Gift Idea: Dead Head by Rosemary Harris

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Dead Head 
Third in the Dirty Business Mystery Series
by Rosemary Harris


The talented Rosemary Harris continues to pick up steam, garner acclaim, and collect fans with her quirky, beloved Dirty Business Mystery series

Fugitive Mom. That’s the tabloid headline that rocks Springfield, Connecticut when one of the town’s favorite ladies is discovered to be an escaped convict. With a little help from the always game Lucy Cavanaugh, Paula is hired to find out which of her neighbors is a fugitive from the law and why the long-kept secret has finally come out.



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MY REVIEW

I have really enjoyed reading The Dirty Business Mystery series. Dead Head has a great storyline and held my interest the whole way through. I think you could get away with reading Dead Head even if you haven't read the first two books in the series but knowing the background certainly enhances the story. I love the characters in this series. Rosemary Harris has created a fascinating and entertaining cast! They are the type of characters that would make an excellent movie or TV series too.


I hope that there will be more books in this series :).

You can read my reviews of the first two books in this series as well:

Pushing Up Daisies
The Big Dirt Nap

Thanks so much to Rosemary Harris for sending me a copy of her fabulous book to review!

The Big Dirt Nap * review *

The Big Dirt Nap
by Rosemary Harris

Second book in the Dirty Business Mystery Series

An all-expenses paid weekend at an upstate hotel with her oldest friend seems like a good idea to Paula Holliday. After all, gardening season doesn’t really kick in for another few weeks and she and Lucy Cavanaugh haven’t had a chance to catch up since they worked together in the television business. Besides, the hotel is playing host to a rare corpse flower which is just about to bloom. But when Lucy doesn’t show up and a dead guy does, it seems like less of a good idea.

Add some Ukrainian mobsters, a pair of ladykilling brothers, a bankrupt businessmen and a group of college kids who know how to party, and Paula has her hands full trying to find her friend and figure out what it is that everyone seems to think she knows . . .

You can read an excerpt of the book HERE.

MY REVIEW

I love the Dirty Business Mysteries! They are, by far, the most "fun" mysteries I have ever read. The Big Dirt Nap kept me interested and entertained all the way through. I get a kick out of the main character, Paula, and the humour mixed with intrigue is very appealing. Rosemary Harris does a fantastic job of writing in a way that engages the reader right from the start. As with Pushing Up Daisies - the first book in the series - I loved that I didn't know the ending until the actual end of the book!

The Big Dirt Nap is the second book in the series but it could be read as a stand-alone novel without too much confusion. 


Thanks so much to Rosemary Harris for sending me a copy of her fabulous book to review! You can find my review of the first book in the series- Pushing Up Daisies and keep an eye out for my review of the newest book Dead Head.

Pushing Up Daisies * Review *

Pushing Up Daisies 
by Rosemary Harris

Thirtyish former television exec Paula Holliday relocates from New York City to sleepy Springfield, CT, determined to turn her passion for gardening into a new, less stressful career.

When an eccentric spinster dies, her landmark property is left to the local Historical Society, and Paula sees the garden’s restoration as a way to get her fledgling business off the ground. She’s prepared for everything, but not for the mummified baby she digs up her first day on the job. After a cursory investigation, the local police decide it’s an old secret, not a recent crime, so they drop the matter, but . . . Paula’s not so sure.

Casual snooping turns serious when someone is impaled on a garden tool and one of Paula’s helpers is arrested for the crime. Aided by the still-hot aging rocker who owns the local greasy spoon, a Shakespeare-quoting massage therapist, and a handsome Mexican laborer with a few secrets of his own, Paula unearths more dirt the suburban town has kept buried.

Rounding out the cast, and among the suspects, a randy Congressman and his gin-swigging mother, an amoral newspaper reporter, an octogenarian ladies’ man, childhood sweethearts reunited after 50 years, and a tattooed lady you wouldn’t want to mess with.

You can read an excerpt of the book HERE. 

MY REVIEW

I had not heard of the Dirty Business Mystery series before agreeing to review it and I had no idea what I was missing! I love the main character- Paula. I love the mix of humour and mystery. I think Rosemary Harris does an excellent job of drawing the reader in.

I hate "mysteries" where I know the ending right from the start and I can honestly say that I didn't have that experience with Pushing Up Daisies. I was kept wondering right up until the end.

This was a fun mystery to read, nothing graphic or gory, nothing that kept me awake with nightmares- just a really engaging and enjoyable read.

Thanks so much to Rosemary Harris for sending me a copy of her fabulous book to review! Keep an eye out for my reviews of the other books in this series- The Big Dirt Nap and Dead Head.