The Sinister Secrets of the Snake Mirror by Constance Barker

Grace Longstreet just wants to go to the beach, but when the matriarch of a wealthy family dies mysteriously in her home, the ocean breezes will have to wait. When the family of the deceased wants Grace to declare the death suspicious, her intuition flares.

Grace is an insurance appraiser/adjuster for fine antiquities and a part time archeologist. She also wears a magical cameo that warns her of impending danger. Her mother’s death, ruled a suicide, has always haunted her and she believes the death wasn’t what it seemed as well.

Grace longs for peace, but her heritage, job and the people in her life give her just the opposite. Now as she sifts through the fine antiquities left by the deceased, she comes upon a pair of ancient mirrors with ornate snake frames. Her cameo goes spastic. Are the mirrors cursed? Did they have something to do with woman’s death?

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

Two half eaten dead bodies…
A missing Ivory stick with unusual carvings…
A clam festival with no clams…

Grace Longstreet loves clams and the annual Clamfest means she’ll get her fill. However, there’s no clams to be found and a dead body with unusual marks from the deep sea has washed ashore. Besides that, an ancient ivory stick used by a now dead fisherman has gone missing.

Does the ivory stick with the unique carvings have something to do with the unusual deaths washing ashore? Will Paisley wear something normal for once? Will Grace ever get her beloved fresh fried clams? Find out in the second book in the Sinister Case Series.