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!

From the bestselling author of the popular Wonky Inn books comes Toby the schnauzer-collie-whippet-terrier-thingie’s latest adventure.

Grimly Fiendish is Book 9 in the Spellbound Hound series. While you can listen to it as a standalone, a knowledge of the earlier books certainly doesn’t hurt. I mean … when did hearing about puppies, kitties, rats, foxes and hedgehogs ever hurt anyone?

Dive in! Just watch where you’re treading.

Check out the full series.

1. Ain't Nothing But a Pound Dog
2. A Curse, a Coven and a Canine
3. Bark Side of the Moon
4. Master of Puppies
5. Dem Bones, Dem Bones
6. Born to be Styled
7. Up, Pup and Away
8. Another One Bites the Crust
9. Grimly Fiendish