Unexpected twist

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This book had a twist at the end that I did NOT see coming! I read a lot of mysteries and I'm hugely grateful when the author makes it difficult or impossible for me to guess the ending. This author pulled definitely pulled it off! The book starts slow, but if you hang in there it picks up speed in each chapter and has an explosive ending. The book takes place in a smallish town in upstate New York that is trying to transition from farming and forestry to tourism, using the killing of three local women for witchcraft centuries ago as the basis for the tourist industry. The main character is a young local woman who grew up with a cop dad and is now a detective herself. The book opens with the murder of a young woman who was a teacher, the wife of a cop, and the best friend of the detective's sister. As the detective investigates the murder, many strange things related to the town's obsession with witchcraft are revealed. Disclosure - I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.