Dead(ish)

What do you do when you're boyfriend kills you, hides your body and forces you to eke out an existence as a wandering spirit? You hire a private investigator to find your body. AND do all kinds of crazy things to the idiot who killed you.

This is the mo of Linda Stevens, a deceased woman trying to end her unfinished business that is keeping her from crossing over in Naomi Kramer's Dead(ish). From the very beginning of the story, the reader is told of Linda's condition (for lack of a better word) and Mike's confession. What the reader must wait to find is the location of the body. In getting to this truth, the reader is treated to a comical yarn with gay neighbors and even prison time.

Kramer makes very good use of point of view to tell this story of murder and revenge. Although there is not much time to delve into in-depth character development, what we do learn about each player through their thoughts and perceptions help pull this story together and carries the reader to the end.

I give this story 4 out of 5 Coca Cola bottles.

Happy Reading!!

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