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Summary: A Trip to the Bathroom - Or A Trip to Jail?
Review: Put in a stock of good wine, seafood and especially chocolate before beginning this highly original culinary/antique/vintage/kitschy cozy. A deliciously wordy dip into a part of the Savannah landscape that Behrendt missed, complete with an antebellum plantation house, an outrageous ex-husband, wonderfully dysFUNctional family issues, and a bit of beefcake. Weezie is a thoroughly wronged ex-wife, with a business in picking treasure from junk piles. Living in the carriage house/garage behind the Savannah townhouse she helped buy and restore (only to be booted out of by her ex- and the home wrecking Caroline). Weezie is managing her life though, until an emergency trip to the bathroom lands her in jail. Accused of breaking and entering as well as a being a suspect for the murder of Caroline. This book rejoices the issues of family, good friends, knowing yourself, helping but not judging and keeping your sense humor - as well a glimpse into a historic city. I found it positively delightful and give it five stars in the beach read category.The mystery does not totally conclude when you close the cover of this book, I'd suggest a dance over to the author's website, where another mystery unfolds.
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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: Entertaining
Review: I loved all the info about Savannah, plantations and of course, the food. The characters with unique and they all had their own funny quirks. BeBe's attitude and way of getting things done was admirable. The only problem I had was with Weezie's attitude with Daniel. It was obviously the guy was in love with her and she didn't treat him very well. Other than that I enjoyed the book.
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Summary: Pure Dee Fun!
Review: I loved, loved, loved this book! Such a fun, light, uplifting and riveting read! The characters were hilarious and very well-developed. In fact, I think I know more than one of those snooty b--ches!!! I enjoyed reading and learning about the intriguing world of antiques...and the murder plot was ingenious. It kept me guessing until the end. A delightful read that I very highly recommend. I'm looking forward to more from this wonderful Southern Belle!!!
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Summary: A WONDERFUL, FUN READ!
Review: This story had everything -- first, it took place in the South, a great place to be. The heroine, Eloise "Weezie" Foley, is a hoot. Then there's her mother's alcoholism and her uncle, a resigned priest who is just coming out of the closet. There's Weezie's jerk ex-husband Ty and his man-eating fiancee. Quite a bit about antiques. We can't forget her new/old hunky boyfriend Daniel. Oh yes, and a dead body and a mystery. It doesn't get any better than this. I love the author's style. There are so many funny lines in this book, it kept me laughing. I wish the author would write a sequel. I would rush to the computer to buy another book about Weezie!
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Summary: Delightful characters
Review: Weezie and Caroline go head to head over a crumbling plantation house. Caroline has big plans to bulldoze the historic building and put up a paper mill. Weezie wants to save the house as a historic landmark--and get her hands on the fabulous, valuable antiques within. One cupboard in particular has caught her eye. If she can score it, she'll make enough profit to open her shop. But Weezie's overzealous interest in the house and an upcoming sale of the contents lands her squarely in the middle of a murder investigation--with the murder weapon in her possession. And in the middle of everything, she's trying to deal with a mother whose drinking problem has hit a crisis point, as well as a formerly-nerdy-boyfriend-turned-hunk who still has the hots for her. This book was so much fun to read. It's been a long time since I could cheer for a heroine as endearing as Weezie. The characters were sharply drawn and so true to live, even as they were exaggerated. Weezie's best friend, Bebe Loudermilk, is a delight, and her uncle, an ex-priest-turned-lawyer coming to terms with his homosexuality, is a wonderful character. Much of the book is told from his point of view, in third person, while the rest is first person from Weezie's viewpoint. It's an odd set-up, but it works. If there was any fault to find in this book, it was that the author went a little gentle with the heroine. Yes, Weezie got herself into terrible fixes, but there were times when she wiggled off the hook a bit too easily. (For example, though she was initially suspected of murder, no one really thought she did it and she was never charged.) Also, the solution to the mystery was less than satisfying. I can't say more than that without giving something away. Still, the book was so thoroughly readable, so engaging, that I didn't really care about the mystery all that much. I just wanted to keep spending time with those delightful characters.
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Summary: Great Mystery book
Review: This book was very good, it was set in South Carolina. The main character, Weezie Foley is an antique dealer and she gets herself wrapped up in mystery of a murder when she is staking out a estate sale. Because she was in the house, peeking at the antiques, they think she did it. I liked that the author talks about the various antiques and the
sales that Weezie goes to during the book to find out who really killed Caroline Santos ( who happens to be the girlfriend of her ex husband). I recommend this book, but I would have like to have read a little better ending, and would have liked the author to
have a "better bang" of an ending.
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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: When Martha met Nancy...................
Review: If Martha Stewart and Nancy Drew were to raise a child it would be Weezie Foley. Is there nothing that this woman can't do? Including travel through time. She is supposed to be 30 (born in 1970) but had a childhood craving for a Princess phone and named her dog after Jethro Tull and Jethro Bodine of the Beverly Hillbillies. I surveyed several young ladies in the early thirties age group and found that the princess style phone was unknown in their teen years. All they knew about Jethro Bodine was to ask, "was there a TV show before the movie about the hillbillies." Jethro Tull apparently did a come back somewhere in the '80s and they all knew them. I suspect that Ms. Andrews, like so many of the "Danielle Steele" genre of writers, writes herself into her characters, AND Ms. Andrews, judging only from her picture on the jacket, was probably a teenager in the '70s NOT a toddler. Additionally, Weezie's mother is characterized early on as not to far past retirement age (mid-sixties we would assume). Later she states that she gave birth to Weezie in her 40's which would make her mid 70's. These women are apparent marvels at staying young! The errors also were a significant distraction. Editing and proofreading never get the credit they are due until they are done poorly. This book isn't a mystery, it isn't a love story, and it isn't challenging enough to keep my attentions.
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Summary: Wonderful . . .
Review: This book was a great drink of water for me. I was sucked in by the atmosphere of Savannah, the antebellum culture, the insider knowledge of the South that only a true Southerner knows, the way the characters have such color and texture you find yourself nodding your head in agreement at something they said or just laughing your head off. The names . . . ooohh, those rich Southern names . . . hysterical. The obsession with classifying things (family, furniture, etc.) "pre-war" or "post-war" (as in, pre-CIVIL-war). . . priceless. The shady characters whose greatest sins are making antique reproductions and selling them as authentic. Ooohhh. Trust me, you'll just drink this up in one gulp.
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