Digging Up Otis
by T. Dawn Richard
A
humorous,
action-packed addition to the May List mystery repertoire!
Publisher:
Martin Brown (April 2005)
T. Dawn
Richard's DIGGING UP OTIS is
an unusual mystery with an unusual
sleuth. Several twists, action scenes and a surprise twist at the end
keep this mystery exciting. Humor and an unusual geriatric commando
unit with walkers and Depends and other ailments will go above and
beyond to discover and capture the culprit.
May List, the
sleuth from T. Dawn Richard's previous mystery DEATH
FOR DESSERT has settled into a comfortable life after solving
her last
mystery at the Waning Years Estate. She missed the residents after the
recent changes in her life. Giving her cat a shower and getting clawed
in the process is not substitute for solving crimes. When she receives
a call from one of her friends from the nursing home, she is only too
ready to return. A man named Otis has gone missing and the residents
are certain he has been murdered. May and her geriatric commando force
will do anything to unearth the culprit even if it means digging up a
corpse in the grave to take his fingerprints.
Ever since she
solved discovered her first corpse in DEATH
FOR
DESSERT and solved the crime, May List has been fantasizing
about
solving more crimes. The author breaks the expected mystery formula by
including forbidden actions and topics to heighten the humor. Going to
a cemetery and digging up a buried corpse is certainly not accepted
practice. The author makes this mystery a humorous reading journey
through her characters and their mention of items not too typical in a
cozy mystery like Depends, flatulence and putting underwear on
backwards.
Readers who
loved DEATH FOR DESSERT will
love this next
installment. Many of the characters are familiar as well as the
location. Although this book can be read as a stand alone, it is best
enjoyed after reading DEATH FOR
DESSERT since some of the details in
May List's life happened due to her first case. Readers will find May
List not the typical elderly sleuth for sure and nice variety in the my
mystery reads: Irreverent in some ways, slightly hard-boiled in a
geriatric not in the sexual side rather defines the hard-boiled genre,
definitely some unexpected twists at the end, and lots of action scenes
too.
