Foreign Body

Tory Bauer Mystery #6

by Kathleen Taylor

Ample-bodied, salty-tongued waitress Tory Bauer is no longer taking orders from anyone -- now that she has become co-owner of the only cafe in tiny Delphi, South Dakota. And since corpses on the premises are bad for business, Tory is understandably peeved when a young Swedish member of a traveling international choral group keels over in one of the booths, leaving a suicide note behind claiming a sexual predator, the Reverend Clay Deibert, drove her to it. Now Tory knows Clay is the straightest of straight arrows -- he's also Tory's cousin by marriage -- and she suspects slutty Meg, the only Canadian in the chorus, is responsible for this mess in some way or another. But when a dead body winds up stuffed into Clay's closet, Tory realizes that clearing the reverend might be tougher than finding a sarong in Saskatchewan. Like the Mounties, however, Tory's determined to get her man (or woman) -- unless the murdering he (or she) gets Tory first.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Cozy

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Kathleen Taylor is a freelance knitwear designer and a prolific writer. She is the author of the popular book Knit One, Felt Too, and her knitting designs have appeared in more than 50 different magazines. She lives in Redfield, South Dakota.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this series. I do. I absolutely recommend it to anyone who loves small town mysteries with colorful characters. Kathleen Taylor does a great job of writing mysteries. She leaves clues in perfect places so that when you look back you can find it and keeps you involved. The characters have been involved in all the books and you feel like you know them.

However, I wouldn't recommend them all in a row or too quickly. For me, the insistent pace gets a little old. Nothing happens, but four things will happen all at once and they all REQUIRE Tory (our intrepid hero) needs to be at all four things.

I also don't like how everyone says horrible things to her and she just takes it. They all seem to need her to fix everything, but with rude remarks as well.

So, a good series, but not one to read too fast.

[Nina Tolka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've put off reading this book because I knew it was the very last one in the series. Well, it didn't disappoint me. It was just as good as the previous books.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the finale of an excellent series, funny, interesting and well done. The characters are each individual and unique and make a good ensemble.