Mourning Shift: A Tory Bauer Mystery

by Kathleen Taylor

Book Overview

Delphi, South Dakota is a dusty little prairie town, the kind people drive through on their way to bigger cities. But as Tory Bauer, middle-aged, widowed, overweight, cranky waitress might say,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038079943X
• ISBN13: 9780380799435
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

More Fun in Delphi, South Dakota

Kathleen Taylor is in fine form with her latest mystery, Mourning Shift. Tory Bauer, widowed, overweight, over forty waitress at the only eating establishment in town, the Delphi Cafe is crankier than usual. It's Halloween, her least favorite holiday, she's dressed as a munchkin from The Wizard of Oz and she's just discovered the dead body of a patron in the cafe bathroom. To make matters worse, he's the long estranged husband of Aphrodite Ferguson, the cafe's owner (no one in town knew she'd ever been married), his daughter and grandson have just arrived at the cafe to meet him and Tory has to give them the bad news. But the day isn't over yet. Within hours, one of the locals is murdered, blown to bits by a car bomb and the two deaths may be connected. When always inquisitive Tory starts looking for answers, secrets start popping up all over town. This is a terrific, fast paced, funny mystery full of great quirky characters. The writing is sharp and witty with dialogue so irreverent and down to earth, you'll find yourself laughing out loud. And though all the clues are there, the mystery has enough twists and turns to keep you off balance and guessing to the surprise ending of the story. So take a trip to South Dakota and join the fun at the Delphi Cafe. You won't be disappointed.

I laughed, I cried, I reserved the new one due in October!

Who knew? Who knew that South Dakota harbored such wise, life-smart folks who roll with life's punches while we roll with laughter. Tory Bauer again flies the flag boldly for the less than perfect, more than ample sexy ladies out there. She manages to do this while waiting tables at a cafe because there is no "over-weight middle-aged career track" in Delphi. She'd like to keep her life nice and simple but with dead bodies in the restroom and secrets being revealed left and right things get pretty complicated. Tory grows a lot in this Taylor outing. She learns some tough lessons, has a little woo-woo help solving the death of someone close to her and finds that not having sex "can be every bit as complicating as getting some". Go Tory.

Excellent Mystery With Plenty Of Laughs

This is the second book in this series that I've read and revisiting these colorful characters is like sinking into a big comfy chair. I like the way Ms. Taylor tells a story...it seems effortless (as it should). A very good mystery with plenty of twists and turns and a very satisfying conclusion. I don't understand why this author isn't getting more attention. She's gone to the top of my list.

Marvelous

In Delphi, SD, nobody's perfect. Nobody (except the librarian) is wealthy. And nobody's drop-dead gorgeous, but you'll love them all. This, the 4th installment in the Tory Bauer mystery series, is a winner.

Better than ever.....

If you are already among the Kathleen Taylor fans, you'll find MOURNING SHIFT even better than her other books. If you're not and you read this one, it'll make you want to go back and read the others. All of her marvelous characters are here. Add the excitement of a Halloween arrival of an attractive stripper and it's one big bang.....with a little woo woo thrown in.Ms. Taylor captures perfectly the imperfect, which is just about everyone in Delphi, South Dakota. Her plots have always been well done and her endings have always left readers with dilemmas. MOURNING SHIFT, however, goes beyond the other books. The plot is thrilling and the ending is superb.Kathleen Taylor continues to write some of the most exciting, thoughtful, and downright funny books one could ever want to read.MOURNING SHIFT is a 10 on a scale of 1 to 5.