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Summary: Fast, quirky, funny.........wonderful!!!
Review: When Eloise, a struggling anitque picker, divorces her wealthy husband Tal and decides to live in the carriage house behind Tal and his girlfriend, Caroline, you know that the author has a quirky and wonderful story that will unfold page by page!!!
Eloise sneaks into an old home where an estate auction is to be held and is found beside a murdered woman. She has motive and opportunity but claims innocence. While fighting to prove her story she relies on her Uncle who is about to reveal a family secret. On top of all this, Eloise' mother has a problem that will need the entire family to "circle the wagons" and help out.
Mary Kay Andrews brings her delightful sense of humor and a delightful sense of timing to this fun, fast story that deals with some serious issues and yet never takes itself to seriously.
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Summary: The great escape
Review: After 9 years of not reading for fun (after the birth of a challenging child) and with the confirmation that my husband would be overseas with the military for a year I picked up this book with the vow to make time for myself. What fun! I laughed outloud, couldn't wait to find time to read and was disappointed only that the story ended. The test was lively and flowed as if I was engaged in the conversation. Awesome, fun, non-pondering reading. Isn't that what reading for pleasure is all about? I have passed it on to 4 friends. I so enjoyed it that I bought the follow-up in hardback and about choked on the expense of a new hardbook. But I savored it too.
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Summary: It's good but it's not MIDNIGHT
Review: As a recent newcomer to Savannah I read everything I can about the place. This novel is very entertaining. It is especially good about the subculture of Savannah Catholics, something which makes Savannah, Charleston, Mobile, and of course New Orleans different from the rest of the South: the Catholics did not go far inland, fearing being scalped by the Baptist Rednecks! They stayed in the ports and imported their priests and relatives from Ireland (except for New Orleans, of course). They are the reason Savannah is fun and Macon and Augusta are not!But the book is not MIDNIGHT. It is just ok. It is better than the two novels by Dr. William Harris which are about more ordinary, therefore dull, people. (Except for Francis, the Nazi-IRA spy.) But Savannah has enough characters and excentrics for many books. This one is worth reading.
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Summary: GREAT SOUTHERN MYSTERY....
Review: As soon as I had read the first few pages I knew this was going to be a wonderful book.This story is filled with funny quirky characters, great antiques, wonderful food and antebellum houses.////After 10 yrs. of marriage, Eloise's (Weezie) husband Tal left her for another woman named Caroline. Weezie moved into the carriage house in back of the town house that Tal and Carolina now lived in.///Weezie is an antique picker, so wanting to get a head start on an estate sale to be held at "Beaulieu", she and her best friend BeBe decided to camp out at the site of the sale. During the night, Weezie broke into the house to use the bathroom and fell onto a murdered body and became the prime suspect.///Daniel, a boyfriend from long ago has reappeared in her life and they run into many problems that tend to keep them apart.///Weezie's uncle, James, a former catholic priest becomes her lawyer.///A few interesting developments occur to make for a wonderful book from beginning to end.///You won't be disappointed if you read this book.
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Summary: Fun, Funny, and a Great Summer Read
Review: Don't miss this fun and funny glimpse into Savannah life. The characters are charming and the dialog was laugh out loud funny at times. This is a book to read and reread when you need a lift. I was left wanting more and did not want it to end.
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Summary: The Picker, The Chef, and The Junior League
Review: Edgar Best Novel nominee, Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck) delivers the goods in this lighthearted novel of tidy murder, great cooking, and the down and dirty side of the antique business. Not only is "Savannah Blues" living breathing, Savannah, it's a given this story could happen nowhere else. Our heroine, Weezie, wins the prize for most unusual occupation; she is a picker, a trade only known in the antique business. She "finds" items from kitsch to Empire sideboards and sells them to antique dealers. She hits the flea markets, yard and estate sales, and even does a little dumpster diving in the course of a business day. Weezie is a bad-luck divorcee. In the settlement she got the carriage house in the back yard and one-half of the closed garden while her ex got the lovingly restored (by Weezie) historic townhouse. To make her misery complete, the ex has installed the "other woman," the beauteous Susan, in the townhouse and even gave her Weezie's slot in the garage for her jazzy sports car. Weezie is illegally "previewing" an estate sale at a run down plantation in the dead of night, opens a closet and out falls the body of her rival Susan. Weezie is the prime suspect, and her friends rally round: Uncle James, an in-the-closet gay lawyer who was formerly a priest, best friend BeBe (pronounced Bay Bay); Daniel, master chef and incipient lover; and Merijoy, rich, social, dedicated Preservationist and jaw-droppingly efficient young mother. Even the smallest characters are quirky and unexpected. Weezie's highly proper mother starts her day with half-and-half (iced tea and Four Roses). Andrews' dialogue is dead-on Savannah-speak, and I kept thinking the characters from "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil" were going to join the fun at any moment. Weezie has to be the most nonchalant murder suspect in the annals of crime. She assumes (I presume) justice will prevail and goes about her business, obtaining an unusual antique cupboard and shooting herself in the foot in the romance department. This is a romp and a character study; so much so that long stretches go by when no one even thinks about the murder mystery. Andrews pours on too much in the last quarter solving the murder and righting the wrongs to the point the reader is confused. I felt like I had been called in from recess to study for the final. All in all a delightful book. Andrews and Savannah can take a well-deserved curtsy.
-sweetmolly-... Reviewer
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Summary: Murder, Revenge, Divorce and Great Antiques
Review: Eloise "Weezie" Foley is an antique picker in Savannah. She lives in the backyard carriage house, behind the townhouse she and her ex-husband Talmadge Evans III lived in. Now he lives there with his new finacee, Caroline DeSantos. As Weezie is putting her life back together, she goes to Beaulieu plantation to pay her respects to ninety year old Anna Ruby Mullinax who died in her sleep. Weezie is accompanied by her uncle James who is an ex-priest and now an attorney. Weezie was not friends with Mrs. Mullinax. She just wants a peek at the antique treasures they will soon be selling. Weezie's best friend is BeBe. She runs the Gaule restaurant in town. She goes with Weezie to camp out the night before the big sale at Beaulieu to try to help her. Unfortunately Weezie discovers a dead body and becomes the prime suspect for the murder. In the meantime she runs into her hunky ex-boyfriend, Daniel Stipanek. Things get steamy as they reacquaint themselves. Mary Kay Andrews definitely has a hit series. I can't wait to read the next in the series. Weezie is a fabulous character with lots of spunk and reality. You feel everything with her and are constantly cheering for her, too. I think Ms. Andrews must have written romances before. The steamy scenes are so well written and without all the unneeded smut! I applaud her! I especially like the Savannah setting. It is so rich with scenery, and I felt I could see each one. Uncle James is a great character too. Then there is her mother and don't forget Tal, her ex. They are all so well described. The thing I really like is that they don't fall out of character. She keeps them separate and makes them so real. I highly recommend this book and can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: Hilarious!!
Review: Great southern humor with strong women, a kooky family, a sexy boy toy, and not a little intrigue. I was sorry when it ended. Can't wait for another book by this new author. As a southerner, I can always tell when the author isn't from the south. THis author's language is wonderful and her southern "speak" is hilarious without making you gag.
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Summary: WONDERFUL!
Review: Having been a Kathy Hogan Trocheck fan for years, I was thrilled to find this new novel under her pseudonym. The story line was very believable and the characters drew you into the book. Weezie was a delicious protaganist. I found myself rooting for her. I highly recommend this book and hope that "Mary Kay" will bring this character back in another novel. I want to get to know Weezie better!
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Summary: Savannah Snooze
Review: I can't believe so many people actually liked this book. After about 50 pages I couldn't stand all the errors. Who edited this book? I want to send it back to the publisher and demand my money back! This book had me so frustrated that after a while I couldn't concentrate on anything but the errors and really didn't care what happened to the two dementional, unbelievable characters. The premise of the book was good - it could have been a great read if someone else had written it.
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