Dixieland Dead by Penny Burwell Ewing
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Mystery/Suspense, Contemporary
Length: Full Length (361 pgs)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Snowdrop
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When the economy tanks in Whiskey Creek, Georgia, hairstylist, Jolene Claiborne expands her business to include skin care. A wise move until Scarlett Cantrell, a local celebrity, is murdered in the facial room. The police brush aside Jolene’s suspicions that the incident is tied to a recent break-in, and to complicate matters, the victim’s ghost threatens to make Dixieland Salon her permanent place of residence if Jolene fails to expose the killer. Scarlett’s last words provide the only clue: “Find the jade elephant. Explains everything.” That is until a book of poetry turns up with a dangerous secret inside. Dealing with a diva ghost ain’t easy in the Bible belt. Throw in a sexy police detective, a crooked mayor with connections to the mob, a family cover-up, a mother who hasn’t cut the apron strings, and you get one stressed out middle-aged hairstylist with murder and mayhem on the brain.

Well this was certainly fun. Who would ever think I’d have such a good time reading about a murder in a beauty salon? Let me tell you, I’ll never have a facial again. Well, maybe I haven’t had one yet, but I wanted to give you a few hints of what to watch out for. Can you imagine what havoc an unhappy ghost could do in a salon? Frizzy hair, yellow hair, purple hair, a mohawk, well you get the idea. I’m not even going to conjure up all the horrors of a facial or a mani/pedi, but the thoughts make me shudder. Oh, except, I forgot…I don’t believe in ghosts. But this one’s funny so I couldn’t help it. Jolene has a tough sell getting her sisters on board trying to find out who killed her ghost. Even though they are trying so hard to make a go of the salon, the murder victim, now a ghost, was about as mean and selfish a person as possible when she was a human. Even worse, their Mama, named Dixie naturally, put money into the business.

Even though this is a cute cozy, there’s nothing simple here. One of the reasons I enjoyed this book was that Penny Burwell Ewing made her characters fun and very much alive. She must have lived in the same small town I grew up in because her town and the people in the salon are a carbon copy of mine. There’s plenty of laughs and plenty of good reading.

This book is part of a series called “The Haunted Salon Series”. The books aren’t numbered but there are three in the series and judging from publication dates this would be Book 1.

A Different Kind of Reunion by Joanne Guidoccio
Publisher: Wild Rose Press
Genre: Mystery/Suspense, Contemporary
Length: Full Length (239 pgs)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Snowdrop

While not usually a big deal, one overlooked email would haunt teacher Gilda Greco. Had she read it, former student Sarah McHenry might still be alive.

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Determined to solve Sarah’s murder, Gilda launches her own investigation and uncovers shocking revelations that could put several lives—including her own—in danger. Can Gilda and the psychic solve this case before the killer strikes again?

Maybe you’d best not miss another of your reunions…

As in the title, this might be different than many reunions you’ve been to, whether a high school or a family reunion. This one happens to be a few high school students and a teacher who was with them long ago, gathering because of murder. Or at least because they think poor Sarah was murdered. They also think their teacher, Gilda, can help them find some answers. Gilda spends some time reflecting on the personalities of the students and also has a difficult time moving past nicknames the kids gave each other back then, most likely behind one another’s backs. Mean Barbie, Wannabe Ken, and as many other Barbies as you can imagine; some nice, most not.

This book was very readable. It’s another in the “Gilda Greco Mystery” series. A lot of the story seemed to be spent describing the characters and at first reflection I thought that might not be construed as an interesting topic. Much of this description was because Gilda spent a lot of time reflecting back on her students. I don’t think any of the in-depth description of the characters was extraneous. Much of the plot was dependent on knowing the characters well to try and determine which one could have killed Sarah, which personality does it take, which person had good luck since graduation, which one had fallen on hard times. I looked at them all in trying to decide and I changed my mind several times. That means the author did a very good job of deception. I bet that was why it was so entertaining.

There are several other books in the Gilda Greco series. Check them out too.