, Celwia's elite erupts in outcry. The political tinderbox enflames, latching onto Ella-what subtle role might she have played in the death? With her unique magic abilities, she relives the victim's final, brutal moments-and prays it never happens again.

It does.

Ella is compelled to aid the investigation, haunted by her inciting speech at the Celwian election, but will the demanding case devastate her career? Toby Hawkins is no help; the selectively charming captain of the MIS Special Projects team is her enabler. Misery loves company.

An alarming pattern of mystical murders should be enough to scare her back to her life on Earth-as a concert pianist, wife, and young mother.

But the truth? She's never felt more alive.

The Magic Investigations Society Archive is a page-turning series where murder meets magic and witches still have day jobs. For fans of paranormal cozy mysteries heightened in fantasy adventure. YA and up.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780645386431
Publisher:	H.B. Chapman Books
Publication date:	03/29/2022
Series:	Magic Investigations Society Archive , #2
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

H.B. Chapman is author of the series, Magic Investigations Society Archive. Her broad creative and commercial background, which spans the computer games industry, marketing, content creation, copywriting, theatre making, and grant writing, has influenced her aim to craft narratives that hook—but only hook because they offer a genuine connection and earn the reader’s attention.

In writing her debut series, this eclectic working life merged with her love for fantasy pop culture and fiction, as in her formative years, she was in awe of its powerful use of metaphoric universes to transcend real-world limitations and resonate with people on an existential level.

The Magic Investigations Society Archive is a genre-blending series. It ramps up the pulse of a paranormal cozy with a little more adventure and larger-scale worldbuilding, leaning into fantasy, and all while remaining warm and fuzzy. The tone is playful, the content clean, the plots twisting, the danger magical, and the people humane.

H.B loves cats, super-dark chocolate, dancing, unsolicited dress-ups, and ugly cars (except Fiat Multipla—that’s going too far). She lives in Australia with her wonderful partner, two cats, stash of dark chocolate, box of costumes (for you-never-know-when), and…her little, red ugly car.

You can learn more about the Magic Investigations Society Archive at hbchapmanbooks.com