Sadie Witt and her sister Jane run Witt’s End Resort in Minnesota. But Witt’s End isn’t your typical resort. Cabin fourteen is always occupied by a few ghosts who have been unable to cross into the light due to unfinished business. Sadie is their death coach and assists them in crossing over. Crossers only have thirty days to cross before their spirits vanish.
Recently, Sadie’s job hit a little close to home: a car accident took the lives of a family dear to the Witt’s, and good friends with Nan (owner of an onsite funeral home) and her son, Aanders. Tim, the son of the family, has become a crosser, desperate to prove that his family’s death wasn’t an accident.
Meanwhile, the Witt sisters risk losing the resort to Carl, the town’s deputy sheriff. Carl believes the Witt property is on his family’s land and therefore belongs to him. Paul, a wealthy businessman, is trying to convince Nan to marry him so he can take over the funeral parlor, which is on the Witt property.
It certainly seems like a lot is going on in this cozy mystery, doesn’t it? However, Solheim does an outstanding job of weaving the many storylines together into one cohesive plot. The characters she has created are so full of depth and detail that they come alive (no pun intended!) on the pages. Sadie is full of spunk and her gaudy outfits just add to her sparkling personality.Jennifer from Mrs. Q: Book Addict compares Sadie to Grandma Mazur from the Stephanie Plum series. At Witt’s End will make you laugh and cry. It’s a delightfully quick read but definitely has a lot wrapped up in it. Outwitted, the second book in the Sadie Witt mystery series, releases in 2011. I can’t wait to get my hands on it! Highly recommended!
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