Never Burn a Witch: A Rowan Gant Investigation

I am the mother of a 3 year old, so needless to say, I don't get a lot of time to myself for reading. It usually takes me a while to finish a book. However, I finished this book in three evenings! It pulls you in at the very beginning and doesn't stop until it's done. Even then, it hints at more to come.I liked it so much that as soon as I read the last page, I got online and ordered two other MR Sellars books.Sellars presents Wicca and Paganism in a realistic, positive light. His descriptions are so realistic I felt I was right there with the characters. This is a fantastic read whether you are Pagan or just love a great mystery!

I was in the middle of one of Patricia Cornwall's Kay Scarpetta mysteries when I picked up "Never Burn a Witch." After only a few pages, I put Cornwall aside until I finished this book, and the two sequels that follow it: "Perfect Trust" and "The Law of Three."I had read and enjoyed the first book, "Harm None." With each book, the stakes grow higher for Rowan Gant. There is a real sense of place in the St. Louis setting. The positive portrayal of pagan religion makes it a fascinating read, but Sellars never lets the religious aspect overshadow the mystery. I cannot recommend the Rowan Gant series highly enough.

Eagerly anticipating this latest offering by Mr. Sellers, I was not disappointed. The characters of Rowan Gant, Felicity Gant, and Ben Storm are devleoped even further. The anticipation literally would not let me put the book down until I was done. It is refreshing to see a Pagan author writing fiction but showing a more "real" side of Pagan beliefs and attitudes. The supernatural elements in Gants' life are only slightly outside the realm of possibilities. The characters are real and situations (sadly) all too possible in this age of serial killers and media hype. Sellers presents his characters in very real fashion, and also gives a realistic view of people who live within this faith known as Wicca, as well as giving realistic and real to life reactions of those who come in contact with many people who are of this faith, both open minded or not. I own his first offering in this series and cannot keep it in my library as it keeps getting loaned out, only to be told they are having to buy their own copy. We can only hope that Sellers will be publishing for many years to come.

In his first book, "Harm None", Mr. Seller's introduced us to Rowan Gant and his cast of characters that comprised what turned out to be a really original and suspenseful mystery novel. Mr. Seller's returns with his players in the Rowan Gant Investigation "Never Burn a Witch".Mr. Seller's continues with the mystery/suspence vein by presenting us with another serial killer and it falls on Rowan Gant, the modern day witch and consultant to the police department, to lead the police to a killer who is a self proclaimed inquisitor and executioner focusing on witches. Will Rowan and the police find him before he kills again?Suspense, humor, drama, good character development, original plot and twists; all these were present in the first book, and continues in the second book. Mr. Seller's presents us with an excellent offering of mystery/suspense. From the opening pages to the cliff hanger ending, it's a "can't put it down" novel.With all the thrills of a 1940's detective novel and in the tradition of the classic mystery writers, we have a new entry into mystery/suspense theater with Rowan Gant.

NEVER BURN A WITCH is the second Rowan Gant Investigation, following HARM NONE. Someone is running around St Louis with an apostolic way of thinking. They truly believe God is directing their path and that it is their duty to rid the earth of witches. Brianna Louise Walker took a nosedive off of the sixth story balcony of the Riverfront Hilton handcuffed. The monogram of Christ was carved into her inner thighs by the murderer to purify her because of her profession. The second murder is even more gruesome. Rowan Gant is back to help his best friend, police officer Ben Storm, because a serial killer is on the loose, and it's up to them to solve these murders before the next one occurs. I found NEVER BURN A WITCH to have a very strong plot. It moves along at a fast pace and delivers lots of suspense. M.R. Sellers writes with such graphic descriptions that you feel you are there witnessing it with your own eyes. This is not a read for the faint of heart.