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(More customer reviews)If you have not already read Kathleen Taylor's Tory Bauer mysteries, you've missed some sprightly good times. Not to worry, though. As it turns out, FUNERAL FOOD, her latest book published by Avon is actually the *first* in the series. It was originally published in a very small edition as THE MISSIONARY POSITION and was tied up with legalities. Avon, knowing they had something good, went ahead and published two other books in the series, SEX AND SALMONELLA and HOTEL SOUTH DAKOTA. Now, the legal issues out of the way, Avon offers us the prequel. Tory Bauer is a widowed, mature, Rubenesque waitress in Delphi, South Dakota's only cafe. She lives in a trailer with her ex-husband's lusty cousin, Del, and Del's teen-age son, Presley. Delphi is filled with memorable characters we like because of or despite their respective eccentricities. Working as a waitress and living in Delphi are uneventful until Tory finds a young Mormon, new to the community, in.....you got it.....the missionary position.....that is, "flat-out, stone cold dead." In trying to understand why anyone would kill the young missionary, Tory discovers many things about herself, about those she loves, and her neighbors. The ending is, well, a Kathleen Taylor ending. You don't stop thinking about this book when it's finished. You want to read the other two.....again, if you've already read them. Kathleen Taylor's terrific good humor, careful characterizations, and interesting plots place her among the best of the new mystery writers. She leaves you with a charming turn-of-phrase here, a delightful metaphor there, and many, many laughs along the way. Harry Barnard
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