Kirkus Review

Shop-owning twin sisters must use their energy flow to solve the murder of a disgruntled customer in order to save an employee from jail time. Having recently taken over her aunt's Savannah store, The Book and Candle Shop, Tabby Winslow, along with her fraternal twin, Sage, is ready to put some good energy into the world--literally. Both Tabby and Sage come from a long line of energetics who can feel and feed off energy. The twins are learning how to use their powers to help others, doing things like infusing candles with healing properties. Tabby is happy to try to harness her gift for good, but Sage, who's open to a wider range of the possibilities of energy work, indulges her petty habit of draining their shop clerk Gerard Smith whenever he's working. It's his punishment for cheating on her years before when the two were dating, rationalizes Sage, but Tabby, as the good twin, can't condone it. Mayhem arrives at the shop one day in the form of Blithe McAdam and her whirlwind of accusations that the sisters' candles have done nothing for her headaches. Shortly after the visit, Blithe has the headache of her life when she's bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat. The cops seem to think Gerard might be to blame, especially when the bat is later found at the sisters' shop, and before long, they're ready to arrest him. Sage is fine to let him rot, but Tabby knows the only way to spring him is to discover the real killer. Maybe one of the benefits Quig, her friend with benefits, can give her is some help with the investigation. After all, he's a medical examiner. Tabby hopes that Sage will come around, too, because when the twins work together, they can do amazing things. Cozy meets karma: more savage in the application of woo-woo skills than most. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.