This Week’s Read: The Wind Witch Murders by Casey Dunn
Tarot Pairing: The Moon
On Sunday, I like matching my current read with a Tarot card, partly for fun and partly to see what the story is really humming underneath the plot. This week I am reading The Wind Witch Murders by Casey Dunn, and the card that fits it best so far is The Moon.
The book opens in the shadow of a mother’s crimes and a daughter’s grief. There is a dead woman, a buried history, and a town that seems to know more than it says. Nothing about the past is clear, and every answer only raises more questions. That is pure Moon territory. The Moon is the card of uncertainty, shifting stories, and the feeling that something is moving just outside the edge of the light.
In Tarot, The Moon asks us to pay attention to instinct when facts are missing or unreliable. It warns that fear and memory can distort what we think we know, yet it also hints that truth is still there, waiting beneath the surface. Raven, the protagonist, is trying to sort out who her mother really was and whether the stories she grew up with can be trusted. The Moon fits that emotional tug of war almost too well.
As I keep reading, I will be watching for how the story leans into Moon themes, like hidden motives, generational secrets, and the slow reveal of what actually happened. If the book shifts into something more explosive later, I may end up pairing it with a different card, but right now The Moon feels like the clearest mirror.
Chat with Me: If your current read had a Tarot card on the cover, which card would it be?