Enchanting Murder (A Magic Brew Cozy Mystery Book 1) by Elizabeth Clover

Author:Elizabeth Clover [Clover, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Clover Publishing
Published: 2020-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

The next morning, I groggily forced myself out of bed and went to work. Half asleep, I made myself a Smoky Ash potion coffee before I opened Magic Brew. But once I did open, it was nonstop action for a few hours until there was finally a lull in the morning rush.

A couple people were calmly sipping their coffees, so I took the opportunity to gather the ingredients to make Raven’s speaking potion. I grabbed the jar of water that I kept by the window to soak up the sun. The water was warm to the touch.

A newcomer entered the shop just then, her ponytail swishing back-and-forth. Time for my re-do inspection.

When I opened my mouth to speak, Luisa Cruz held up her hand as she scribbled something onto the paper on her clipboard. “Pretend like I’m not here.”

I shrugged and continued with the potion. I tossed a few ice cubes into a shallow dish and then splashed the water on top. I set the dish to the side of the counter, and Raven flew to drink it up.

“Do you have a permit for that potion?” Luisa jabbed her thumb at the potion that allowed Raven to speak.

“I thought you wanted me to pretend like you weren’t here.”

Luisa raised her eyebrows. “Do you?”

I held up my hands. “If I wanted to make coffee and add a splash of tea inside it, would I need a permit for that?”

“Potions require permits.”

It was true. It was also why my rotating list of potion coffees didn’t rotate all that often. Getting a new permit for a new potion was a hassle.

“I’m not selling it to my customers.”

“You still made it on the premises, in front of customers.” Luisa wrote something on her clipboard, before wandering off to look at the cauldron and the hidden potion menu.

“Someone’s cranky,” Raven croaked. Her first few words after drinking the potion were always a little shaky.

“You’re the cranky one.” I gave Raven a meaningful look. “Don’t let Luisa hear you. I’ll try to brush this off as pure water.”

“Good luck,” Raven croaked out as Luisa came over to me. The crow flew away before Luisa could question her.

I went on the offensive to distract Luisa while I subtly put away the remaining potion. “I don’t understand how I failed the inspection. Mason Johnson never inspected Magic Brew. He came and got a cup of coffee here. Maybe the date and time of an inspection is a surprise, but what about the actual inspection itself? That’s always clarified to the shop owner. The inspector comes and takes a look around. Mason didn’t do that.

“You never told me he was inspecting my shop, and he never took a look in the back, or looked closely at anything, as far as I could tell. There’s no way he could have given me a failing grade. How could he? He would have needed to actually inspect Magic Brew to do that.”

“He died,” Luisa said monotonously. “Coral, Mason didn’t give you a grade at all.

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