A Spell of Rowans by Byrd Nash
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“Ding dong, the witch is dead” is the first thing that Victoria, Phillipa and Liam Rowan think when they have confirmation that their mother has died, there is no love lost there and because of this, they have grown apart, however, her death will bring them back together again in their home town of Grimsby. As they reunite, all their past traumas and experiences come back to haunt them, but their gifts don’t make that easy for them either, in fact, it only makes it harder.

As Victoria packs for her trip, she mentally prepares herself for the emotional turmoil which her upcoming train journey will bring, the battle to keep her emotions separate from the crowds around her, so she times it for when the commuters will be heading home, so that it is more like white noise than anything else, but an unexpected companion throws her off her game. As she is doing this, her brother Liam is going about his usual routine at their mothers antique shop Rosemary Thyme, he is checking all the furniture and listening to what each piece has to say about its past and what it wants for its future. Meanwhile, Phillipa is doing her best to keep to the plan she has created to work through all the issues which come with her having Power Of Attorney for her deceased mother, both financial and emotional and the fallout of the things she has been told by said woman.

When the three reunite, they haven’t met face to face in years and the changes wrought to them all shock Victoria a little, but they start to work through Phillipa’s plan, however, things start to go wrong as soon as Victoria enters their childhood home, when someone throws a stone through the window and the next day her brother is arrested for as crime he did not commit. Will the three siblings be able to untangle the mess that their mother has left behind, or will they be drawn back into a life they desperately want to leave behind? This is an action packed and thrilling mystery which will keep you guessing right until the end as the riddle is solved in an unconventional way.

Reviewed by @roxsannel

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