Housewives from the Other Side

«Housewives from the Other Side» — a detective story with a mystical line about a strange death in the neat and seemingly flawless Spelwell, where neighbors are used to knowing too much about each other. According to Yulia Shustrova's concept, this quiet town lives on gossip, suspicions, and a facade of order that cracks when new tenants appear in the «cursed» houses. Here, domestic comfort coexists with anxiety, and behind polite conversations and cups of coffee, old grievances, hidden secrets, and fear of outsiders quickly emerge. The book opens the cycle «Detective Agency "Housewives from the Other Side"» and immediately sets its tone: magic here does not negate danger, but only makes the investigation more complicated.

After the death of Lucy Jones, the police rush to close the case as a suicide, but too much does not add up. At the same time, three new residents of Spelwell — Kylie, Amelia, and Isabel — are trying to settle in an unfriendly neighborhood, where any deviation from the norm immediately becomes a reason for surveillance. The witches, stripped of their magic along with their pets, open a detective agency and take on the investigation. They have to deal not only with the mysterious death of the pet shop owner but also with a chain of other dangerous events: poisonings, hidden conflicts, and stories that the residents would prefer to leave in the past.

• Kylie, Amelia, and Isabel — three witches who moved to Spelwell after losing their magic. They settle in houses with a bad reputation and quickly realize that in this neighborhood, they will not be allowed to blend into the crowd. Instead of their usual power, they have observation skills, experience, and a willingness to act together.
• Karen Brin — a domineering and curious neighbor, used to keeping everything under control.
• Lucy Jones — her death becomes the point where distrust, everyday politeness, and real danger collide.

This is the first book in the cycle «Detective Agency "Housewives from the Other Side"». It introduces the heroines, the structure of Spelwell, and the agency itself, which is just starting its work. It is best to start reading with this book: it lays the groundwork for the relationships between the characters, the reasons for mutual distrust, and the overall tone of the series, where investigations go hand in hand with magic, neighborhood intrigues, and the everyday life of a small town.