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    The Chick and the Dead: A Pepper Martin Mystery

    By Casey Daniels

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    Ever since the former rich girl-turned-Cleveland cemetery tour guide banged her head on a headstone, she sees dead people. Worse still, she hears them—and they won't shut up! Now it's Didi Bowman, a poodle-skirted relic from the Great Beyond, who's bending Pepper's ear, complaining that her famous author sister, Merilee, has done her wrong. Trouble is, if Pepper proves it, she'll break the hearts of millions of Merilee's fans. And if she doesn't, Didi's ghost may never go away.

    Pepper needs peace and quiet (and rent money), so the cash-strapped ex-heiress agrees to take a job as Merilee's secretary and dig around the family tree. But when she unearths more than she bargained for—like an illegitimate daughter, a bunch of illicit love affairs, and a possible murder—suddenly a very poisoned pen is all set to write Pepper out of the story permanently.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061841538
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    The Chick and the Dead: A Pepper Martin Mystery
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    Casey Daniels

    Casey Daniels once applied for a job as a tour guide in a cemetery. She didn't get the job, but she did get the idea for the Pepper Martin mystery series. Casey learned to love mysteries early thanks to her father, a Cleveland Police detective who enjoyed Sherlock Holmes stories and spent his days off searching for stolen cars—with Casey along for the ride. Later, she read her way through every mystery on the library shelves. Casey has a degree in English and a background in journalism and teaching. She is the author of two previous Pepper Martin mysteries, Don of the Dead and The Chick and the Dead, and lives in Northeast Ohio.

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    • 4/5
      Pepper Martin returns to Garden View and meets ghost Didi Bowman who claims her sister stole her book and made millions from its royalties. Didi’s granddaughter needs money so she asks Pepper to prove she authored the book.Fun and easy read. The book So Far the Dawn is referred to as SFTD and made me think of GWTW. There is more than one mystery that Pepper needs to solve as she tries to establish Didi as the author.
    • 5/5
      Great summer read! Moves quickly...can lay down and pick up again without re-reading to refresh memory...no need to have dictionary close for unimaginable words! Highly recommend!
    • 5/5
      fun
    • 5/5
      I can't say enough fabulous things about this series. Here, Pepper Martin, finds herself speaking with a ghost from the fifties who wrote a novel that became a mega sucess only to have her sister credited for being the 'talented' author. The ghost needs to be proven the author in order to provide financial resources from her orphaned grandaughter, who is in foster care. Pepper Martin, is a quirky, fun character, who wants to be shallow a little, but is sensitive, compassionate, determined, funny, and smart. This is a character whose smarts are often an afterthought. She definitely is led by her heart. The first two stories literally flew by as the stories never had a boring part, and scenes with the ghosts are aplenty. The rapport between Pepper and her deceased clients is the shining star of success in the series. Its hard to resist the charm of Pepper trying her best to resist the ghosts. Again, the softer side of Pepper is her downfall. To complete the rounding out of a five star review is the fact that the mystery is good enough to not be completely figured out before its reveal, AND even more so the fact that this is the second volume and has remained true to its pilot, plot, and narrative. This is at least as good as the first story and the only thing missing was the Don himself. How have these books been so overlooked? Amazing, I can't sing its praises enough.
    • 4/5
      Pepper Martin sees dead people. This time it's the sister of an author who is coming to visit who believes that the author has wronged her. Trouble is that the only job Pepper has is helping this author. It's fun, Pepper is a fun character with lots of attitude who really sparkles.
    • 4/5
      Who did write the world renowned novel So Far the Dawn? According to Didi,Pepper's latest ghostly companion, she did but it is her sister who has been getting all the credit and acclaim all these years. So Pepper sets off to prove Didi's authorship and maybe solve a couple of murders.