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The Sorcerer's Circle (Jason Wilder, Book 2)

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His mother is the owner of the Midnight Investigation Agency in which Jason is an operative. One day as he is ready to go home, a man appears telling him the River City police sent him there because they couldn't help him. He insists someone is trying to kill him. Jason concludes the man is a flake and gets rid of him. Jason later learns that the potential client died while performing a magical ritual with four other people in attendance.

One of the participants is Anna Addison, a client's daughter and owner of the knife that killed Elijah Messenger. She ran from the scene so her father hires the Midnight Investigation Agency to clear her name as she is the police's prime suspect. While investigating the "mystic", Jason discovers the man is a scam artist, bilking people out of their life savings. Each member of the inner circle had reasons to kill him, but Jason needs to figure out who did the deed.

The more Jason questions people close to the deceased, the more it seems that Anne is guilty; yet he and his mother believe the evidence is too perfect and tidy. The relationship between mother and son is quirky and humorous and it is beautiful to see how close they are to one another, which adds to an entertaining well written crime caper.

Harriet Klausner

"The Sorcerer's Circle' is a story about a P.I. Detective named Jason Wilder, that is part of a team of investigators at the Midnight Investigations Agency.
Jason is closing up the office for the night when a man named Elijah Messenger comes to the office of the Midnight Agency looking for some help. Elijah feels that someone is going to kill him, and he asks Jason to help him. This begins an exciting story that solves the mystery.
This is the first book that I have read from Michael Siverling. I did not read his first book, but I really liked this story. This story is a true 'whodunit' mystery, that kept me reading until the end to find out who did what. I found that this book moved along at a good pace, and I never found it boring. This story is not about witchcraft or sorcery, although he did talk about a few elements. This story is about a murder that was committed in River City.
I liked the style of Micheal's writing, and there were quite a few times that I laughed at some of the witty remarks. I would recommend this book to those that like true mystery stories, and that are looking for something not as lengthy to read. I didn't feel that I had to read the first book to understand this story, which was nice. I liked the characters, and I thought they were portrayed as you might expect.
I would gladly read other stories by Michael Siverling!

I thought this was a fast moving mystery, I was left wanting more. I felt the people in the story were interesting and completely believable. I would love to read more from this auther.

Though not so terrible I had to stop reading, The Sorcerer's Circle left me wondering how Siverling's first book won the PWA award. The characters, except for the murderer who seems like a real person, are like cartoons. I was waiting for Jason to break out the decoder ring and voila, he's got a magnetic ring he wears to be able to fire his gun. Mommy and uncles are portrayed a little too powerfully; I never worried about Jason clearing Anna or surviving his search. I kept reading to see the plot unfold. But I didn't really care about Jason or even Anna, the Mayor's daughter. The novel brought to mind images of Batman, but I gave it 2 stars because I found the mystery of the murder -- the how and why -- intriguing.