Secondhand Spirits - SFBA Book Club

Mass market paperback, 336 pages

English language

Published July 7, 2009 by Obsidian.

ISBN:: 978-0-451-22745-4
OCLC Number:: 268796226

(1 review)

Love the vintage- not the ghosts

Lily Ivory feels that she can finally fit in somewhere and conceal her “witchiness” in San Francisco. It’s there that she opens her vintage clothing shop, outfitting customers both spiritually and stylistically.

Just when things seem normal, a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area. Lily has a good idea that some bad phantoms are behind it. Can she keep her identity secret, or will her witchy ways be forced out of the closet as she attempts to stop the phantom?

1 edition

Divya Manian reviewed Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell (Witchcraft Mystery, #1)

Awful transphobia & racism in this paranormal mystery set in Haight Ashbury

1 star

I really wanted to like this because it was a paranormal mystery set in Haight Ashbury featuring amateur detective who sold second hand clothing. Sadly, there was just too much racism & transphobia for me to get over. Granted this was published in 2009, but I do think we all deserve better than this representation of San Francisco.