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Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mystery #4
Stabby Chic
Unalived recently? Lose your head? Need someone to help you get to the other side—with your head?
Then I’m your girl—Evanora Dark at your service!
During a design competition for charity Tambi Schubert, local Buttermilk Bay's star stager and designer has a little accident.
Okay, it’s a not so little (read big—my word, so big).
I find her, relieved of her head via a power tool, in the house I’m designing for the competition, bringing a screeching halt to the contest and an investigation that leaves me as a suspect.
Then I’m your girl—Evanora Dark at your service!
During a design competition for charity Tambi Schubert, local Buttermilk Bay's star stager and designer has a little accident.
Okay, it’s a not so little (read big—my word, so big).
I find her, relieved of her head via a power tool, in the house I’m designing for the competition, bringing a screeching halt to the contest and an investigation that leaves me as a suspect.
189 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 28, 2024
14 people are currently reading
30 people want to read
About the author
Dakota Cassidy
168 books1,945 followersDakota Cassidy is a national bestselling author with over thirty books. She writes laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, grab-some-ice erotic romance, hot and sexy alpha males, paranormal shifters, contemporary kick-ass women, and more.
Invited by Bravo TV, Dakota was the Bravoholic for a week, wherein she snarked the hell out of all the Bravo shows. She received a starred review from Publisher Weekly for Talk Dirty to Me, won an RT Reviewers Choice Award for Kiss and Hell, along with many review site recommended reads and reviewer top pick awards.
Dakota lives in the gorgeous state of Oregon with her real life hero and her dogs, and she loves hearing from readers!
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Invited by Bravo TV, Dakota was the Bravoholic for a week, wherein she snarked the hell out of all the Bravo shows. She received a starred review from Publisher Weekly for Talk Dirty to Me, won an RT Reviewers Choice Award for Kiss and Hell, along with many review site recommended reads and reviewer top pick awards.
Dakota lives in the gorgeous state of Oregon with her real life hero and her dogs, and she loves hearing from readers!
Connect with Dakota online: https://twitter.com/DakotaCassidy https://www.facebook.com/DakotaCassid...
Join Dakota Cassidy’s Newsletter The Tiara Diaries! Join here: http://mad.ly/signups/100255/join
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May 20, 2024
Evanora had her work cut out for her with the newest ghost, Tambi Schubert. Tambi was demanding and persnickety while she was alive and not too different dead. Tambi’s decapitation and depiction of said decapitation as a ghost was not for the faint of heart. Dakota Cassidy got creative with the decapitation details.
Evanora must procure a list of suspects fast before she gets arrested for Tambi’s murder. She sets her hat for some major sleuthing. Unfortunately, everyone looks like a suspect because of their relationships with Tambi.
Evanora has a bit of trouble juggling her sleuthing and personal life in this book. Her boyfriend becomes extremely curious of her activities and protective of her. How much longer will she be able to hide what she does before she slips up in front of him?
This was a nail biter until the end with a few unusual plot twists. Dakota Cassidy does a wonderful job of wrapping up the story and giving readers a HFN and HEA ending, depending on the characters. Stabby Chic, book four, is a terrific addition to the Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mysteries series.
Evanora must procure a list of suspects fast before she gets arrested for Tambi’s murder. She sets her hat for some major sleuthing. Unfortunately, everyone looks like a suspect because of their relationships with Tambi.
Evanora has a bit of trouble juggling her sleuthing and personal life in this book. Her boyfriend becomes extremely curious of her activities and protective of her. How much longer will she be able to hide what she does before she slips up in front of him?
This was a nail biter until the end with a few unusual plot twists. Dakota Cassidy does a wonderful job of wrapping up the story and giving readers a HFN and HEA ending, depending on the characters. Stabby Chic, book four, is a terrific addition to the Bewitching Midlife Crisis Mysteries series.
May 3, 2024
In hopes of raising money for the charity evanora set up for Kai, we find evanora and Cary entering a renovation contest. The contest comes to a screeching halt when the head of their competition rolls in the house they are working on. Evanora puts her snooping skills to use to find tambi’s killer and prove her own innocence. With the help of fab, Cary, and tambi, the headless ghost, evanora stumbles into Tambi’s killer and right a few wrongs. Evanora is getting closer to letting Cary in on her afterlife job as their love for one another grows. Her father surprises her with a new gift I can’t wait to hear more about. I love this series and can’t wait for the next adventure evanora embarks on. Do yourself a favor and start with stage fright you won’t regret it!
July 1, 2024
A wonderful cozy mystery to read as usual by Dakota Cassidy! As always it is a fun read! I love how she develops her characters! As soon as you think you have it figured out, she throws in a twist, and bam! The main characters are great! You will love the middle-aged Evanora Dark, her friends and even start to like Tambi as the story line goes on. Evanora has her work cut out for her with helping her latest ghost Tambi and her gruesome murder on a DIY renovation contest that comes to a screeching halt. This book as many others that Dakota has written is great to read stand alone, or in order of her series! She is all around a great author! Give it a read! You won’t be disappointed!
August 3, 2024
Le sigh!
Sooooo, it's been a few months since Evan helped with Kai's death.
Life has moved on.
So much so, Evan and Cary are doing a renovation show.
But, as we should know, peace and quiet do not last forever!I
Well, in Evan's life anyway.
This time the top rated stage person, Tambi, is found, be Ev, Cary and Fab, in their reno, not just dead, but decapitated!!!!!!
Cary screaming like a little girl had me roflmao.
Tambi turns up and Ev starts to work out who and why she's dead.
Love these books ❤❤
Sooooo, it's been a few months since Evan helped with Kai's death.
Life has moved on.
So much so, Evan and Cary are doing a renovation show.
But, as we should know, peace and quiet do not last forever!I
Well, in Evan's life anyway.
This time the top rated stage person, Tambi, is found, be Ev, Cary and Fab, in their reno, not just dead, but decapitated!!!!!!
Cary screaming like a little girl had me roflmao.
Tambi turns up and Ev starts to work out who and why she's dead.
Love these books ❤❤
May 7, 2024
This book is so entertaining, funny & a quick read! Dakota Cassidy has added another wonderful book to this series. Evonora & her friends manage to tangle themselves up into some mystery & Cassidy makes each moment of it an absolute blast. I love the witty nature found in the characters. It is definitely a book to pick up & read (along with the others in the series!).
April 28, 2024
Who knew staging a house could be murder? Evanora finds a dead rival during a design competition. The contest was tough but nothing to lose your head over or was it? This story had me laughing my head off. Snarky dialog and fast paced drama had me loving this story.
July 31, 2024
Another outing, this time with a decapitated body to kick off all the crazy. I love her interactions with her dad and friends, and this time the ghost seemed to get with the process a bit faster than a few of the others.
August 28, 2024
Evanora is a beautiful character and is so full of depth and personality. This book is perfect, I really enjoy that Evanora is in her midlife but still fabulous and has a very hot boyfriend and fantastic friends (alive and unalive). The mystery was exciting and full of laugh out loud moments.
April 30, 2024
You will not be disappointed! Great story and characters that keep you wanting more. Can’t wait to see what happens next.
October 12, 2024
as always-marvelous
There’s so much heart in all these books. I love the mystery and adventure that’s in every book. Keep up the good work 😃
There’s so much heart in all these books. I love the mystery and adventure that’s in every book. Keep up the good work 😃
December 20, 2024
I was so happy to be back with Evan and the gang. This series is like a warm hug to me.
December 18, 2025
2.5 stars
This was a basic cozy with an ordinary mystery. Nothing blasted it out of the park. It was very short so there was very little time for investigation, gathering of clues, questioning suspects, etc. Only some of that was done. Also included was the theme of the gross police officer who is convinced she’s guilty and yells at her.
As is so common, the awful policeman is described in what are socially repugnant terms as if ugly=bad and vice versa. And the fact that being “ugly” and poorly dressed is a bad thing and someone has control over it or cares about fashion or has enough money to buy new clothes. Perhaps he’s caring for ailing parents? The time to develop this was so short that it kind of came out of left field as a caricature.
I liked the characters. They were all sweet. Even the dead woman was way nicer than she’d been in real life. There was at least one gay couple and the MC refers to her dads. I don’t know if they’re together or just different beaus of her mom’s or whatever. At least the love interest is not a police officer. He’s actually really cool and supportive and the end was really nice.
The MC sounds much older than middle aged even though she’s apparently too young for senior housing. For example, she refers to her boyfriend as her gentleman caller. In this book she can’t say the word “sex.” She can’t call it anything, just awkwardly mentions it, dancing around the words until finally someone refers to it as “making whoopie.” Cozy mysteries avoid profanity and on page sex, true, and the MCs generally don’t have sex at all, but they can use the words. Later she’s able to say the word “porn” and refer to adult films without balking. So confusing.
The story was way too short. When I complain about length it’s usually that a book is longer than it needs to be. This book was too short to fully flesh out the story. The mystery started on the very first page without going into any detail about where they were. It was explained with no on page time. I
appreciated that the mystery started immediately which is usually what I like but here I needed a bit of context, or at least some reference to what happened previously, maybe a flashback or explanatory scene. There weren’t even enough opportunities to have the pets involved for much more than a mention.
I will probably listen to the next one but I’m not in any hurry.
The narrator, Traci Odom, was very good. She did voices and emotions well.
This was a basic cozy with an ordinary mystery. Nothing blasted it out of the park. It was very short so there was very little time for investigation, gathering of clues, questioning suspects, etc. Only some of that was done. Also included was the theme of the gross police officer who is convinced she’s guilty and yells at her.
As is so common, the awful policeman is described in what are socially repugnant terms as if ugly=bad and vice versa. And the fact that being “ugly” and poorly dressed is a bad thing and someone has control over it or cares about fashion or has enough money to buy new clothes. Perhaps he’s caring for ailing parents? The time to develop this was so short that it kind of came out of left field as a caricature.
I liked the characters. They were all sweet. Even the dead woman was way nicer than she’d been in real life. There was at least one gay couple and the MC refers to her dads. I don’t know if they’re together or just different beaus of her mom’s or whatever. At least the love interest is not a police officer. He’s actually really cool and supportive and the end was really nice.
The MC sounds much older than middle aged even though she’s apparently too young for senior housing. For example, she refers to her boyfriend as her gentleman caller. In this book she can’t say the word “sex.” She can’t call it anything, just awkwardly mentions it, dancing around the words until finally someone refers to it as “making whoopie.” Cozy mysteries avoid profanity and on page sex, true, and the MCs generally don’t have sex at all, but they can use the words. Later she’s able to say the word “porn” and refer to adult films without balking. So confusing.
The story was way too short. When I complain about length it’s usually that a book is longer than it needs to be. This book was too short to fully flesh out the story. The mystery started on the very first page without going into any detail about where they were. It was explained with no on page time. I
appreciated that the mystery started immediately which is usually what I like but here I needed a bit of context, or at least some reference to what happened previously, maybe a flashback or explanatory scene. There weren’t even enough opportunities to have the pets involved for much more than a mention.
I will probably listen to the next one but I’m not in any hurry.
The narrator, Traci Odom, was very good. She did voices and emotions well.
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