In the village of Castle Farthing a mean-spirited, spiteful, curmudgeonly old man is found drugged and strangled in the kitchen of his cottage, with no obvious clues to the perpetrator of the crime. Enter DI Falconer and the idiosyncratic Acting DS Carmichael.

Mina Grime is unlucky, unpopular, and uncoordinated—until she saves her crush’s life on a field trip, changing her status from loser to hero. But her newfound fame brings misfortune in the form of an old family curse. For Mina is descended from the Brothers Grimm.

A high school nemesis. A misuse of powers. An unexpected consequence.

Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time. But that was before the party she was guilt-tripped into attending—and before a member of the town council wound up dead and everyone at the party became a suspect.