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Witch City Mystery Books in Order

See the Witch City Mystery books by Carol J Perry in order, with quick summaries, Salem setting notes, and help choosing the best place to start.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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12 books

Caught Dead Handed

by Carol J Perry

2014

Back in Salem for a job interview, Lee Barrett expects to become a reporter and winds up playing a TV psychic instead. When her prop crystal ball starts showing real events after the previous host's murder, Lee has a killer to catch fast.

Look Both Ways

by Carol J Perry

2015

An antique bureau with secret compartments and a blackened mirror draws Lee Barrett into trouble almost at once. When the shop owner who sold it to her is murdered, Lee suspects the furniture's dark history is tied to the crime.

Tails, You Lose

by Carol J Perry

2015

Teaching at an arts school in an old department store, Lee Barrett stumbles into murder when the handyman dies under bizarre circumstances. Family secrets, hidden tunnels, and unsettling visions turn Salem's past into a present threat.

Grave Errors

by Carol J Perry

2017

After Halloween, Lee Barrett's students propose a Day of the Dead project that stirs up Salem's restless past. Graveyard visits, psychic visions, and an unsolved missing-person case push Lee toward answers someone clearly wants buried.

Murder Go Round

by Carol J Perry

2017

A storage auction leaves Lee Barrett with an antique carousel horse and a troubling psychic vision. When a man turns up dead outside a repair shop, Lee has to uncover the object's hidden past before she becomes part of it.

Bells, Spells, and Murders

by Carol J Perry

2018

As a new field reporter at WICH-TV, Lee Barrett is covering Salem's holiday season when a popular walking-tour leader is found murdered. Snow, psychic flashes, and a second death make this Christmas case especially dangerous.

It Takes a Coven

by Carol J Perry

2018

What should be simple wedding planning turns dark when deaths start rippling through Salem's Wiccan community. With her friend River fearing a curse, Lee Barrett follows eerie clues, a talking crow, and a growing sense that something human may be worse.

Final Exam

by Carol J Perry

2019

A vintage sports car dredged from the water brings human remains and an old cold case back into Salem's spotlight. Lee Barrett follows the story for WICH-TV, then realizes Aunt Ibby's emotional reaction may be the key to buried secrets.

Late Checkout

by Carol J Perry

2019

While volunteering at the library, Lee Barrett finds a former ballplayer dead in the spooky upper stacks, surrounded by torn pages and scattered books. Psychic clues, old grudges, and Salem secrets turn a strange death into a full investigation.

Murder, Take Two

by Carol J Perry

2020

When a Salem professor is murdered in a way that echoes an infamous old crime, Lee Barrett is drawn into a case steeped in local history. To clear the prime suspect, she has to dig into Salem's past before the killer strikes again.

See Something

by Carol J Perry

2021

Promoted at WICH-TV, Lee Barrett takes in an amnesiac woman she finds alone on Salem Common. When a body turns up in the harbor, Lee starts to wonder whether her vulnerable new guest is connected to something deadly.

'Til Death

by Carol J Perry

2022

Lee Barrett and Pete Mondello finally marry, but the honeymoon is anything but quiet. On a Maine island near the site of her parents' fatal crash, Lee finds herself pulled into crimes from both the past and the present.

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12 Witch City Mystery Books in Order (Complete List 2026)