A DASH OF DEMON

Miriam DuFour is at the end of her rope. Kicked out of cooking school and living in her ex-boyfriend’s apartment, nothing in her life seems to be going right. That is until she inherits the estate of her dead great grandaunt: a little café in the forgotten town of Achewillow.

Intent on selling the business and using the money to make a fresh start, Miriam visits Achewillow and discovers the village sits firmly on the border between Vermont and Quebec. But that isn’t remotely the strangest thing about the place. There’s a cloud worshipping cult, a widow with a ghost husband, immortal raccoons, and something killing young women in the alleys.

Demons, coffee, witchcraft and baking; those are the ingredients that make up Achewillow.

Somewhere between Joanne Harris’s Chocolat and Anne Rice’s Witching Hour, A Dash of Demon tells the tale of a young woman abandoning her dreams to accept a fresh purpose in the sometimes whimsical, often terrifying small town of Achewillow.

What people are saying about A DASH OF DEMON

  • "A Dash of Demon is a pure delight—a perfectly prepared feast of horror, humor, the supernatural, and heart-tugging humanity, all seasoned with the exact right amount of small town whimsy. Fans of Rachel Harrison and Grady Hendrix will find a lot to love here. Can’t wait for the sequel!” --Philip Fracassi, author of The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

  • "I thoroughly enjoyed A Dash of Demon - it's funny, sharp and eerily mouthwatering . . ." --Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

  • “If H.P. Lovecraft and David Lynch popped into the diner from Waitress for a slice of pie, you’d have Achewillow. J.F. Dubeau bakes up an irresistible recipe of quirky small town characters, a delightful protagonist, and otherworldly horrors that will leave readers craving more.” --Scott Thomas, author of Kill Creek, Violet, and Midwestern Gothic

  • “Quirky, tense, mysterious and ultimately heart-warming, this novel will be one I think will catch a lot of readers off guard, while also grabbing those same readers and not letting go.” --Steve Stred, award-winning author of Mastodon, Father of Lies, and Churn the Soil

  • "Readers who like cozy murder mysteries with a dash of the paranormal will enjoy this one." --Booklist

reviews for A DASH OF DEMON

  • Stred Reviews: "I imagine it’s what ‘Schitt’s Creek’ would be like if it was mixed with ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’ Or more accurately, this felt like when I watched The Kids in the Hall’s mini-series “Death Comes to Town.’"

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