A review by karlabrandenburg
Bubba Done It by Maggie Toussaint

5.0

Don't let the title fool you into believing this is a redneck hick type of book.

Set in Georgia, Baxley Powell is a probably widow trying to raise her daughter without marketable skills. But she does have the gift passed through to her from her father - she can talk to the dead. As a dog walker, landscaper, she freelances with the sheriff (an old would-be boyfriend from high school) when someone is murdered. The hope is that the dead man will tell her who killed him, but "dreamwalking" on the other side isn't quite that cut and dried.

Baxley's impatience to solve the murder intersects with a young girl's disappearance, her daughter's best friend. Along the journey, she discovers her daughter has inherited some sensitivity of her own. And is Baxley's husband really dead? We ride the roller coaster of Baxley's emotions as she struggles to protect her daughter, to keep herself safe, and to cope with the other distractions of everyday life. Filled with suspense, this well written book keeps you guessing all the way to the end which Bubba Done It.