false 3828687 1 They say you can't get to Heaven without passing through the Eternal Rest Funeral Home. And no one gets into Eternal Rest without passing muster with Elvis???the basset hound who's convinced he????????s the reincarnation of the King of Rock ???????n???????? Roll. Brewing up a big ol???????? pitcher of Mississippi mystery, Peggy Webb????????s delightful new series is as intoxicating as the Delta breeze. Normally, Callie Valentine Jones spends her days fixing up the hairdos of the dead, but when the corpse of local, prominent physician Dr. Leonard Laton goes missing, it????????s bad for business. So Callie and her oversexed cousin Lovie (Eternal Rest????????s resident wake caterer) have no choice but to go in hot pursuit of the recently embalmed, last seen bound for Vegas by way of downtown Tupelo.Now Elvis may be nothin???????? but a hound dog, but he knows a mystery when he smells one. But keeping his human mom from wandering off the trail isn????????t easy when she????????s back in the arms of her on-again, off-again ex, Jack. Not to mention the angry mourners squabbling over the estate of the late doctor inside the not-so-restful halls of Eternal Rest. Or the French poodle sniffing around for a hunk of Elvis???????? burning love???????In Vegas, Callie and Lovie hit the jackpot when they find the dearly departed inside a freezer owned by his showgirl mistress, Bubble Malone. But they????????re luck runs out when Bubble decides to join her man in the afterlife. With the poisonous Laton family tree providing plenty of rotten suspects, Callie????????s determined to crack this case????????with a little help from that irresistible piece of man she used to call her husband????????and have a killer singing ???????Jailhouse Rock?????? in time for her next haircutting appointment. Peggy Webb is the bestselling author of more than sixty novels. A former adjunct lecturer at Mississippi State University, she has won numerous writing awards, composes blues songs on her vintage baby grand and shares her home in Tupelo, Mississippi, with her chocolate Lab and a quirky muse who channels Elvis. 3873323 1 10 2008 Elvis and The Dearly Departed total:30|5:5|4:12|3:8|2:2|1:3| 30 104 49 13 3 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:02:50 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 16:05:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:27:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:31:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 06:40:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 10:58:23 -0700 2009
I found it to be an enjoyable light fluffy read, not ground breaking by any ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 02 15:28:53 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 15:34:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 06:25:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 15:25:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 06:19:01 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 05:59:12 -0700 2009
Perfect little cozy mystery. Likeable characters and laugh out loud moments. I loved the chapters written from Elvis' perspective (the Basset hound). I am eager to read the next Elvis adveture! I would recommend this...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:00:16 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:01:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 14:37:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:40:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 13:23:58 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 09:56:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 16:15:37 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:03:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 14:51:10 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 11:40:20 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 21:03:43 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 19:48:40 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 12 08:01:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 13 07:40:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 23:35:47 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 23:35:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 09:25:36 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 09:25:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 11:37:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:32:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 20:45:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 14:57:37 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 19:18:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 16:57:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:57:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 09:28:15 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:28:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 08:14:05 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 19:03:00 -0700 2009