A Grave Issue, Lillian Bell
A Grave Issue, Lillian Bell
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A Grave Issue

Author: Lillian Bell

Narrator: Katelyn Farrugia

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/09/2024


Synopsis

After an on-air gaffe goes viral and jeopardizes her career, journalist Desiree Turner retreats home to Verbena, California for some peace and quiet. She begins working one of the quietest jobs around: presiding over funerals for her great-grandfather’s funeral parlor. But the action seems to follow her as a fistfight breaks out between neighbors Rosemarie Brewer and Lola Hansen at one of the first funerals she’s in charge of running. It exposes a nasty dispute and Rosemarie’s husband, Alan, is found murdered shortly after. Lola’s husband, Kyle, is immediately arrested. Desiree, whose own father’s death was devastating, has always viewed Kyle as a second father. Determined to clear his name, Desiree jumps head first into the investigation and quickly discovers that Alan had several unsavory habits at his job and in his personal life, including putting assets into his mistress’s account to hide them from Rosemarie. People murder for money and love all the time, and there’s no telling who he offended just enough to push them over the edge. Desiree is looking in all the right places, but she better catch the killer fast before they come for her next in A Grave Issue, the clever series debut by Lillian Bell.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on October 31, 2017

After a huge mistake in her job as a journalist Desiree Turner finds herself returning home to Verbena, California for some peace and time to reset in the quiet town. Desiree also knows her family needs her help in their business, a funeral home, after her father had disappeared a few years before s......more

Goodreads review by Julie on December 10, 2017

After 10 years away, Desiree Turner has returned to her hometown, Verbena, CA, and the family business -- Turner Family Funeral Home. Soon after she returns, a prominent Verbena businessman is murdered...shot through the forehead. The problem all started with feuding neighbors, dogs, a dead emu and......more

Goodreads review by Elle G. Reads on January 19, 2018

Release Date: February 13, 2018 Genre: Cozy Mystery Lillian Bell is off to a good start with this new series, A Funeral Parlor Mystery. One of the main things I liked about this book was how determined our heroine, Desiree is when it comes to finding out who really killed Alan. Even more, the auth......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 03, 2018

I started A Grave Issue by Lillian Bell on December 30th and I could not put it down. I read into the wee hours just so I could finish it. I was attracted to this series because I had read a wonderful series about a funeral director by Janice J. Richardson, which changed the way I felt about Funeral......more

Goodreads review by Ell on January 12, 2018

A Grave Issue is the Debut book in the Funeral Parlor Mystery Series, featuring Desiree Turner, who grew up in the family funeral business and is a former journalist in Los Angeles, CA. Desiree returns to her home town of Verbena California for some rest and relaxation after an on-air gaffe that lef......more