Anne George

A Different Kind of Sister Act Patricia Anne -- "Mouse" -- is respectful, respectable, and demure, a perfect example of genteel Southern womanhood. Mary Alice -- "Sister" -- is big, brassy, flamboyant, and bold. Together they have a knack for finding themselves in the center of some of Birmingham's most unfortunate unpleasantness. Country Western is red hot these days, so overimpulsive Mary Alice thinks it makes perfect sense to buy the Skoot 'n' Boot bar -- since that's where the many-times-divorced "Sister" and her boyfriend du jour like to hang out anyway. Sensible retired schoolteacher Patricia Anne is inclined to disagree -- especially when they find a strangled and stabbed dead body dangling in the pub's wishing well. The sheriff has some questions for Mouse and her sister Sister, who were the last people, besides the murderer, of course, to see the ill-fated victim alive. And they had better come up with some answers soon -- because a killer with unfinished business has begun sending them some mighty threatening messages...

A Southern Sisters Mystery

Murder on a Girls' Night Out

Murder on the Girl's Night Out

Melody Izard

I had always thought these books would be too over the top for me. Too much wallowing around in excessive southernness; too much trying to convince the world that we down here in the south have our own peculiar way of doing things and we always have cornbread and maybe a secret shot of bourbon with everything we do. But Anne George, by golly, is (was, she has passed) indeed a southerner and she knows that she sure as hell doesn't have to exaggerate much to get the message across that southerners ARE different, just not in the way you usually see in the far flung world of TV or Movieville. Craig and I listened to this audiobook on a road trip and we'll listen to more.

Kerri McDonald

This book was okay. I have nothing really in depth to say about, to be honest. Everything was simply... okay. The plot? Meh. The characters? Likable enough, I guess. The ending? Alright, I guess. Just a very middle of the road, alright in a pinch kind of read. Definitely not the worst thing I've ever read, though. Maybe short mysteries just aren't for me *shrugs*

Melissa Palmer

Patricia Anne would swear that either she or her sister Mary Alice were switched at birth, except they were both born at home.Flashy, flirtatious Mary Alice is one foot taller, twice the body weight of Patricia Anne, and three times as likely to do something completely off the wall. But now Mary Alice's impulsive behavior has land them both in the Birmingham jail! It all begins with a call from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, who's starting an investment club -- kind of a Beardstown Ladies group. Patricia Anne is willing to make a small, conservative investment in a thriving chain of HMOs; Mary Alice is hot to trot to put her money on Viagra. But before the club idea gets off the ground, the sisters spot Mitzi's supposedly faithful husband in a chummy little huddle with a redhead -- and the next thing they know, Arthur is accused of murdering the mystery woman. Nothing about the whole sordid story fits the kind, gently Arthur, and Patricia Anne is doing her best to console her good friends. But when their house catches on fire, and Arthur is shot in a place that won't allow him to even sit down at his own murder trial, the sisters know they have to stand up for the poor fellow. And that means checking out everyone -- from low-down cads to highbrow bank presidents -- to find a no good gun-toting arsonist who believes big money is to kill for.

Murder on a Girls' Night Out A Southern Sisters Mystery

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