An Angel to Die For — Mignon F. Ballard

Prentice Dobson is plumb out of luck in the big city. To collect her thoughts and mourn her younger sister's recent death, Prentice packs up and heads for her family's small, southern town. But there is no comfort to be found there - the town is aquiver with the news that her uncle Faris's grave has been dug up. And Prentice begins to doubt the circumstances of her sister's death. She needs help, desperately.

Just in the nick of time, in steps baggage-toting, wisecracking guardian angel augusta Goodnight, sent down from heaven for just such emergencies. perhaps the after-life's best angel-sleuth, Augusta is always on call - and ready to apply her down-to-earth crime solving skills to Prentice's puzzle.