Having recently come to terms with her psychic gift of communicating with the comatose, all Kat Parker wanted was a bit of relaxation and to replace her broken cell phone. But her uncle’s death reveals a new and potentially dangerous wrinkle to her abilities — she can see and talk with the dead.Phoneless, fed up, and fearful for her sanity, Kat is still determined to help her uncle. Discovering … Discovering he had more than a few secrets, she embarks on a treasure hunt for the one object she believes will help him rest in peace. Standing in her way is the CIA, a Mexican drug cartel kill squad, a group of mask-wearing gang members, and a wild alligator determined to eat her pet turtle.
As things spiral out of control, the absurdity of it all has Kat wondering if she hasn’t already gone insane, if she’ll be forever saddled with babysitting her uncle’s spirit, and if she should even bother to replace her phone.
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Not my cup of tea. A lot of silliness and not much happens
I was wishing the book ended 100 pages sooner. The quirky plot just goes on a little too long. That said, the ending felt rushed when it came around. The author left a lot of things unresolved. Overall, I enjoyed parts of it but just wished it would end. I don’t think I’ll be searching out the other books in the series. I can’t take anymore of Kat.
There’s a spunky, upbeat, somewhat funny vibe to this novel that pleasantly reminded me of the Stephanie Plum series. Unfortunately, banter is just about all that this book has. The plot (more on that later) is very slow to develop and all of the characters seem to be a bit slow in their mental faculties. So despite a really enjoyable beginning, my enthusiasm for the novel quickly waned.
The plot, such as it is, revolves around the newly found power of our heroine to talk to dead people. She hasn’t actually done this at the beginning of the book and everyone (including her vampire roommate who doesn’t appear to have anything vampiric about him) is worried that the power will drive the heroine insane. The heroine is very upset about this possibility—especially the likelihood that ghosts will begin to follow her home. So naturally our heroine visits a cemetery on multiple occasions where she begins interacting with her recently departed Uncle Jimmy.
Lots of people are interested in Uncle Jimmy and they ransack his house searching for something. It never appears to occur to our heroine and her friends until very late in the book that the thing they could be looking for might be her legacy from him, left for her in a safe deposit box. That turns out to be more of a clue than an ending, but by that time I was only completing the book because I’d gone so far with it already. Eventually, they blindly stumble into the endgame, and everyone has a happily ever after (at least until the new book).
There’s nothing wrong with good banter, but a novel has to have a lot more than that to work. Unfortunately, that just wasn’t the case in this one.
Funny and entertaining!
Great series
It was a fun read.
Didn’t like it at all. Made no logical sense. Couldn’t even finish it. I think this is a poor attempt at trying to copy Janet Evanovich’s books.
A very fun read!!! Think… Stephanie Plum style book.
An unusual story line. Easy reading and I found myself reading “just one more chapter “.
DIDN’T GET PAST A COUPLE CHAPTERS AND DELETED IT
Unusual book… easy to read, Probably longer than it needed to be to tell the story
Stephanie Plum meets Sookie Stackhouse! I am loving the whole series.
What a fun read! Looking for the next one now
This books tries to be light-hearted and somewhat ridiculous, and I did smile at some of the scenes. However, the main character is aggressively and willfully stupid and I found her so annoying I didn’t finish the book.
I can’t stop laughing. The characters are hilarious and remind me of people that I know.
Thank you KL Phelps. You’ve considerably brightened my day.
I never thought reading a book about talking with dead folks and being friends with vampires would have me laughing hysterically until I read this book. Just what I needed during a stay at home pandemic. Gets five stars from me.
Pretty cute
As far as a cozy, this one is cute, and I got several laughs, but overall too far “over the top” for me. I think it was the turtle, “Snappy”, who pushed me over the edge…. or was it the vampire, the alligator, the ghosts, or the many crazy folks running surveillance? 😉 Definitely an interesting plot with a lot going on, and good for some goofy laughs, but seriously removed from anything “realistic”. Folks looking for crazy comedy would like this one – it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Cute book. An easy and fun rainy day read.
Quirky and lots of laugh-out-loud moments