Funerals & Familiars Book Tour and Guest Post
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About Funerals and Familiars
Funerals and Familiars (A Cozy Midlife Witch Mystery) Willowmere Mysteries
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Oregon
Independently Published (May 23, 2025)
Digital Print length : 248 pages
ASIN : B0F4S6S3DP
Midlife can be murder – or magic…
Almost fifty and freshly divorced, Bex Merriweather is going through The Change – battling hot flashes and night sweats. Little does she realize that when an elderly relative dies and leaves her a lending library in sleepy Willowmere, complete with cat, her whole life is going to change…
Turns out Aunt Violet left behind more than books and home-made herbal teas, like full-blown witch powers, and a small town where murder is very much on the menu. Even Cosmo the cat is no ordinary feline, but a sassy talking familiar. And when rumors about her aunt’s death begin to circulate, Bex has no choice but to embrace her witchy inheritance, and her inner detective.
Now the novice witch, armed only with her circle of lifelong friends and a snarky, judgemental cat mentor, must uncover the truth, before her newly acquired magical life goes up in smoke.
Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries, magical mayhem, and heroines who believe it’s never too late for a new chapter—or a little witchcraft!
About Carmen Radtke
Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.
She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.
When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.
The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner. Since then she has penned several more cozy mysteries, including the Genie and Adriana Darling ghost mysteries and the Jack and Frances series set in the 1930s.
Carmen now lives in Italy with her human and her four-legged family. Although she possesses no witchy powers, she’s known to be easily held spellbound by animals.
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Carmen Radtke Guest Post
Fast, fuss-free and scrumptious!
Just for the record: Until she inherits the lending library and witch powers, which
make it necessary for Bex Merriweather to create magical treats, she has been too
busy to become a star baker.
Apart from the magical part, the same goes for me. Don’t get me wrong. I love sweet
treats, but I’m also not the most patient person and prefer to create as little mess for
me to clean up later.
My trusty fallback are fuss-free chocolate cookies which are ready to enjoy in less
than 30 minutes, preferably with a hot beverage and a good book or tv series.
Although these yummy treats stay delectable when cold, they’re at their best when
eaten warm. Three of four usually last me for one session. I’m not greedy after all.
Ingredients:
125 grams of butter
75 grams of caster sugar
75 grams of brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
½ teaspoon of baking powder
1 pinch of salt
150 grams of plain flour
100 grams of dark or milk chocolate, chopped into chunks
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius/375 degrees Fahrenheit
Mix sugar together in a bowl
Melt butter in a saucepan and add to the sugar, beat well with wooden spoon
Mix in egg and vanilla
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into the bowl, stir in well
Add the chocolate chunks (you can also use chopped nuts)
You should now have a fairly sloppy mix
Spoon it with a tablespoon onto baking trays lined with parchment, 2 inches apart –
they will spread!
Bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown
Let the cookies rest for a few minutes. They should still be soft.
No witchcraft involved, but a magical treat ��
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June 14 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
June 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
June 15 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
June 16 – Frugal Freelancer – AUTHOR GUEST POST
June 16 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
June 17 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
June 17 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
June 18 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
June 18 – Angel’s Book Nook – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
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