Bell, Book & Candle
Tarot Card Girl – as she calls herself on YouTube – parks her vintage Austin Bluebird on Palomino Beach because she has an appointment with “Severe Scorpio”, whom she promised a reading. A few hours later, “Scorpio” calls 911 to alert the Palomino PD that he has killed the girl. Detectives Thomas LeGrand, Michael LeMont and Jennifer Rodriguez find the suspect sitting on the floor of the jazzy campervan, covered in blood, waiting to be arrested. The girl’s body is nowhere to be found, and Chief Malcolm McNeil assembles a team to solve the mystery. It soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary murder case, and the team must dive deep into the occult to get a handle on what happened.
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Charms
Olivia and Samantha have a few hours off and head to the beach. Olivia goes for a swim and rests by the buoys, where a few teenagers are loitering. One of the girls finds a piece of jewelry attached to the rope of a buoy. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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“I am a man of God”
Detective LeGrand and Chief McNeil interrogate Pastor Joseph Brand after the raid of the Church of Bells. An interesting turn of events unexpectedly ends the interview. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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Fated events
The TCG team and the third parties meet up at the Injudicious for dinner to celebrate the victory of solving the case and to share their experiences. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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One big conspiracy
The TCG team holds a Zoom meeting. As ideas are tossed back and forth, a scenario emerges that the witnesses may be allied with the suspects in one big conspiracy. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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Golden Keys & Glam Gardens
To get a feel for the situation with her neighbors, Miss Gracie visits Carlita Meister and tries to get her to talk. Luckily, husband Ben is not home and Carlita slowly warms up to Grace. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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Nerd’s Paradise
Aron takes Demi to his apartment to meet with his roommate Alex, who he has a side-business with, and in that capacity they promised to update a colleague’s personal laptop. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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SalSocial
The 4th day into the investigation of Soleil and the Bell, Book and Candle murders. The workload is off the charts and Olivia, Samantha, Jennifer, Demi, and Aron head to SalSocial to blow off steam. Of course, they fail at sticking to their plan to avoid talking about the case. 🍃 Full text is available…
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A little bit longer
After walking Gracie’s dog, Grayson heads to the Pavilion, the cozy eatery alongside the beach path. He bumps into Kelly, Gina and Max and they decide to check the PD’s activities on the parking lot. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.
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Alarm bells
After Jennifer’s accident, the TCG team holds an early 04:00am briefing. They’re about to arrest Pastor Joseph, the owner the jeep that ran Jennifer off the road. Chief Malcolm is fired up and gets under the skin of his detectives, accusing them of slacking off. 🍃 Full text is available for logged in users only.