Mystery

I truly love the way Tonya Kappes writes! Every story I have read from her has been a hoot to read. This one was no exception. Emma Lee and the folks of Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky are back. I swear, opening this book is just like going home. Every character feels like friends or family just waiting to welcome you back and catch you up. Like small towns everywhere gossip is king. Not only are live folks ready to dish out the latest news over some sweet tea, the dead are too! In case you haven't read the first book, A Ghostly Undertaking, or heard the news, (it's not gossip if it's true), Emma Lee has the Funeral Trauma. That guarantees somebody dead will be joining you. If you need to know more about the Funeral Trauma you will need to get one of A Ghostly Southern Mysteries. Someone from Sleepy Hollow is bound to spill the beans all about it. There will be a mystery to solve. The dead never show up just because they want to show you where some money is. They are restless because they have a problem. Emma Lee gets some help from beyond so you will be getting all the clues with her. You can get you some sweet tea and treat to eat. I'll be drinking coffee, myself. Get real comfortable; you might want to put on pajamas and act like your sick. That helps keep family members away so you can read in peace. If you act sick well enough, they might even be sorry for you and pop in with food and more tea. Trust me, once you start reading this book you will be happy I told you to do this. Don't worry none about bad language or graphic sex. Tonya Kappes knows how to write an entertaining story without that. She probably understands that your children, or worse yet, your granny might pick it up to see what you were snickering about. She don't want your granny trying to call her up about what your reading and how she had to confiscate it. One more thing, A Ghostly Grave is the second book in the series. It's all right if you haven't read the first book though it might be more fun if you do. This book stands alone just fine. ( )

Humorous paranormal cozy mystery ( )

The second in the series: I like the characters, I like the humor, I like the ghosts, & I like the stories....

Emma Lee & her sister Charlotte have taken over the family's undertaker & funeral parlor business.... Charlotte on the business side & Emma Lee on the undertaker side.

When Emma Lee is hit on the head by a falling plastic Santa Clause and she begins seeing the ghosts of people her family has buried... unfortunately all those she sees have been murdered and it is up to her to help solver their murders so that they may cross over.

Colonel "Chicken" Teater is sure his wife murdered him.... at least that is what he tries to convince Emma Lee of, but as she begins to investigate Chicken's death, she uncovers several more unsavory characters who all wanted to be on the receiving end of Chicken's promises of fortune

A light, fun, & entertaining read ( )

I actually enjoyed this one more than book 1 (love when that happens.) It was just such an easy book to read, suddenly I was on page 150 (love that.) Just so fun to read.

Emma is still suffering from her funeral trauma (she sees ghost and have to help them.) The townies still gossip about her and thinks she is crazy. And then there are the mean gossips, ugh, hate those. Those that try to destroy her business. But Emma is cool. She helps her ghost, investigates, and tries not to throw things at certain people.

The romance with Jack is going, just not really happening. Dang that murder investigation of his getting into way. But then slow is good.

What we then have is him investigation a murder, and her investigation the same. Her grandma is up to her usual business. The gossips are around and something is going on.

A fun cozy mystery. ( )