Dearly Departed

Wonderful thank you

I became very absorbed in this book from the beginning, and took it on vacation knowing that part of the joy of the vacation was to finish it. Unfortunately, I lost the book on the beach! I did stay the entire vacation, but as soon as I came back, ordered the book again so I could find out what happened!The characters were delightful--real, and believable. The plot was engrossing, and kept me up for hours wondering what was going to happen next. Nothing like a good mystery.

Enjoyed this book tremendously. A must read for a mystery.

I am reading this book now and I really like her books. She is a marvelous person and I can understand why God chose her. Thank you.

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.

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!

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

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.