Still, the museum exerts a curious pull over Rosie. There’s the eccentric academic who bustles in to demand she help in a hunt for old bones, those of the notorious Ursula Cadence, a witch long since put to death. And there’s curator Sam Stone, a man about whom Rosie can’t decide if he’s tiresomely annoying or extremely captivating. It all adds up to looking like her plans to sell the museum might need to be delayed, just for a while.
Finding herself and Sam embroiled in a most peculiar centuries-old mystery, Rosie is quickly expelled from her comfort zone, where to her horror, the secrets of the past come with their own real, and all too present, danger as a strange magic threatens to envelope them all.""
- The book begins by introducing us to Rosie Strange- Septimus granddaughter. Septimus owned the Essex Witch Museum and has sadly passed away- in his death he leaves this museum to Rosie. She is only planning on going to take inventory and sell the place off. We follow her journey to the museum where she meets Sam who is the curator of the museum and he gives her a bit of history on the place. While the two are talking they have an unexpected visitor, and this visitor tells them it is of dire importance that they help him find a witch's human remains. Rosie and Sam both believe he has lost his mind and isn't thinking straight until they agree to go meet other people who will support his claims. They meet with Dr. Chin, their visitor and another gentleman, and they learn the truth of what this man is saying. It is of dire need that they find these remains and quickly. A young boy by the name of Max has fallen out of a tree and is now laying in the hospital dying- except he's not dying from the fall- someone has taken over his body- a spirit who is demanding his mother's remains.
Now we follow Rosie and Sam's adventure throughout London to find Ursula, the 450 year old witch and we learn why she is of such importance. But as they take this journey, strange things begin to happen, Rosie who doesn't believe in ghosts, and witches is beginning to have odd things happen. As well as Sam who has a healthy belief in the unknown.
When they finally locate her remains, the following day they are supposed to be picked up, Sam and Rosie get a call that they have been stolen. Come to find out now they are fighting a Mob boss and his girlfriend for her remains. Sounds crazy right- but the mob boss and girlfriend are part of a cult that wants to extend their lives- and Ursula's remains are the main part of that ritual. Will they get back the remains and save the young boy who's body is dying because a spirit won't leave and can't rest until he has his mother with him? Read & find out....
If you love reading about witchcraft, learning the history behind the tall tale, and the ever excitement of when it all comes together then this is the book for you- I don't want to give too much away but this book will hook you and leave you smiling!
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