Banshees And Bifocals

Marla Mason moved to the magical town of Pendle-Stitch for a quiet divorce recovery, not to become a paranormal private investigator. But when a menopausal hot flash during a desperate search for her missing glasses results in her accidentally yanking a silent, frantic banshee into her kitchen, "quiet" is officially off the table. The spectral houseguest has a problem: her legendary, life-saving wail has been stolen, and without it, the town's entire magical warning system is down. In a place where gravity shifts every Tuesday and the stars are cross-stitched into the sky, a silent harbinger isn't just an inconvenience—it's a public safety crisis. With her grumpy gargoyle sidekick, Barnaby, citing bylaws from her pocket and the perpetually tired Were-Bloodhound Sheriff, Silas Grimsby, grudgingly sniffing for clues, Marla must use her strange magic of "Clutter-Mancy" to find the missing voice. But her investigation reveals a conspiracy far more sinister than a simple theft. Someone is intentionally silencing the town, harvesting its omens not for chaos, but for a terrifying new kind of order. As Marla untangles clues from prophetic latte art and a library of forbidden lore, she discovers the missing wail is just the first thread in a scheme so meticulous it could unravel their entire reality. Can a middle-aged organizer whose greatest weapon is a hot flash stop a villain who intends to weaponize fate itself?