Dearly Departed

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Summary: Another gem from Mary K. Baxter
Review: A wonderful story with down-to-earth (not so young anymore) people and a great story line. The characters are believable and fleshed out so that you feel it's something that could happen. I loved it!

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Summary: Baxter's Second
Review: I like trying out new authors and was delighted with Mary Baxter's second novel, "Dearly Departed" following her first work, "Erasing Mrs. Loomis." The turn to mystery writing seems a natural for Mrs. Baxter as search for a murderer is accomplished with good conversation, well-delineated characters and a surprise twist in the plot. I look forward to the author's next work. Harriet Davidson
Fort Gratiot, MI

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Summary: Dearly Departed...a really intriguing story
Review: Mary Baxter is exceptionally gifted at character development. Her plot has interesting and surprising twists and turns, leaving the reader wanting more.

A great new novelist.


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Review: Mary Baxter's second book is as good as her first, Erasing Mrs. Loomis. The story revolves around the death of a bank president. The police call it suicide, but the widow can't accept that, and when a bag of money is found in his tennis locker, she realizes that something is amiss.

Mary has developed a good, believable plot with likeable characters, except for one bad guy, of course. The story moves along at a fast pace; once I began reading, I did not want to stop.

I highly recommend Dearly Departed. It is written well, with excellent sentence structure; it does not have the grammatical errors that are found so often in today's novels.