The Witching Hour

Poppy and Alex are back in this sixth book in the Poppy McGuire series!In the middle of a late summertime heatwave, a woman Poppy interviewed for an article on paganism is found with a dagger buried in her chest in the woods out near Alex’s house. Initially, Stephen and Craig are given the case, but when Derek determines that this murder shouldn’t be their first big case together, Alex and Poppy are brought in to help.But Stephen has never liked Poppy, and tensions quickly begin to run high between the two sets of partners. The Sunset Ridge police force can’t afford to have infighting if they want to solve this case before a fear of witches takes hold in town.It doesn’t take long before everyone reaches their breaking point and Alex wonders if he will be a Sunset Ridge police officer for much longer. Life is about to change for him and Poppy, but will that change mean the end of his time in town?