Dead Man Talking (Pepper Martin Mysteries, No. 5) [Mass Market Paperback]

Casey Daniels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2012

Heiress-turned-cemetery-tour-guide Pepper Martin is not happy to discover that a local reality TV show, Cemetery Survivor, will be filmed at Cleveland's Monroe Street Cemetery-and she has to be a part of it. To make matters worse, the ghost of a wrongly convicted killer needs Pepper's help to clear his name. But digging for the truth could put her in grave danger.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (January 3, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425230740
• ISBN-13: 978-0425230749
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thats My Pepper!!!, October 15, 2009

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S. McCullough "pacey1927" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Man Talking (Pepper Martin Mysteries, No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

"Dead Man Talking" is the fifth Pepper Martin mystery. The series follows an ex-socialite whose family is suddenly in disgrace (her father is actually in jail) and Pepper must work to make a living for herself. She finds herself getting a job in a cemetary. After a konk on the head she can suddenly see and communicate with...tada! Ghosts!. My favorite things about this series to date has been the interactions with Pepper and her ghosts...and the fact that Pepper just has a huge heart. She is very impetuous and doesn't think dangerous things through but she sure does what she does with her own type of flair. I actually wasn't as impressed by the fourth book as I was by the first three and I was more than pleases to see that "Dead Man Talking" had all the great traits as the first three. Plus I could really root for the ghost in this book as well and that was hard to impossible in book four "Night Of the Loving Dead" Here Pepper is faced with a ghost who hasn't been murdered, like most of her previous customers. This man claims he was framed for the murder of his young and pretty co-worker. So that he can rest in peace and so that his wife (who is still alive)can have closure. Complicating (or rather making this story an absolute win!) is a plot that sees Pepper restoring a nearby cemetary in a reality tv show called "Cemetary Survivor". One team is made up of the town's social elite. The other is a group of parolees who have to do the show as part of their parole arrangements. Guess which team Pepper is put in charge of? It is a riot seeing Pepper work with and come to know the group of outcast parolees. I must go ahead and say right here that I hope they show up again in the series from time to time, they were all too great to say goodbye to! The mystery was well done and it isn't immediately known who the murderer is...but the best part of the Pepper series still remains Pepper herself. If you haven't read one of these books before, go ahead and treat yourself!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great entry in a fun series, October 20, 2009

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Trixie Belle (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dead Man Talking (Pepper Martin Mysteries, No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

Casey Daniels is getting more comfortable with her characters and giving them even more dimension. This installment of the series finds Pepper in the midst of a "reality style" television show, where two teams are competing to fix up sections of a dilapidated cemetery. Pepper is hoping to have the "ladies who lunch" on her reality team, but she soon discovers she is to lead a group of recently released convicts. To make matters worse, she is being haunted by a former prison warden who says he was framed for the murder of a young girl. The murder happened over twenty years previously, and the warden wants Pepper to find the real killer so he can rest. Quinn makes another appearance, and there are some surprises to the relationship.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cemetery survivor?!?!?!, March 25, 2010

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Julie Ruth "Book fiend" (Dearborn, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Man Talking (Pepper Martin Mysteries, No. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was another great edition in the Pepper saga. We find Pepper months after the shooting incident, where her shoulder is pretty much healed. Pepper is recruited to help clean up the Monroe Cemetery which has seen better days. Not only is Pepper to clean up the cemetery but she is also supposed to restore it in the process, all while being taped for a reality show: Cemetery Survivor. There are two teams, the first is a group of wealthy socialites and the second team consists or Pepper and ex-cons? Makes for quite a few laughs, and of course mystery. The ghost this time is warden from the local jail who says that he was framed for murder and he wants Pepper to clear his name. Lots of craziness in this one. Quinn and Pepper's relationship progresses and hardly any mention of Dan Callahan! I hope his character returns in the next one. I really think Pepper will end up with Dan, anyways if you have loved the previous books this one does not dissapoint.