Pepper Martin works at Garden View Cemetery as a tour
guide. When she isn't giving tour guides of the cemetery,
she works as a paranormal private investigator for the
dearly departed. She has the gift of being able to see and
communicate with ghosts. The ghosts usually come to her
for help with solving their problems.
Pepper's newest case is to solve a famous rock and roll
star's unexplained death. Damon Curtis was worshipped by
women as the lead singer of his group Mind at Large until
his untimely death in 1971. The apparent cause of death
is overdose, but Damon's ghost is telling Pepper that he
didn't kill himself. Damon suspects his former band mate
Vinnie Pallucci of murdering him. Even though Pepper
wasn't even born yet in 1971, she finds herself drawn to
this infamous rock god and feels compelled to help him
cross over and get his answers.
Pepper meets the band and investigates them looking for
answers. But when one of the band mates is found murdered
and his ghost warns her that another band mate is next;
Pepper's search for a killer becomes very important. If
she doesn't find out who the killer is soon, another
member of Mind at Large will be swimming with the fishes!
The only problem is, how do you explain to a famous rock
band that you communicate with ghosts and that they're
warning you of danger to come?
Pepper tries her best to solve the murders while dealing
with man trouble. Her ex fiancé Joel is bothering her for
the ring back, a cop named Quinn wants a date with her but
she doesn't have the time, Dan the ghost hunter is looking
kind of interesting, and there's that sexy ghost named
Damon Curtis who would make the perfect boyfriend if he
wasn't already dead!
TOMBS OF ENDEARMENT is a chick lit type mystery told in
the first person point of view. Pepper is reminiscent of
Stephanie Plum with her antics, but Stephanie might be a
little smarter then Pepper. Pepper is a five foot eleven
red head, but her crime solving skills are more comical
than Sherlock Holmes to a case. She worries about her hair
and clothes when in near death situations instead of
fighting for her life. Men rush to her rescue and she
doesn't realize the obvious in a couple incidents in the
story.
The mystery isn't as tightly crafted as I would like, nor
is there enough romance. Pepper's love interests don't
seem to particularly like her and treat her rather crappy.
The love interest of Damon is kind of far fetched since
they hardly know each other and it seems to just be a
mutual attraction. There's nothing endearing about any of
the men, which is kind of a downer. Overall, this story
is more chick lit than mystery or paranormal. If you like
your stories fluffy and humorous then this may be for you.
Cemetery tour guide Pepper Martin never imagined she'd
get to meet rock legend Damon Curtis, the bad boy poet who
made millions of teenage girls scream. After all, he kicked
the bucket years before she was born. But thanks to her
newfound ability to chat up the dead, Pepper's got a front
row seat perfect for swooning over the still-sexy Damon's
latest lyrics. He's convinced that his former bandmate
Vinnie Pallucci murdered him back in `71, and he's promised
Pepper she won't get any rest or peace until she helps him
prove it.
But when Pepper goes behind the music,
she finds Vinnie with a knife in his heart and the rest of
the band members running for their lives. And if Pepper
doesn't snare the killer soon, Damon's next hit from the
great beyond might be her swan song.
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