Helpful Score: 11
I did not want to put this one down! This is not a light, cozy read but it was very engrossing. If you can't sit through an episode of CSI, however, you will probably want to skip this book. It is more descriptive of crime scenes than pretty much any book I've ever read and the crime scenes are far from pleasant. But, I loved the main characters and the storyline. I thought some of the clues were very obvious along the way, but missed a big one that was revealed in the final chapter. Kudos to the author for that last chapter because it was fantastic. I was already quite pleased with how things happened, but then I was pleasantly surprised to find just one more twist. If this is the author's first book, I am more than impressed and I expect great things to come from her. I look forward to reading more in this series. Excellent first book in a series and highly recommended for anyone that likes mysteries with a little bit of the paranormal and that doesn't mind a little gore. :)
Susanna S. (quilt938) reviewed The Remains of the Dead (Ghost Dusters, Bk 1) on + 125 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 9
Good book and 1st in this series. There's some description of the work they do (cleaning up after dead bodies/decomposed, etc so don't recommend eating while reading this one!) A murder/suicide that appears legit yet one ghost says it wasn't so. Several twists. It took me a little while to really get into this one but after about 50 pages or so I was hooked and it was hard to put down. I'm glad I have the 2nd book in my tbr because I'll probably read it soon if not tonight.
Helpful Score: 8
I got an advanced readers copy, so i cant post mine, however its well worth it to read it! Sadie can see the dead because she cleans crime scenes. in this first installment, she tries to help a deaf ghost decifer the clues as to who murdered her.
highly reccommend if you like ghosts/paranormal/mystery.
highly reccommend if you like ghosts/paranormal/mystery.
Lesa C. (4fabfelines) reviewed The Remains of the Dead (Ghost Dusters, Bk 1) on + 112 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
I loved this book! Very intertaining, and well written.
Sadie Novak is a former teacher, turned crime scene cleaner. She and her hunky co worker clean up the remains of the dead.
Sadie also sees the dead, and helps them "to the other side."
Sadie gets a call to clean a murder/suicide and right off the murdered woman tries to make Sadie understand.
The ghost was a deaf woman, and Sadie does not know that. Then as she is cleaning a man shows up in the house unexpected.
Sadie gets suspicious after seeing a photo of him in the house and looks him up.
Kent was a best man, and Sadie finds herself liking him, in spite of him showing up.
Things start to get strange when a police officer shows up at Sadies house accusing her of stealing from the family and finds a antique brooch in sadies coat lining.
Sadie is furious at Kent, who has left town suddenly, and to make matters worse, her car tyres are slashed too.
This book is a good first in the series and very intertaining and believable.
Sadie's friends, sister and new friend Maeve make it very interesting and the last of the book lends a very unexpected twist.
You won't be disappionted in this book.
Sadie Novak is a former teacher, turned crime scene cleaner. She and her hunky co worker clean up the remains of the dead.
Sadie also sees the dead, and helps them "to the other side."
Sadie gets a call to clean a murder/suicide and right off the murdered woman tries to make Sadie understand.
The ghost was a deaf woman, and Sadie does not know that. Then as she is cleaning a man shows up in the house unexpected.
Sadie gets suspicious after seeing a photo of him in the house and looks him up.
Kent was a best man, and Sadie finds herself liking him, in spite of him showing up.
Things start to get strange when a police officer shows up at Sadies house accusing her of stealing from the family and finds a antique brooch in sadies coat lining.
Sadie is furious at Kent, who has left town suddenly, and to make matters worse, her car tyres are slashed too.
This book is a good first in the series and very intertaining and believable.
Sadie's friends, sister and new friend Maeve make it very interesting and the last of the book lends a very unexpected twist.
You won't be disappionted in this book.
Nancy G. (ComfyReader) reviewed The Remains of the Dead (Ghost Dusters, Bk 1) on + 330 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
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
