With the goddess Kali’s death curse hanging over her head, dark witch Cyn is running scared.

The last thing she needs is a corpse in the castle. 

And a mysterious art thief...


Spelled in Ink by Lina Hansen
Lina Hansen

About

LINA HANSEN has been a freelance travel journalist, teacher, bellydancer, postal clerk and science communication specialist. Numbed by all the factual texts, she set out to write the stories she loves to read— cozy and romantic mysteries with a dollop of humor and a magical twist. After living and working in the UK, Lina, her husband, and her feline companion now share a home in the foothills of Castle Frankenstein. 

Lina is the award-winning author of the Magical Misfits and the Da Vinci series of cozy mysteries. She has also written "Spirits of Gascony", a paranormal, romantic mystery. 

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Spelled in Ink

From the series: The Da Vinci cozy mysteries

A Dark Witch. An Art Thief. And An Invisible Killer.

With the goddess Kali’s death curse hanging over her head, dark witch Cyn is running scared.
To get help, Cyn must sell her services to DAFT, a top-shelf supernatural society.
The mission is tricky—find Leonardo da Vinci’s missing formula to protect the witches’ fading psychic powers from modern...

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Spirits of Gascony

To save Yvon, the love of her life, Mel will have to kill him.

The heat is on in the quaint French coastal town of Capbreton when British food critic Mel Rosen crosses carving knives with celebrity chef Yvon Batz.
He messes up his signature dish. She leaves him a bad review.
But soon culinary calamities are the least of Mel’s worries.
Owing to a...

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In My Attic (A Magical Misfits Mystery Book 1)



Sometimes all it takes is murder to discover who you truly are. Grammar school teacher Myrtle Coldron has no patience to spare for Aunt Eve’s Wiccan shenanigans. Myrtle ignores auntie’s frantic plea for help—only to learn she has crashed from the attic to her death. The circumstances are suspicious; murder is on the cards. Riddled with guilt,...

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Series

In My Attic (A Magical Misfits Mystery Book 1)
Down the Hatch (A Magical Misfits Mystery Book 2)
Out of Body: A Magical Misfits Mystery
Up The Ante (A Magical Misfits Mystery Book 4)

Magical Misfits cozy mysteries

What's the point in being a witch when your magic won't even nail a killer?
Wonky Witch Myrtle is trying to get to grips with her powers, but murders in her small village keep getting in the way. And then there's Chris, descended from the witch hunters, who keeps getting...

Spelled in Ink

The Da Vinci cozy mysteries

A Dark Witch. An Art Thief. And An Impossible Mission.

With the goddess Kali’s death curse hanging over her head, dark witch Cyn is running scared. To get help, Cyn must sell her services to DAFT, a top-shelf supernatural society. The mission is tricky—find Leonardo da...

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Up the Ante, Magical Mysteries Book 4, has been published Hooray, a happy

Hooray, a happy new year everyone! I start with a bang - the fourth book in the Magical Misfits series is now available in Kindle Unlimited! Read it for FREE here .

Don't like to start at the end? You can read the whole series here.

Enjoy!

Up the Ante now available on Netgalley! Two more days to the launch of "Up

Two more days to the launch of "Up the Ante", Magical Misfits Mysteries Book 4 - and as a registered Netgalley reviewer you can already read.

Just click here to access the novel. And if you could leave a - hopefully positive - review, I'd be grateful.

So excited!


The fourth Magical Misfits Mystery available for pre-order! Up the Ante,

Up the Ante, the fourth in the Magical Misfits series of cozy mysteries is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Nobody expects potpourri to be deadly…

Myrtle Coldron, wonky witch and leader of the Magical Misfits coven, is looking forward to her beach holiday.

Until the letter arrives.

Stuffed with dried rose petals, it gives off scary vibes—scary supernatural vibes, to be precise. Making a weird situation even worse, Myrtle’s lover Chris calls from France; he stands accused of murder.

To clear his...