A good book. Well written with great characters and a good plot. The storyline flows and the mystery is enjoyable. I highly recommend.,

Dollycas’s Thoughts

Gina Laudermilch is head over heels about her new boyfriend, sharing with best friend, Tallie Graver, he may be the one. Then the man’s wife shows up at her coffee shop to stake her claim and take the man home. But Mr. So Wrong doesn’t back down and still tries to see Gina even though she has threatened to “boil him in a vat of coffee”, he actually shows up at her door with flowers Max gets caught in the crossfire. Then the next day Gina finds the man at the bottom of her staircase dead behind a locked door she also finds herself the prime suspect. Tallie is ready to do anything to clear her friend’s name even going toe to toe with those high on her suspect list and against the police’s warnings to leave the case to them.

I really enjoyed this 2nd installment to this series because there was always something happening and the book had an excellent flow. Tallie’s boyfriend has come for a visit and gets totally involved in everything Tallie does from going to help her clean houses, helping out at the family funeral home, to investigating the murder of Casanova Craig. He truly is a special man and they make a great couple.

Tallie’s family continues to make me laugh. All the recurring characters continue to develop in meaningful ways. Tallie’s father is very serious about his business and its image and her mother butts into Tallie’s life as any normal mother would, okay she does get a little much at times but you have to love her for it. I just wish they would give Tallie a little more leeway and let her come into her own. Hopefully, that will happen soon. A new relationship is blooming between two characters as well that I find delightful even though it was also a complete surprise.

Ms. Simon also introduces some interesting characters for this story and puts them into some unique situations. Turns out Craig is a chronic cheater that opened the door to a vast number of suspects. There were plenty of twists and turns and while I thought I had everything all figured out before the big reveal I was only partially right. There was one last twist I didn’t see coming.

Grounds For Remorse is a well-crafted mystery with characters that are becoming more engaging as the series continues. I am looking forward to the next book in this series, Deceased and Desist is waiting on my To-Be-Read stack.

I enjoyed this one as much as the first. Tallie has the perfect amount of sass! I figured out the killer pretty quick, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying the story.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book, which I voluntarily chose to review.

Great cozy mystery with a fun cast of characters. Humor, mystery, warmth, a beautiful addition to this series.

I have not read the previous book in the series but that did not create any issue with Grounds for Remorse. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the mystery involved. I will definitely read first book but I truly enjoyed this read!

So I hadn't read the first book in this series so I was hoping that I wouldn't feel too lost. I didn't feel lost and I wasn't. I truly enjoyed meeting the characters and I will go back and read the first in this series.It was a quick, light read.

This is the second book in the Tallie Graver Mystery series. I had not read the first book before reading this book. That did not cause a problem other then I wish I knew more about her first marriage and some other small background items that I am sure I missed by not reading the first book. In this story Tallie's best friend, Gina is accused of murder. As soon as she verbally threatened her loser of a boyfriend, I realized Gina was the one who was going to have "Grounds for Remorse." When he is found dead on Gina's property, Tallie and her inquisitive ways have to prove Gina is innocent. The main characters in this story are very likable. We have Tallie who runs a cleaning service and works at her family's funeral home. Her boyfriend, Max aka the Taxinator. Gail, the best friend, and Tallie's family. There are some other characters that are probably making a once and done appearance. I will skip them for this review. Tallie resides in the Harrisburg PA area. Being a PA resident who worked in Harrisburg at one time, I enjoyed this part of the story also. I am looking forward to more from this series and will definitely be going back to read book one so I know what led up to the end of Tallie's marriage and her relationships with Max and Gina. I am giving this cozy with great characters a solid 4-star review.

Grounds for Remorse by Misty Simon
Book #2: Tallie Graver Mystery Series
Source: Netgalley
My Rating: 4/5 stars

Tallie Graver’s best friend, Gina is about as unlucky in love as they come! She thought she had met and dated every loser in the tri-county area, but this latest guy is a special kind of loser! When his wife bursts into Gina’s coffee shop and makes a scene, Gina is certain she’s seen it all. Unfortunately, she hasn’t seen it all and what she sees next will land her in jail and in need of her best friend, Tallie.

In a small town with a limited police force, and with her best friend as the primary suspect, Tallie sees it as her duty to solve the crime at hand. To the sheriff’s continued aggravation and displeasure 😊 It doesn’t Tallie more than a hot minute to figure out the deceased was a rat bastard with at least two wives, a horde of girlfriends, and about as much business sense as a goose. He wasn’t a good person and Tallie isn’t about to let his run of awful continue by seeing Gina in jail for his murder.

As with her first case, Tallie finds herself swimming in questions and suspects. When the murder victim is a rat bastard, there a lot of people who wouldn’t mind seeing him dead. What’s more, with every new bit of evidence Tallie finds the proverbial finger pointing more strongly at Gina. With nothing left to do but dig deeper, Tallie amps up her nosiness and drags her boyfriend, Max along for the ride. Tallie isn’t afraid to ask the hard and/or awkward questions and she certainly isn’t afraid of stirring the pot. Where the police have to follow procedure, Tallie has only her instincts to follow and she will follow those instincts right on into Hell if it means saving Gina.

The Bottom Line: Grounds for Remorse is all kinds of messy from page one! Gina is in big trouble, the sheriff is none too pleased with Tallie’s involvement, and Max the boyfriend is along for the ride. Once again, Tallie just wades into the mess and at every turn she is in another bind or more trouble with the sheriff. In truth, it is Tallie’s interactions with the sheriff that really put this read over the top for me. This relationship is perhaps the funniest and most contentious which makes for a far more enjoyable experience. As with all true cozy mysteries, the plot isn’t too complicated, the big bad isn’t all that surprising, but you just don’t care because the read is so fun. Tallie is a hot mess, boyfriend Max is adorable, the sheriff is at the end of his rope, and read is worth it from start to finish. As this is only the second book in the series, there isn’t a ton of growth in the characters and their lives, but I have a sneaking suspicion big changes are coming in the very near future. 😊

I liked this book but not enough. Maybe I've read too many best friends, with boyfriend troubles, who own a business stories. I found myself not caring what these characters were up to. I also felt as if everything we were supposed to know about the characters was crammed into 2 chapters which was too much at once.

Most people hate funeral homes but this setting proves to be fun. This book is the second installment in the series and I can't wait for the next one. I loved the characters and it was a quick read for me. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for living me to read and review this book. The review is my sole opinion

We all need a friend like Tallie Graver. She's like a pitbull to solve the mystery...this time she needs to clear her friend Gina of a murder rap. Gina met who she thought was Mr Right and he obviously was not...someone else thought the same thing and he ended up dead at the foot of her stairs in her coffee shop. Now Tallie must butt heads and do the opposite of what law enforcement wants her to do which is to keep her nose out of his crime scene. But Katie can't rest until she and her merry band of reluctant helpers (boyfriend, brother, uncle) discover what really happened to Casanova Craig. I received this story in exchange for my honest thoughts.

This is a truly fun read, I enjoy the characters and the setting (funeral home). This is the 2nd in the series and while it doesn't matter if you haven't read the first book, you are missing out. Main character - Tallie Graver, best friend - Gina. Police believe Gina could be the killer (after all she did threaten to kill the guy), Tallie is out to clear her.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.

Grounds for Remorse by Misty Simon is the second book in the Tallie Graver Mystery series. Tallie hopes she is done with murder and can get back to her part-time job at her family's funeral home and her cleaning business. All is not well with her best friend Gina. Gina discovers that her perfect boyfriend is actually married. Her parting words threatening come back to haunt her when he is found dead inside her locked home. Tallie sets out to find the killer and clear Gina's name. The setting and characters are fun. The story features the slightest touch of romance but not so much that it crosses over into a love story rather than a cozy mystery. The mystery was strong. I thought I had it figured out, but I got a surprise at the end. This is a great second book in the series.

A little bit of a slow start, but once it picked up it did not slow down. There were a couple of parts that bordered on risqué for a cozy. The mystery was interesting, although I felt it could have had the motive explained a little better.

Princess Fuzzypants here: Tallie Graver, who lives above her family’s funeral home, was once part of the snobby class. She tries hard to become the decent person she was before she had wealth but it is a hard road back. Often she is her own worst enemy as she gets involved in murder cases but this one is very personal.
Her best friend Gina thought she found Mr. Right. Not only was he Mr. Wrong, he is married, a serial lothario and a reprehensible sod. Perhaps, had he not been found dead at the bottom of Gina’s stairs, she might not have been the prime suspect. It certainly didn’t help that when she discovered his true story, she threatened to kill him in all sorts of graphic ways in front of a shop full of witnesses. The grieving widow, who just happens to want to buy Gina’s business which is not for sale, was the one to “out” him and reveal her presence.
Things are looking grim for Gina and the widow is happily making things even worse, that is until, on the day of his service, the deceased’s heretofore unknown first wife swoops in to pull a similar stunt in front of a crowd of stunned witnesses. If things were not confused before, it is utter chaos afterwards.. Now the fun really begins.
Tallie, who has felt like Rodney Dangerfield with her parents and the law finding fault whatever she does, plods on, winning at least some grudging respect from one unexpected quarter. It is a good mystery with twists upon twists. I did suspect the villains although the reason behind the murder were surprising. I like that.
I am becoming more invested in the series so I am going to give it four and a half purrs and two paws up.

This is the second in the Tallie Graver Mystery series and can be read as a stand alone. I enjoyed the first in series and this book .
Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this advance copy. My opinions are my own.
This is a fun mystery series. Our protagonist is Tallie Graver who is living in an apartment above her families funeral parlor working part time for the family and trying to get her own cleaning business going. Her goal is to be a independent business owner and not work for her family.

Tallie’s best friend, Gina, runs a coffee shop across the street from Graver’s Funeral Home. Gina was about to head out on a date with a man that she thought just might be the one when a woman walks into the shop claiming to be his wife. After Gina runs them off threatening harm to the lying excuse for a man Tallie is of course there for good friend to console her. When the lying cheating husband ends up dead at the bottom of her stairs that night Tallie is taken into custody by the police. Tallie is on the case, sure her friend is innocent and determined to find the right suspect.
Grounds for Remorse is very humorous, has a little romance and a well crafted mystery to be solved. Tallie has a talent for finding suspects and clues. The charcters all add to the story and I look forward to book three of the series with more fun . This was a enjoyable read that I read in one sitting. I highly recommend this cozy series.

Tallie's best friend Gina is on the hook for the murder of the two timing guy she'd been seeing, so it's up to Tallie to prove her innocent. This is the second book in the series, and I hadn't read the first so it took me a bit to "catch up" with the characters. Overall it was a light and fun caper, the perfect summer beach read for any cozy lover.

I had not read Cremains of the Day, book #1, but had no problem reading Grounds. Perhaps if I had read the first book I may have been more invested in the characters, but I found Grounds to only be mildly engaging. It's the day after and I've already forgotten whodunnit.

I didn't find Tallie or her crew of family and friends very interesting, as a group they lacked the chemistry I usually find so appealing in cozies.

The mystery kept me guessing, Tallie was an active investigator and some of the town folk had interesting cameos so I was able to finish the book. Since I have Cremains (which I forgot about before I started Grounds), I will give it a try. Perhaps a more thorough (if there is one) introduction to the characters will add something to the series for me.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Grounds for Remorse by Misty Simon is the 2nd book in A Tallie Graver Mystery series, and another fun book. Tallulah, Tallie, Graver returned home to the family business the Garver Funeral Home, but she also cleans houses since her divorce left her broke. When she finds a dead body and weird things start happening around her, she is determined to get to the bottom. I started this book, I could not stop reading it until I was done. Not only is this book an exciting mystery but also very refreshing and a quick read. If you love fun cozy mysteries, which are my favorite, I recommend this book. 

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

An entertaining and engaging cozy mystery. Laughs and surprises. I am eager to read the next one in this delightful series.