Murder by Death

Juliet Blackwell is amongst my favorite cozy mystery writers and I have enjoyed every single thing she's written so far, spanning across three series.  This series is hands down my favorite though.

The series remains love-triangle free, but Aidan is back, as is Max (I never liked Max).  One is just a fleeting visit, but the other is here to stay as a force to be reckoned with, which is infinitely more interesting than turning him into a love interest.

The plot pulls together two seemingly random occurrences with Lily coincidentally at the centre of both; it makes the story a bit hard to swallow, but as I've already bought into witches and gobgoyles (a goblin / gargoyle mix, yes indeed) in this world-building, I guess I can swallow the karma that leads Lily to these things.  The murderer came completely out of left-field for me; upon reflection I can say I probably should have seen it, but I didn't.

The author hints a bigger things coming to this magical San Francisco which I hope to mean the series is around to stay for quite a while longer yet.  I'm looking forward to more of Lily and Sailor and company.