Enchanted Mirror Maze is now part of the Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator series, and this one brings Reg face-to-face with a magical problem that is charming, dangerous, and much too certain of itself.

There is a cursed mirror. A few dangerous assumptions. A supernatural community that thinks it understands the rules. And, of course, Reg Rawlins, who has learned the hard way that magical trouble always looks much simpler before she gets involved.

If you like paranormal cozy mysteries with a little extra edge, this book leans into the best parts of the series: a psychic investigator who would rather not be dragged into another mess, a close supernatural community with plenty of secrets and opinions, and a magical problem that gets more unsettling the longer you look at it.

The center of the story is Reflekto, an enchanted mirror that does not just reflect what people want. It studies them. It tempts them. It pushes at the places where loneliness, longing, pride, and fear are already doing the damage.

And once a mirror starts understanding people that well, the question is not only what it shows them.

The question is what it wants them to do next.

That is the kind of case Reg cannot ignore.

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A magical mirror with far too much confidence

Mirrors are already a little unsettling. They show the truth, but only from one angle. They reflect what is in front of them, but not necessarily what is hidden underneath. Add magic, intelligence, and a personality that does not believe in limits, and suddenly a mirror is not a household object anymore.

It is a problem.

Reflekto is not content to sit quietly and reflect the room. He talks. He reasons. He flatters. He offers people the thing they most want to see, and that makes him dangerous in a way Reg recognizes immediately. The more personal the temptation, the harder it is to step back and ask whether the magic is helping or manipulating.

In Enchanted Mirror Maze, the mystery is not just about what happened. It is about what people believe, what they want badly enough to trust, and what happens when a magical object starts turning those desires into leverage.

Why this case belongs to Reg Rawlins

Reg has never been the kind of investigator who accepts things at face value. Before she ever became a psychic investigator, she was a survivor and a professional con. She knows how people perform. She knows how they hide things. She knows how easily a convincing story can become more powerful than the truth.

That makes her the right person to face a mirror that understands performance, desire, and deception. Reg may not always know the magical rules when she walks into a case, but she knows when someone — or something — is pressing too hard on a person’s weak spot.

She also knows what it feels like to be alone, cornered, and underestimated. That is one of the reasons she keeps getting involved even when the smart move would be to back away. Reg does not like bullies. She does not like predators. And she especially does not like magical beings who think their power puts them above consequences.

Reflekto may believe he knows exactly what he is doing.

Reg has a few questions about that.

What readers will find inside

• Paranormal cozy mystery with urban fantasy energy
• A psychic sleuth working a strange magical case
• A cursed magical object with a voice of its own
• Found family, uneasy alliances, and magical complications
• A supernatural community dealing with fallout it did not expect
• An enchanted mirror that understands temptation too well
• A mystery that is eerie without becoming horror

Paranormal cozy mystery with a sharper edge

Enchanted Mirror Maze has the cozy mystery pleasures readers expect from the Reg Rawlins series: recurring characters, magical community, relationship tension, humor, and a heroine who keeps getting pulled into other people’s supernatural problems.

But this book also has a sharper edge because Reflekto is not only strange. He is persuasive. He believes he is intelligent enough, powerful enough, and important enough to ignore the limits everyone else keeps talking about.

That gives the story an extra layer of tension. A talking mirror might sound playful at first. But a talking mirror that studies people, tells them what they want to hear, and insists it knows best is something else entirely.

That is where Reg’s world is most fun: right at the border between the charming and the dangerous.

Can you start the series here?

Enchanted Mirror Maze is book 25 in the Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator series, but the core mystery stands on its own. Long-time readers will enjoy the ongoing relationships, magical history, and the way Reg’s world continues to expand. New readers can step in here and follow the mirror from the first crack in the glass.

If you prefer to start at the beginning, begin with What the Cat Knew, where Reg first arrives in Black Sands and discovers that pretending to be psychic is a lot less complicated than dealing with real supernatural trouble.

Or, if you are already deep into the series and want the most recent arc, you can also explore the Reg Rawlins 22–24 collection before stepping into Enchanted Mirror Maze.

Enchanted Mirror Maze

A magical mirror talks, tempts, and turns desire into danger.

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Start at the beginning of Reg’s strange life in Black Sands.

Reg Rawlins 22–24

Catch up on the recent magical trouble before book 25.

For readers who like mystery, magic, and a little mischief

The Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator books are for readers who like their mysteries with supernatural complications and a heroine who does not always follow the approved path. Reg is practical, stubborn, funny, suspicious, and compassionate in spite of herself. She has spent much of her life surviving, which gives her a sharp eye for manipulation and a soft spot for anyone who has been abandoned, underestimated, or trapped.

That combination matters in Enchanted Mirror Maze. Reflekto is powerful, fascinating, and convinced of his own superiority. Reg has met enough dangerous people and magical beings to know that confidence is not the same thing as wisdom.

When a magical object starts insisting it knows better than everyone else, Reg is exactly the wrong person to accept that without a fight.

Read Enchanted Mirror Maze today

If you are ready for a paranormal cozy mystery with an enchanted mirror, a psychic investigator, found family, magical danger, and a case that keeps getting stranger, step into Enchanted Mirror Maze.

Just remember: mirrors do not always show the truth.

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He Was Not Himself Is Here

He Was Not Himself is now available! This new private investigator mystery drops Zachary Goldman into a case that begins quietly — and turns unsettling fast. A father worries his daughter’s perfect boyfriend is hiding something, and the deeper Zachary digs, the more the truth refuses to line up.

Love a mystery where something feels wrong long before anyone can prove it?

He Was Not Himself is part of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, and this case starts with one of my favorite kinds of setups: a situation that looks ordinary from the outside, but gets more unsettling the closer you look.

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A Case That Feels Wrong from the Start

A father hires private investigator Zachary Goldman to look into his daughter’s new boyfriend. On paper, it sounds simple. Reassure the family. Do a little digging. Put everyone at ease.

But that is not what happens.

A High-Risk Case Zachary Never Wanted

The boyfriend is charming, polished, and almost impossible to pin down. The details around him do not quite line up. The emotional stakes keep climbing. And Zachary, who is trying very hard not to take on another high-risk case, finds himself drawn deeper than he intended.

If you like:

• private investigator mysteries
• psychological suspense
• family secrets
• dark emotional stakes
• flawed investigators who refuse to let go

then He Was Not Himself was written with you in mind.

One thing I especially love about this book is the tension between what people show the world and what they keep hidden. That pressure is everywhere in this story. It affects the case, the family at the center of it, and the way Zachary has to navigate what he sees versus what he can actually prove.

Start Reading He Was Not Himself, a Private Investigator Mystery

He Was Not Himself is book 22 in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, but you can absolutely read it as a standalone.

If you are ready to dive in, you can start here!

He Broke the Silence Is Here! (Zachary Goldman PI Mysteries #20)

I’m so excited to share that He Broke the Silence, book #20 in my Zachary Goldman PI Mysteries series, is officially out.

If you love mysteries with a private investigator at the center, layered characters, and cases that keep the pressure high, this one is for you.

A child won’t talk. A father is dead. Zachary Goldman has one chance to find the truth.

When a violent home invasion leaves one parent dead and one young witness too traumatized to speak, private investigator Zachary Goldman is pulled into a case where every answer comes with new pressure.

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Why I Think You’ll Love This One

• A driven PI who does not back down.
• Strong emotional stakes without losing the mystery focus.
• Fast pacing and steady tension.
• The kind of story that pulls you into the case and keeps you turning pages.

Mystery Tropes and Themes Readers Can Expect

• Private investigator lead
• High-stakes casework
• Found family bonds
• Justice-focused mystery energy
• Twists and pressure (without gore-heavy focus)

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Even though this is book #20, every book in the series is designed to work as a standalone mystery.

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If you want to begin from the start, read She Wore Mourning (book #1). I also have He Didn’t Save Her, available exclusively on my website, and it’s a recently released, brand-new behind-the-character story.

Annie was the girl he couldn’t save. What happened that night would haunt him forever and shape the man he was to become.

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When a five-year-old boy is found face-down in a neighborhood pond, the authorities are quick to call it a “tragic accident.” Case closed. But one grandmother doesn’t believe it. She needs the truth for her daughter, a mother drowning in a grief.

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Who This Series Is For

You’ll probably enjoy Zachary Goldman mysteries if you like:

• Character-driven detective fiction
• Ongoing series with a strong lead investigator
• Standalone cases inside a bigger world
• Mystery reads with heart, tension, and momentum

Final Note

Thank you for reading, reviewing, sharing, and championing this series. Your support is everything.

He Broke the Silence is out now, and I can’t wait to hear what you think.

Inside Bonnie Brown

He could only manage three steps at a time, then a pivot to face the other direction, three steps, and a reverse pivot to keep from getting dizzy moving constantly in a circle. It was the only way he could keep his mind and body calm until bedtime. As soon as he stopped, he felt like there were bugs crawling under his skin.

• Feel the crushing silence
• Experience the paradox of the detention block — a rare sanctuary from predatory peers that leaves you entirely at the mercy of the guards
• The threat behind the glass

What It Costs to Speak Up

He paced a couple more times, and when the yelling didn’t stop, went to look out the narrow window of his door to see what was going on.

• Zachary must outmaneuver guards like Berens, who use violence and labels like “troublemaker” to ensure their crimes stay buried in the cell block.
• The internal struggle of a young man whom the authorities refuse to believe, precisely because the system is designed to silence him.
• Zachary can’t look away — even when keeping quiet would be safer.

A Voice That Holds You Tight

“You should be worrying about your own wellbeing. Because you wouldn’t want to get hurt.”

• An unflinching look at a therapeutic facility that uses violence, arrest, and restraint to control the vulnerable.
• Experience the world through a perspective that refuses to look away, offering an honest, painful look at a dishonest world.
• This immersive experience prepares the reader for the final, heart-pounding realities of Zachary’s fight for the truth as an adult in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series.

A Night He Could Never Forget

Evander looked over his shoulder at the window. “Is there anything else you need to tell me, Zachary?”

• Follow Zachary Goldman, the vulnerable witness who sees exactly what the Bonnie Brown staff are desperate to re-label and hide.
• Read about the night he would never forget, no matter how hard he tried
• A heart-wrenching and realistic exploration of how the most vulnerable individuals are treated by the systems that claim to protect them.

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The aroma of freshly baked choux pastry has filled Auntie Clem’s Bakery as Gluten-Free Baker Erin Price finally perfects the notoriously difficult gluten-free eclair. But in Bald Eagle Falls, Tennessee, sweet success always comes with a bitter twist. In Chocolate Eclairvoyant (Book 26 in the beloved Auntie Clem’s Bakery culinary cozy mystery series), Erin faces her most terrifying challenge yet when a harmless-seeming prank escalates to outright murder.

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From Rhymes to Ruin

The trouble begins, as it often does, with an anonymous poem. Erin starts receiving cryptic, rhyming predictions sent to the bakery. Initially, Erin dismisses them as a silly bid for attention, joking that the author wants “drama and excitement”.

But these are no jokes. When the prediction references “vengeance and blood,” and young bakery employee Harold Melville suffers an accident that involves blood, the town begins to believe the writer is truly clairvoyant. The true horror arrives when a batch of Erin’s new, flawless eclairs are poisoned at the Historical Club meeting, tragically killing Martha Erasmus.

The Shocking Search for the Killer

The focus shifts immediately to who would dare attack a sweet, shared dessert. The poisonous act points the finger directly at Harold Melville. Erin, the Amateur Sleuth who trusts her employees, knows the sweet, dedicated teen is being framed due to his family connections and the paper the letters were written on — Melville stationery.

Erin’s determination to find the truth leads her down a path of local grudges, deep clan secrets, and exposed lies. The search culminates in a shocking encounter at the Town Hall meeting when the killer rigs a microphone to deliver a fatal electric jolt. Thankfully, Erin’s quick thinking prevents another death, proving that the killer is willing to risk it all to silence the truth. This is a must-read Small Town Mystery where Erin must decide who the real enemy is before the killer strikes again.

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MOCK APPLE ALIBI IS HERE! — Book 25: When Small Town Secrets Spoil the Recipe

Get ready, culinary cozy mystery fans! The dough is rising and the secrets are spilling in Bald Eagle Falls, Tennessee — Mock Apple Alibi (Book #25), the newest installment of P.D. Workman’s Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, has arrived. Erin Price, gluten-free baker and amateur sleuth, can’t just stick to muffins when murder comes calling.

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Welcome back to Bald Eagle Falls, where Erin Price is serving up more than delicious treats at Auntie Clem’s Bakery. This time, the recipe for disaster includes missing persons, clan warfare, and a mock apple pie that’s not as fake as the alibis flying around town! Erin and Vic must cut deep to solve a string of mysterious disappearances.

The Core Tropes: Piecing Together the Past

In this small town mystery, Erin is pulled into simmering town tensions and a frightening run of disappearances. Key elements include:

• The Mock Apple Metaphor. The title nods to the wartime dessert made with crackers instead of fruit — a culinary twist that mirrors the book’s theme: nothing in Bald Eagle Falls is what it seems.
• Clan Warfare & Missing Persons. A bitter feud between the Dyson and Jackson clans escalates while several people vanish, including Charley (Erin’s half-sister), General Store owner Mary Lou Cox, and Erin’s assistant, Vic.
• The Baker as Detective. Erin uses the routine and refuge of Auntie Clem’s Bakery to keep steady, but the anxiety over the missing people forces her into sleuthing mode — baking and investigation collide.

Meet the Bakery Crew

Erin Price — The Gluten-Free Genius

Founder and owner of Auntie Clem’s Bakery. A meticulous baker who specializes in gluten-free and allergen-friendly treats — and an amateur sleuth who keeps finding mysteries in her small town. She’s supported by her law enforcement boyfriend, Officer Terry Piper.

Vic — The Loyal Partner

Erin’s essential partner at the bakery — practical, opinionated about recipes (stack cakes among them), and personally entangled in town affairs that draw her into the clan conflict.

Orange Blossom & Marshmallow

Orange Blossom is a demanding ginger cat who provides comic and emotional support; Marshmallow is a sedate rabbit. Both help ground Erin at home amidst the chaos.

Who Will Love Mock Apple Alibi?

If you enjoy cozy mystery series that pair a strong culinary element with character-driven suspense, this one’s for you. Readers who like domestic settings that conceal deep secrets — and protagonists who balance everyday life with sleuthing — will be satisfied. The book digs into the tight-knit, sometimes prejudiced world of Bald Eagle Falls and the relationships that shape it.

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About the Series

Erin Price is a baker, not a sleuth. It’s really not her fault that mysteries keep landing in her lap while she’s trying to run Auntie Clem’s Bakery and make a living from baking gluten-free and specialty goods.

With 24 books, 2 short stories, a novella crossover, a recipe book already dished out, and 3 more books simmering for 2025–6 release, you can look forward to many delicious adventures with Erin and Vic. They will be served up a heaping helping of family secrets, cold cases, the criminal underworld, a cruise gone awry, and sinister villains. These savory stories will provide you with many hours of scrumptious entertainment.

Sink your teeth into these sweet mysteries!

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• Stand-alone Friendly. All Auntie Clem’s Bakery books, including Mock Apple Alibi, are written so new readers can jump in at any book.
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Just in Time for Halloween: P.D. Workman’s An Abrupt Departure — A Chilling New Psychological Thriller You Won’t Be Able to Put Down

When the Perfect Suburb Hides a Perfect Crime

The air is getting colder, the nights are longer, and the streets of Bleeding Hearts Valley are hiding their darkest secrets.
This Halloween season, come enjoy a new world of obsession, paranoia, and suburban dread with An Abrupt Departure, a heart-pounding psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page.

A Missing Couple. A Sinister Clue. A Man Who Can’t Look Away.

When Graham Hall, a former finance professional turned junk-removal specialist, is hired to clear out an apartment abandoned by newlyweds Ashley and Ethan Quick, he expects nothing more than discarded furniture and forgotten junk.

Instead, he finds a chilling scene:
A cryptic apology note
High-end jewelry and passports left behind
A wedding album that tells a fractured love story

Convinced that the Quicks didn’t leave voluntarily, Graham digs deeper — discovering Ashley’s hidden journal of fear, documenting her belief that someone was stalking and gaslighting her in her own home.

Meet Graham Hall: The Reluctant Investigator

After walking away from a backstabbing corporate career, Graham wanted peace and a fresh start.
But his moral compass — and haunted past — won’t let him look away when others are in danger.
Running his business, Hall It Away, gives him purpose.
Unraveling the mystery of the missing Quicks might just change everything.

Why Readers Love An Abrupt Departure

If you devour psychological thrillers that explore the dark corners of the human mind, this book is your next obsession.
Expect gripping themes and tropes including:

• Missing Persons and Vanishing Newlyweds
• Gaslighting and Psychological Manipulation
• Secrets Beneath a Perfect Suburb
• Trauma, Obsession, and Self-Deception
• Ordinary People in Extraordinary Danger

Fans of Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware, or Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen will find a new favorite in P.D. Workman’s emotionally charged storytelling.

“Highly recommended! I enjoyed this book and would love to see a series based on this character. Very highly recommended!”

“Wow, such an intense book. This one kept me up late and back to reading again in the morning. So good.”

“Another great read from the Bleeding Hearts Valley collection! So far I am loving the mysteries from this little town.”

“I hung on every page, trying to figure out what happened!”

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