{"product_id":"steeped-in-murder-linnea-trefusis-9798199658713","title":"Steeped in Murder: A Cozy Witch Mystery with a Talking Cat","description":"A cozy paranormal mystery for readers who like their murders served with tea, a talking cat, and a slow-burn sheriff.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I did not die in my sleep.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuniper Whitfield was supposed to be in Hemlock Harbor for six weeks. Settle her grandmother's affairs. Sell the cottage on Sea Glass Lane. Close the herbal shop on Harbor Street. Drive back to Boston before the lilacs turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she finds Iris's last letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd on the third night in the cottage, the Edwardian black cat curled at the foot of the stair opens his mouth and speaks. \u003cb\u003eMr. Pemberton\u003c\/b\u003e - in a voice of tweed and velvet - informs Juni that someone in this small Maine harbor town killed her grandmother. And they are still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix mornings later, a neighbor turns up dead in the toolshed next door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith three suspects, fifty years of her grandmother's diaries, a sheriff who keeps showing up on her porch with coffee from the Salty Mug, a bookshop owner who has been waiting forty-one years to tell the truth about Iris, and a cat who would frankly rather not speak to people at all - Juni follows old griefs and small, careful magic into a question she did not come north to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteeped in Murder\u003c\/b\u003e is the first novel in the \u003cb\u003eHemlock Harbor Mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e - a cozy paranormal series in the tradition of Heather Blake, Madelyn Alt, and Juliet Blackwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's inside: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA cottage witch in coastal Maine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA talking cat with strong opinions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA slow-burn small-town sheriff (no on-page heat)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerbal magic kept to kitchen scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA real-feeling Maine harbor town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean cozy: no graphic violence, no profanity, no spice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePour a cup. Lock the back door. Begin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linnea Trefusis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199658713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.85d","brand":"Linnea Trefusis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084235972863,"sku":"9798199658713","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/steeped-in-murder-linnea-trefusis-9798199658713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}