Can Helga figure out who shot the Quarter's drunk?
Helga is our witch sleuth. She is trying to mind her own business and work in her family's antique shop. All that is changed when she finds the same man's dead body known around the quarter as a drunk. Helga is a different type of witch than I thought that she would be. Technically I didn't know what I thought a New Orleans witch would be like but probably not someone like Helga. Until I read this story, it's pretty entertaining. She also is dealing with ghosts in her store that are okay but not that great.
Helga is a character that I'm not sure I would be friends with at all. She is totally different than me, and I don't know if we would have anything in common. I can't say that there is anything that I like or don't like about her.
The Mystery
Earlier in the day, Helga ends up being our prime suspect because she threw the quarter drunk on his butt when he was flirting with her, and she didn't want anything to do with it. Helga is now the prime suspect even though she called in the body. To clear her name, she is going to have to figure out who killed him. That is a pretty long list as not only was he the quarter's drunk but the quarter's drunken flirt. Helga and her detective friend, Jacob, have a lot of hard work ahead to go through all of these potential targets.
Three Stars
Down the Hatch by Constance Barker is the start of an okay mystery series. I'm not really into this one despite it being a paranormal cozy mystery. Ms. Barker has a good story, but she does need to go over and edit the book a bit. Other than that, I am giving it three stars.
The Other Books in the Series
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This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove