MOURNING COMMUTE by Sam Cheever

Title:  MOURNING COMMUTE

Series:  Funeral Fakers #2

Author:  Sam Cheever

Publisher:  Sweet Promise Press

Publish Date:   11.09.2018

Category /Genre:  Cozy Mystery

Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Sweet Promise Press (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Mourning Commute

Date completed: 11.11.2018

Description from the publisher:

Restrained Crying: $50
Banshee Wailing: $100
Crying & Rolling on the Ground: $150
Threatening to Jump in the Grave: $250
Uncovering a Murder Mystery: PRICELESS

May Ferth was born with stars in her eyes, but apparently not her future.  Never able to break past the community theater, she’s overjoyed to finally land a role that comes with a paycheck: Professional Mourning for the win!

And in her first performance, she shines as the fake girlfriend of a professional crime scene cleaner.  Unfortunately, this time she shines just a bit too bright.  Now everyone suspects that she might have played more than a bit part in her pretend boyfriend’s death!

Luckily for her, May comes from a family of cops.  And, despite her talent for acting, she has a lot more Detective in her than Diva.  Unluckily, however, the threats become all too real as May gets closer to shining a spotlight on the real villain.

Can May rewrite the ending of this staged play or will this be her final bow?  Find out whodunit in this hilarious mystery series filled with fake tears and a very real body count...  Order your copy and start reading today!

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MOURNING COMMUTE is the second book in the Funeral Fakers series.  This is a multi-author series and each story does stand on its own.

This is a well-paced story with enough humor to balance the unusual job of professional mourner.  The best of the humor comes from the interaction between May and her family of police officers. 

You know what they say, “a little knowledge is dangerous.”  May Belle proves it.  She knows just enough about investigating crimes to get herself into hotter water!  On the other hand, her determination, along with the sweetest little ankle-biting dog, will prove handy in solving the mystery behind Josh’s death.

I loved the story, the action, the mystery, and the dog. 

This was the first book I have read from Sam Cheever and I hope it won’t be my last.  She has a flare for cozy mystery and humor!

Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Funeral Fakers Series:

1.      Mourning Routine (S.E. Babin)

2.      Mourning Commute (Sam Cheever)

3.      Mourning Express (K.M. Waller)

4.      Mourning After (Stephanie Damore)

5.      Mourning Star (Ava Mallory)

6.      Mourning Crisis (Carolyn Ridder Aspenson)

Also from Sam Cheever:

·         Astra Gets a Lump of Coal for Christmas

·         The Biggest Poser

·         Bits ‘n’ Bytes

·         Blue Moon

·         Blue Screened

·         Bump ‘n’ Grind

·         Changeling Encounter:  Incubus Nights

·         Cupid Only Rings Twice

·         Cybele’s Angel

·         Dancing with Tad

·         Deep Dark Desire

·         Del Fantasma:  Fallen Angel

·         The Demon Mate

·         Dented Logic

·         Doing the Baba Yaga (Forever Wicked #7)

·         Dream Lover

·         Elf-Satisfied

·         Encounter:  It Perfect

·         Encounter:  Sleep Depraved

·         A Familiar Problem (Reluctant Familiar Mysteries #2)

·         Familiar Territory

·         For Life

·         Foxed

·         Foxy:  Splintered

·         Guardian

·         Hexually Obsessed

·         Hot ‘n’ Bothered

·         Humpty Bumpkin (Country Cousin Mysteries #1)

·         Moon Burn

·         Namaste, My Love

·         Nocked for a Loop (Naughty Nooners)

·         Purple Prose

·         Riding the Pulse

·         Slow Burner

·         Soul Warrior

·         Splintered

·         ‘Tween Hopeful and Hopeless (Dancin’ with the Devil #4.5)

Alphas of the Blood Series:

1.      Sangui

2.      Mavim

Apocalyptic Series:

1.      Apocalyptic Mojo

2.      Tall, Dark, and Apocalyptic

3.      An Apocalyptic Need

Bedeviled & Beyond Series:

1.      Bedeviled & Beguiled

2.      Bedeviled & Bedazzled

3.      Bedeviled & Beleaguered

4.      Bedeviled & Belittled

5.      Bedeviled & Besmirched

6.      Bedeviled & Befouled

6.5 Bedeviled & Bah Humbug

7.      Bedeviled & Bewildered

Gainfully Employed Mysteries:

1.      Homicidal Holiday

2.      Fatal Assignment

3.      Murderous Craft

4.      Toxic Tech

Gods of Love Series:

1.      Nocked Over

2.      Nocked Asunder

3.      Nocked Senseless

Halloween Love Series:

1.      Bound by Blood

2.      Moon Burn

3.      Blue Moon

4.      Deep Dark Desire

Holidays Are Hell Series:

1.      Devil Under the Mistletoe

2.      Devil May Care

3.      Esther Egg Hunt

4.      Trick or Devil

Honeybun Fever Series:

1.      Shadow of a Honeybun

2.      Honeybun Sheik

3.      Stealth Honeybun

4.      Hell Hath No Honeybun

5.      HoHo Honeybun

Honeybun Heat Series:

1.      A Honeybun and Coffee

2.      Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of a Honeybun

3.      Fast Track to a Honeybun

4.      A Honeybun in Hell

5.      Honeybun in a Loin Cloth

6.      Honeybun at a Dude Ranch

7.      Honeybun on the Run

8.      Honeybun One and Done

9.      Aloha Honeybun

La Fortuna DeVitis Series:

1.      Revealing Nicola

2.      Pursuing Elana

3.      Surviving Gabriella

Miss Chance Meets Miss Fortune Series:

1.      Bayou Bubba

2.      Bubba Dub Dub

3.      Undercover Bubba

Silver Hills Cozy Mysteries:

1.      Flo Charts

2.      Dose Vidanya

2.5 Christmas Grift

3.      Freezer Bernie

4.      Bad Haircut

5.      Naval Gazing

6.      Vlad-Handing

Smart Investigations, Inc Series:

1.      Smart Alex

2.      Street Smart

Yesterday’s Paranormal Mysteries:

1.      Yesterday’s News

2.      Threads of Yesterday

3.      Yesterday’s Ghost

4.      Yesterday’s Lost

5.      Yules of Yesterday

6.      Yesterday’s Tears

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