Helpful Score: 5
I picked up the Callahan Garrity books after reading Mary Kay Andrews's books. You would never know these were the same authors! The first few were pretty good, I think I read Midnight Clear first, as I couldn't find the books in order. After a while, things started to get a little redundant, especially her lack of ability to commit to Mac. Not that I am against a little feminism, but to drag on and on just got a little old. Still, a good series to read!
Lorrie M. (ilovedale3) reviewed To Live and Die in Dixie (Callahan Garrity, Bk 2) on + 524 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Another winner in the Callahan Garrity series!
When Callahan's House Mouse cleaning team goes in to clean up the estate of an infamous antiques dealer (who was suspected of murdering a young girl in the 1960's), they get more than they expected when they find a dead young woman in one of the bedrooms. Is history repeating itself or is the antiques dealer being framed?
Great story! I love these characters and the plot was good. Lots of "bad guys" in this one!
When Callahan's House Mouse cleaning team goes in to clean up the estate of an infamous antiques dealer (who was suspected of murdering a young girl in the 1960's), they get more than they expected when they find a dead young woman in one of the bedrooms. Is history repeating itself or is the antiques dealer being framed?
Great story! I love these characters and the plot was good. Lots of "bad guys" in this one!
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Helpful Score: 3
Title: To Live and Die in Dixie
Author: Kathy Hogan Trocheck
ISBN: 0061091715/Harper
Protagonist: Callahan Garrity, ex-cop now owner of the cleaning service House Mouse
Setting: present-day Atlanta, Georgia
Series: #2
Rating: B
First Line: The lump under the sheet stirred, ever so slightly.
Things are looking up for Callahan. She's got someone to keep her warm at night, House Mouse is running smoothly, and her health is good. Things are looking up...until she agrees to clean Eagle's Keep, an old Victorian mansion owned by one of the more obnoxious citizens of Atlanta. When she and her team show up to clean, they not only find three stories of mess and clutter, they find a body. Callahan decides to be good and leave the police to take care of the murder, but Elliott Littlefield, the owner of Eagle's Keep, hires her to find a priceless Civil War diary that was stolen when the murder occurred. Callahan does her best, but it's not easy to track down stolen goods when the murdered girl's sister decides to tag along.
This is one of the few cozy mystery series that has been able to hold my attention lately, and it's due to the characters. Callahan is smart, funny, and she doesn't go off half-cocked and take stupid chances. Her mother is cranky, but not to the point where I want to stuff a sock in her mouth, and the House Mouse cleaning crew is a cast of characters all by its lonesome. Trocheck throws in plenty of reasonable red herrings that kept me scratching my head until I'd read about three-quarters of the book. This is definitely one cozy series that I'll continue reading.
Author: Kathy Hogan Trocheck
ISBN: 0061091715/Harper
Protagonist: Callahan Garrity, ex-cop now owner of the cleaning service House Mouse
Setting: present-day Atlanta, Georgia
Series: #2
Rating: B
First Line: The lump under the sheet stirred, ever so slightly.
Things are looking up for Callahan. She's got someone to keep her warm at night, House Mouse is running smoothly, and her health is good. Things are looking up...until she agrees to clean Eagle's Keep, an old Victorian mansion owned by one of the more obnoxious citizens of Atlanta. When she and her team show up to clean, they not only find three stories of mess and clutter, they find a body. Callahan decides to be good and leave the police to take care of the murder, but Elliott Littlefield, the owner of Eagle's Keep, hires her to find a priceless Civil War diary that was stolen when the murder occurred. Callahan does her best, but it's not easy to track down stolen goods when the murdered girl's sister decides to tag along.
This is one of the few cozy mystery series that has been able to hold my attention lately, and it's due to the characters. Callahan is smart, funny, and she doesn't go off half-cocked and take stupid chances. Her mother is cranky, but not to the point where I want to stuff a sock in her mouth, and the House Mouse cleaning crew is a cast of characters all by its lonesome. Trocheck throws in plenty of reasonable red herrings that kept me scratching my head until I'd read about three-quarters of the book. This is definitely one cozy series that I'll continue reading.
Summer B. (Summer6ft) reviewed To Live and Die in Dixie (Callahan Garrity, Bk 2) on + 77 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
#2 of 8. Liked it even better than the first. Stumbled on this series after reading her Mary Kay Andrews books and now can't put them down. Will be posting them all as quick as I can read them.
Kathy B. (MsLuLu) reviewed To Live and Die in Dixie (Callahan Garrity, Bk 2) on + 158 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
"Callahan is a fully developed character with a bite who adds sparkle to the female-detective scene." Murder ad Lib
"Bouncing...endearing" The New York Times Book Review
"Bouncing...endearing" The New York Times Book Review
