A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes Review!

From USA Today bestselling author Tonya Kappes comes a brand new hilarious and fun paranormal mystery series about Emma Lee Raines, a funeral home director who can suddenly see dead people!

About the Book

Series: Ghostly Southern Mysteries (Book 1)

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Witness; Reissue edition (February 24, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0062374648

ISBN-13: 978-0062374646

A funeral, a ghost, a murder . . . it’s all in a day’s work for Emma Lee Raines . . .

Bopped on the head from a falling plastic Santa, local undertaker Emma Lee Raines is told she’s suffering from “funeral trauma.” It’s trauma all right, because the not so dearly departed keep talking to her. Take Ruthie Sue Payne—innkeeper, gossip queen, and arch-nemesis of Emma Lee’s granny—she’s adamant that she didn’t just fall down those stairs. She was pushed.

Ruthie has no idea who wanted her pushing up daisies. All she knows is that she can’t cross over until the matter is laid to eternal rest. In the land of the living, Emma Lee’s high-school crush, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, isn’t ready to rule out foul play. Granny Raines, the widow of Ruthie’s ex-husband and co-owner of the Sleepy Hollow Inn, is the prime suspect. Now Emma Lee is stuck playing detective or risk being haunted forever.

About the Author

TONYA KAPPES has written more than fifteen novels and four novellas, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists including USA Today. Best known for stories charged with emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She lives with her husband, two very spoiled schnauzers, and one ex-stray cat in northern Kentucky. Now that her boys are teenagers, Tonya writes full-time but can be found at all of her guys’ high school games with a pencil and paper in hand.

My Thoughts

What a fun book this was!  Emma Lee Raines can see dead people, but only people who have been murdered, like the town gossip Ruthie Sue Payne. Ruthie appears to Emma Lee after she gets hit in the head. She is fine, except that she keeps seeing Ruthie everywhere she goes and when Ruthie tries to convince her she was pushed down the stairs and did not fall, Emma Lee has a hard time believing this. After a lot of convincing, she finally agrees to see what she can find out. Her investigation points the blame on her own grandmother, which she is having a hard time believing. WIth the help of Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, she unveils what happened to Ruthie Sue.

I loved this heroine, fiesty and funny, I found her character to be very likable. I read the book in a short amount of time and had more than a few giggles as the story went on. Ruthie Sue is a hoot!! Will she be able to cross over to the other side? I am not going to tell you that! You will just have to read this book for your self. A perfect balance of mystery, suspense and humor that keeps the reader turning the pages.I look forward to reading the next in the series, A Ghostly Grave. 

I received a copy of the book for review and was not monetarily compensated for said review.