Book 20, 2016
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chez_jaeOn Wednesday night, I finished reading A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes. It's the second book in her "Ghostly Southern mystery" series.
Ever since Emma Lee got hit on the head with a falling, plastic Santa Claus, she's been able to see ghosts. The first ghost she sighted was Chicken Teater, and now Chicken is insisting that he was murdered. He can't rest until the case is solved, and he's counting on Emma to help. While Emma's boyfriend, sheriff Jack Henry Ross, works on the tangible clues, Emma is checking out her primary suspect, Chicken's wife, Marla Maria. Seems that Chicken loved his prize-winning hen, Lady Cluckington, more than his wife, and Marla may have had enough. In the meantime, Emma has to deal with her rambunctious Granny, a big festival in town, and her first-ever beauty pageant.
These books are a hoot! The author is a bit over the top with her southern names (Emma Lee, Charlotte Rae, Hettie Bell, Zula Fae, etc), but it's all very tongue in cheek and fun. Chicken Teater was one of my favorite characters in this story; he certainly had the best lines. Ha ha!
Favorite lines:
♦ "That's where my butt cream went?"
♦ "She could lick a skillet that was in the kitchen from the front porch."
♦ "She's as windy as a bag full of farts..."
♦ "She's shaking like a hound dog trying to shit a peach pit."
Five of five!
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Ever since Emma Lee got hit on the head with a falling, plastic Santa Claus, she's been able to see ghosts. The first ghost she sighted was Chicken Teater, and now Chicken is insisting that he was murdered. He can't rest until the case is solved, and he's counting on Emma to help. While Emma's boyfriend, sheriff Jack Henry Ross, works on the tangible clues, Emma is checking out her primary suspect, Chicken's wife, Marla Maria. Seems that Chicken loved his prize-winning hen, Lady Cluckington, more than his wife, and Marla may have had enough. In the meantime, Emma has to deal with her rambunctious Granny, a big festival in town, and her first-ever beauty pageant.
These books are a hoot! The author is a bit over the top with her southern names (Emma Lee, Charlotte Rae, Hettie Bell, Zula Fae, etc), but it's all very tongue in cheek and fun. Chicken Teater was one of my favorite characters in this story; he certainly had the best lines. Ha ha!
Favorite lines:
♦ "That's where my butt cream went?"
♦ "She could lick a skillet that was in the kitchen from the front porch."
♦ "She's as windy as a bag full of farts..."
♦ "She's shaking like a hound dog trying to shit a peach pit."
Five of five!
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