Audiobook Review: Grimly Fiendish

 

Persecuting witches? Didn’t that fall out of fashion in the seventeenth century?

Toby has always imagined so.

Why then is his great friend Mabel the hedge witch—a witch who actually lives in a hedge—coming in for so much strife from her local community?

That would be because a popular young man has been found dead and all the signs indicate a ritualistic murder.

When the police fail to identify a suspect, the locals need somewhere to pin the blame and therefore scapegoat poor Mabel. From the tone of the letters to the local newspaper, and the posts on Facebook, anyone would think Britain was returning to a time of burning and pillorying!

When Mabel’s elderly cat Merrybutton reaches out in anguish, spellbound hound Toby can’t refuse. There’s something grimly fiendish at work here and Toby will need all of his cunning, wiles, magic and sass to get to the bottom of it and unearth the killer!

My Review

Toby and Sal are like Sherlock and Holmes. I love them together. I am so happy to see both of Toby's favorite hoomans, Clarissa, and Ed making larger appearances in the series. Ahh, Mabel is back. It is great to see her again and her cat, Merrybutton. 

Mabel and Merrybutton brought a new energy to this book. What a conundrum Toby and friends found themselves in with this story. A fun story for sure. 

David Winter is the voice of this series. I love that he has been the single narrator throughout this series. As an audiobook lover, you got to go with the audiobook. Toby approves.