Book Review and Giveaway: Outwitted by Beth Solheim

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This may seem like an odd pick for Pretty in Pink, BUT Kiddo ADORES puzzles, and I know she is going to love mysteries once she starts reading, and I know my Nancy Drew books will be coming out of the closet for her. So....

What do you get when you combine Nancy Drew in her 60s, with a touch if Cyndi Laupner, with the Gost Whisper, and a touch of the Golden Girls set in a resort? You get this hilarious series (This is the 2nd book of the series) !

Synopsis:  At the cozy lakeside resort in Northern Minnesota, flamboyant Sadie takes over the job of funeral director's helper after the murder of the previous assistant. Maybe flamboyant isn't a strong enough word to describe 64-year-old Sadie.Maybe feisty; maybe heroine, but for sure, a sassy, senior sleuth with moxie. With fourteen cabins full of mostly "live" guests, a few pesky ghosts wander over from the mortuary next door. As they settle into Cabin 14, they're stunned to learn Sadie is their conduit to the hereafter.

Clad in outlandish outfits (clothing typically reserved for those without sagging body parts), and sporting hairdos that make bystanders want to look away-but can't, Sadie must help them understand why they failed to "cross over." Messy! The dead can be quite stubborn. Then.the funeral director's ex-husband rents Cabin 12, and the "fun" begins as he is a most raucous character who causes one outrageous funeral mishap after another-including a casket towed behind a Harley, a lost cell phone ringing from a casket, as it's lowered into the ground, and a revamped hearse that functions as the Witt's End Resort shuttle. (Get it? Witt's End=end of life/funeral....)

When skeletal remains are discovered under Cabin 12, Sadie and her sister set out to solve the murder and reveal a secret that ties a prominent community member to a notorious crime operation. They're forced to battle the ever-ticking clock to prevent further mayhem. Now if the locals and the tourists could catch as many fish as there are shenanigans, the resort would be booked a year in advance!

About the Author:   Like the main character in her Sadie Witt mystery series, Beth Solheim was born with a healthy dose of imagination and a hankering to solve a puzzle. She learned her reverence for reading from her mother, who was never without a book in her hand. By day, Beth works in Human Resources. By night she morphs into a writer who frequents lake resorts and mortuaries and hosts a ghost or two in her humorous paranormal mysteries. Raised and still living in Northern Minnesota, she resides in lake country with her husband and a menagerie of wildlife critters. She and her husband are blessed with two grown children and two grandsons.

Review: This was a super quick read and a very humorous one! Solheim has come up with some wacky, but fun, characters you'll love, but you'll be very happy don't live in your neighborhood (thought some of you in small towns just MIGHT recognize some character traits of your colorful 'locals'!) The ghosts in the story help the characters solve the mysteries at hand, and the characters help the ghosts solve their 'issues'. Very tidy and neat and you wish in a way that happened in real life! The book has some really funny moments, and I swear I kept thinking it would make a hilarious tv show (no, NOT with Betty White, she's NOT Sadie. Maybe Sadie's sister, but Sadie is too unique...). But who knows....maybe one day it will be! You don't need to have read the first book, Solheim fills you in and you end the book looking forward to the next book!

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Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from the author, via Bostick Communications, for blog review only! No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it.