Books like Tragic magic by Laura Childs

Former childhood friends, now a homicide detective, a reformed ex‑con, and a troubled husband, are drawn together when the daughter of one is murdered, forcing each to confront the dark past that still haunts them.

Lord Peter Wimsey is drawn into the mysteries of a disinterred corpse, uncovering a century‑old crime that reverberates through a quiet East Anglian village.

When a middle‑aged spinster abandons her city life for a summer home in the Adirondacks, she becomes tangled in a murder investigation carried out by town detectives.

Inheritance, mystery, and a bold librarian collide when Aurora "Roe" Teagarden learns she has been named heir to a sizeable estate—and a murder to solve.

Actress Esther Diamond’s brief TV guest role as a prostitute is threatened by zombies, angry spirits, and a voodoo curse, prompting her to aid her sorcerer friend in battling supernatural forces in New York City.

Roderick Alleyn faces an assassination attempt at London's Ng'ombwana embassy, navigating rival police forces, a tribal court, and a clever black cat to solve the murder.

Lt. Peter Decker is stunned when a relative is found murdered in a Manhattan hotel and his niece disappears. Racing across the country, he dives into New York's underworld, confronting crime, secrets, and his own faith.

Familial doll‑collecting turns deadly when a beloved collector is murdered, and a surviving heir must uncover the truth before critics of a notorious curator strike next.

In Always a Witch, young Tasmin discovers her potent magical powers and must master them while confronting her grandmother’s ominous prophecy that could unravel the world as she knows it.

After two patrons are murdered on successive nights at a play, detective Kathy Mallory investigates the killings and mystery chalkboard messages backstage.

In an alternate 1900 New England ruled by the Brotherhood, sixteen‑year‑old Cate Cahill guards her sisters' witchcraft until a Sisterhood governess turns their hidden life into a perilous battle for survival.

First‑year LAPD rookie Cynthia Decker faces a terrifying stalker while juggling a car‑jacking investigation, all while keeping her growing danger hidden from her father Peter and stepmother Rina.

Mass murder at a Los Angeles restaurant forces homicide detective Peter Decker to investigate a mysterious shooting that may involve multiple weapons and a hidden web of California power and corruption.

Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigates a mysterious murder in the Yorkshire Dales, while Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, once a lover, comes to help and uncover the darker aspects of his family's past.

During the Victorian era, Inspector Witherspoon suspects a murder victim’s young housekeeper, but Mrs. Jeffries, the Metropolitan Police’s housekeeper, unravels the true perpetrator amid intrigue and a cold‑blooded crime.

Police officer Ty McIntyre must rescue a long‑missing witch, Irina Cooper, from a psychiatric hospital while confronting a killer targeting the Cooper legacy, risking love and survival in a battle of magic and mystery.

In a class with sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum, (Publishers Weekly) China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Shaker village.Chinas friends and family are urging her to get some restand a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal place for it. At Mount Zion, China can assist with some herbal workshopswhile absorbing all things Shaker, from their furniture to their peaceful ways. But the restored modern version of the village, striving to become a popular tourist attraction, is plagued with misfortune and strife some of it the likely result of sabotage. China and her friend Martha are hoping to get to the bottom of it.However, much like Shaker history itself, the case appears simpler at first than it is. There is tension behind the serene exterior. And after a shocking death occurs during her stay, China will plunge into the archives of another time to connect the sins of the past with a modern-day murder.