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Available
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Publication
Berkley (2007), Edition: Later Printing, 256 pages
Description
Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery. HTML: While her boss becomes entranced with a beautiful armoire at the countywide craft bazaar, Maggie can't help noticing the Amish craftsman who made it. Though his clothes may be plain, he himself is more handsome than a man sporting a jawline-only beard has any right to be. And he seems pretty aware that the ladies love his...furniture. But when the hunky craftsman turns up dead with a strange hex symbol near his corpse, Maggie wonders if the craft involved is the witchy kind..
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LibraryThing member mgaulding
This is also one of my secret little decadences: mystery chick lit! This is the third book in a series. A very quick fun read. I love the heroine of this book, a witch!
LibraryThing member frykitty
A fun continuation of the Bewitching Mysteries series, "Hex Marks The Spot" again finds Maggie involved in a murder investigation, when an Amish artisan is bludgeoned outside the small town of Stony Mill. I like a mystery where the clues are clear enough that the reader can figure things out just a
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bit before the reveal. Alt does a good job of this, though perhaps I had it figured out a little too early. Nonetheless, I had fun returning to the characters, and enjoyed the heating romantic triangle between Maggie, Tom the cop, and Marcus the witch. Personally, I'm rooting for Marcus, but we'll see. Show Less
LibraryThing member reannon
In this third volume of the Bewitching series, Maggie and her boss Liss go to a craft show and fall in love with an armoire by their Amish friend Eli and a young Amish man. Liss loses the armoire in the auction, and that day the young Amish craftsman is found murdered. Maggie and her friends are
I really enjoyed this book. I continue to like the characters, and this time the plot was better than in book 3. The Amish back story adds interest. Recommended.
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drawn into the case.I really enjoyed this book. I continue to like the characters, and this time the plot was better than in book 3. The Amish back story adds interest. Recommended.
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LibraryThing member FlowerFairy
This is the thirs book in the Bewitching Mystery series by Madelyn Alt. I really enjoy this series. The characters are believable and likeable. The mystery is entertaining and keeps you guessing until the end. This series is a good, qucik, fun read that I would definetly recommend.
LibraryThing member TheLibraryhag
Maggie O'Neill, shop clerk, Magnum PI addict and maybe witch, just can't get away from murder. This time a studly Amish craftsman is murdered and the crime seems to be connected to a series of hex signs. Maggie investigates, despite the warnings of her almost boyfriend.
This is a really fun series.
This is a really fun series.
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It is a quick read that leaves you satisfied. I will be reading the next in the series soon. Show Less
LibraryThing member JalenV
Hex Marks the Spot has been my introduction to the Bewitching Mystery series and I liked it a lot. Maggie O'Neill, empath and sensitive, is an engaging heroine. She's a life-long resident of the fictional small town of Stony Mill, Indiana. Maggie is 29 and her powers activated only six months ago.
There are two attractive men in Maggie's life. Deputy Tom Fielding has two strikes against him in my book: he's showing interest in Maggie although he's only separated from his wife, not divorced, and he's not open-minded about the supernatural/paranormal. I like the mysterious Marcus Quinn better. He and Maggie are both members of N.I.G.H.T.S., the Northeastern Indiana Ghost Hunting and Tracking Society. He's also the magical partner of Felicity 'Liss' Dow, Maggie's boss, so we know he's a believer. On the other hand, Maggie's reaction to the author photo on Liss' copy of The Light-worker's Complete Encyclopedia of Magical Symbols makes me wonder if Liss' nephew, Dr. Merrick C. Butler, might be in Maggie's future. (That is, if Dr. Butler can get away from the Parapsychology Unit at the University of Edinburgh.)
There's plenty to make the reader chuckle (such as the titles of Maggie's Magnum, P.I. tapes -- see chapter 7) as well as spooky moments. Something dark has come to Stony Mills and it wouldn't surprise me if the-Devil-is-everywhere Reverend Baxter Martin and his First Evangelical Church of Light might turn out to be part of it, either directly or because their nasty, narrow little hearts are creating an opening for evil to enter. Not in this book, though.
Cat lovers, the cat on the cover does not appear in here. Dog Lovers, there is a sweet pooch to enjoy.
I look forward to reading more of this series.
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She's having trouble adjusting. From references to events in the two earlier books, A Charmed Death and The Trouble With Magic, Maggie is afraid of her powers. There are two attractive men in Maggie's life. Deputy Tom Fielding has two strikes against him in my book: he's showing interest in Maggie although he's only separated from his wife, not divorced, and he's not open-minded about the supernatural/paranormal. I like the mysterious Marcus Quinn better. He and Maggie are both members of N.I.G.H.T.S., the Northeastern Indiana Ghost Hunting and Tracking Society. He's also the magical partner of Felicity 'Liss' Dow, Maggie's boss, so we know he's a believer. On the other hand, Maggie's reaction to the author photo on Liss' copy of The Light-worker's Complete Encyclopedia of Magical Symbols makes me wonder if Liss' nephew, Dr. Merrick C. Butler, might be in Maggie's future. (That is, if Dr. Butler can get away from the Parapsychology Unit at the University of Edinburgh.)
There's plenty to make the reader chuckle (such as the titles of Maggie's Magnum, P.I. tapes -- see chapter 7) as well as spooky moments. Something dark has come to Stony Mills and it wouldn't surprise me if the-Devil-is-everywhere Reverend Baxter Martin and his First Evangelical Church of Light might turn out to be part of it, either directly or because their nasty, narrow little hearts are creating an opening for evil to enter. Not in this book, though.
Cat lovers, the cat on the cover does not appear in here. Dog Lovers, there is a sweet pooch to enjoy.
I look forward to reading more of this series.
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LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
Well dumb-bunny is finally "getting" it....that paranormal is "normal"...and the Hottie Cop is back and finally beginning to believe.
She's standing up to her mother a tad, there was a good mystery, and she didn't do anything really stoopid this time around.
So, they are at the Town Festival, and
There was a bit about Hex signs, but not really enough information there...and we get to know more about historical rumors turning into truth...lies people tell themselves....and the ghost in the library basement.
I liked this book and I'm glad I stuck with the series.
She's standing up to her mother a tad, there was a good mystery, and she didn't do anything really stoopid this time around.
So, they are at the Town Festival, and
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there are Amish there selling their wares & foods. 1 particular Amish man is Too Hot for his own good and knowing it....his wife (a "seer") gives dumb-bunny a warning and later the husband is found on the side of the road with his head bashed in... There was a bit about Hex signs, but not really enough information there...and we get to know more about historical rumors turning into truth...lies people tell themselves....and the ghost in the library basement.
I liked this book and I'm glad I stuck with the series.
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LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
At first I did not like the book or the blithering blathering narrative.... Just like a silly excited teen, going on & on & on about herself....
When I finally got past chapter one, then I became more interested, although I did continue to skim throughout most of the book.
Margaret Mary Catherine
Maggie & Felicity go to a local festival where the local Amish have booths & sell their wares. One of the pieces a lovely & intricately carved Armoire is bid on by Felicity, but she loses to an older woman... The woodworker is a stunningly handsome Amish man by the name of Luc Metzger who is "more handsome than a man sporting a jawline-only beard has any right to be".
Shortly before the end of the festival, Luc goes off to do some work, leaving his wife behind in a state of upset.... On the way home after the festival, Maggie is held up in traffic by a congregation of Amish Buggies, what she & her friend Marcus find is the body of Luc, bashed in the back of the head.
As Maggie investigates she finds that she & her metaphysically blessed friends are not the only ones who work with magic & hexes.
When I finally got past chapter one, then I became more interested, although I did continue to skim throughout most of the book.
Margaret Mary Catherine
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O'Neill (Maggie) is an empath, which is not the same as a psychic. She "feels" things but can not usually "know" or decipher what is going on. She works in a metaphysical shop whose owner, Felicity, runs a ghost hunting & tracking group.Maggie & Felicity go to a local festival where the local Amish have booths & sell their wares. One of the pieces a lovely & intricately carved Armoire is bid on by Felicity, but she loses to an older woman... The woodworker is a stunningly handsome Amish man by the name of Luc Metzger who is "more handsome than a man sporting a jawline-only beard has any right to be".
Shortly before the end of the festival, Luc goes off to do some work, leaving his wife behind in a state of upset.... On the way home after the festival, Maggie is held up in traffic by a congregation of Amish Buggies, what she & her friend Marcus find is the body of Luc, bashed in the back of the head.
As Maggie investigates she finds that she & her metaphysically blessed friends are not the only ones who work with magic & hexes.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2007-11-27
Physical description
6.75 inches
ISBN
0425218708 / 9780425218709
Local notes
Third in the Bewitching Mysteries, featuring Maggie O'Neill: 1-The Trouble with Magic (2006), 2- A Charmed Death (2006) 3- Hex Marks the Spot (2007), 4- No Rest for the Wiccan (2008), 5- Where there's A Witch (2009), 6- A Witch in Time (2010), 7- Home for a Spell (2011), 8- In Charm's Way (2012)
Other editions
Hex Marks the Spot (Bewitching Mysteries, No. 3) by Madelyn Alt (Paperback)