Very entertaining with a twist that has you re-reading portions of the book.

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	• The Remains of the Dead (Ghost Dusters Mysteries, No. 1) Wendy Roberts Signet, 2007 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Very entertaining with a twist that has you re-reading portions of the book.

What a pleasant surprise this book was! One thing that was refreshing is that it's narrated in the third person. Each of the characters seemed fairly well developed for a new series, with more than enough intriguing glimpses into them to make me impatient for the next installment. The death-scene clean-up work, although graphically told, was still fascinating to me. In short, this seemed like a very "genuine" story, for lack of a better description. And the very last twist, oh my, I did not see that coming! Good stuff. :)

Good Fun, and Cleaning Tips

I try to stay away from catchy titles, but this mystery is a lot of fun. The characters are interesting, and the mystery is handled deftly. I hope there are more books in this series, and would recommend it to anyone who wants a fine read for a dark and stormy night.

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Light-hearted look at a gruesome job

Sadie cleans up the scenes of violent deaths. Sadie sees the ghosts of the people who died those violent deaths. Fortunately for Sadie, she must be at the scene of the death in order to commune with these ghosts. When Sadie meets a fortune-telling psychic who communicates with ghosts almost at will, she is at first cynical and disbelieving of Madame Maeva's talents, but when she comes to accept that Maeva is not a fraud, she feels less alone and abnormal about her own talent. I've got a feeling that Madame Maeva will be in future books.

I thought there were some serious typos in the last chapter, but they were really clues that I completely missed, and led right up to an ending that was almost a complete surprise.

In spite of the subject matter, this was a quick and easy read, and a mostly enjoyable story. The descriptions of the look and feel of the gruesome remains of violent death were a necessary part of having the reader understand what Sadie and Zack's jobs involved, and definitely belonged in the book. However, the chapter of the cleanup in the sex-toys store came off as gratuitous erotica that did nothing to advance the story for me.

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Waiting for the next one!

Definitely a unique occupation for the main character! Page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you very satisified. Waiting for the next installment.

I See Dead People

Sadie Novak owns a unique cleaning service- it's her job to go in and clean up after suicides and crime scenes. Sadie has other talents as well. She sees dead people. When she is called in to clean up after the murder-suicide of Trudy and Grant Toth she finds Trudy's spirit sitting there on the bed quite unsure of what happened. Trudy is unable to communicate exactly what happened to her; or to prove her husband's innocence. To complicate matters, Sadie is unable to see suicide victims so she can't get Grant's side of the story.

Sadie of course set's out to find the truth, putting herself and her friends in peril and introducing us to an expanding cast of characters that will prove quite interesting as this series continues. I don't think I would call this a cozy because there are some graphic moments, but a good mystery.

Would have given it a higher rating, but there was a play on words that bothered me. Would have come off better in an audio, but felt lied to in the book version. The ending was a surprise and made up for the deception of the play on words.

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The first book in a new paranormal mystery series featuring Sadie Novak, a professional crime scene cleaner and amateur medium.

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