Wheeler-Dealer
by Rita Moreau
GENRE: Cozy mystery
PUBLICATION DATE: 04/08/2021
DESCRIPTION:
Solving a murder might raise her spirits. But will it spring her spectral friend from Purgatory?
Traded by her husband for a busty bimbo the same age as their youngest daughter, feisty 60-something Mabel Gold rejects the retirement community and heads west in a vintage camper. But the RV comes with a ghost who needs a good deed to get into Heaven, and solving a homicide case at their first stop in Savannah could give them both a new lease on life.
Determined to dig up the dirt on the dead wheeler-dealer, Mabel and her companion tackle the crime. But with suspects like two rich dudes from Dubai, a Willie Nelson lookalike mobster, and a widow nicknamed The Barracuda, conjuring the truth could take a miracle.
Can Mabel catch the killer before she’s the next soul crashing the Pearly Gates?
Wheeler-Dealer is the high-spirited first book in the Ghost & the Camper kooky mystery series. If you like golden-girl sleuths, zany characters and sardonic humor, you’ll love this witty whodunit.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A workaholic by nature, Rita Moreau, upon retirement, began to work on her bucket list by writing a book. Traveling the national parks with her husband George in a vintage Bluebird motorhome, Rita completed her first novel Bribing Saint Anthony. Back home, she was having so much fun that she completed four more novels in the Mary Catherine Mahoney mystery series. When the pandemic hit, Rita decided to put this time to good use and wrote the first two novels in a new Ghost & the Camper Kooky mystery series. She kept going and has added five more to this wacky series.
Rita lived in a postcard called Florida where George, the love of her life, always had fun telling everyone he’s the author’s husband. He was her lightning rod. Rita lost George in December 2021. She honors his memory daily. He lived life to the fullest. When not writing, she joins PatZi Gil on the Joy on Paper radio program with Book Buzz Mysteries, or teaches group fitness classes and walks the beach.
REVIEWS:
"Fun read that kept me guessing. Sixty-something-year-old heads out on a tour with friends and her haunted trailer..." –Amazon Reviewer
"The author has created an interesting and unique plot to go with an imaginative group of characters, making this hard to put down." –Amazon Reviewer
"Lots of action and crazy things going on. If you are interested in a little fun, read this book." –Amazon Reviewer
"Cozy mystery featuring likable characters and new twists on ghosts. Good character development with issues you can connect and relate to." –Amazon Reviewer
"Quirky characters and plot. Well written story and certainly a page turner." –Amazon Reviewer
COMPARATIVE FILM/BOOK:
The Addams Family
CASTING:
Lili - Octavia Spencer; Mabel - Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis; Irma – Geena Davis, Annette O’Toole
PRIMARY VENUES/LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BOOK:
Fish Camp and Boca Vista – fictional towns on the east coast of Florida. Fish Camp is like a small Nashville, and Boca Vista is like a small Palm Beach.