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Summary: Smart Girls Talk
Review: It's been a long time since Jimmy Carter's sixtyish mom joined the Peace Corps - and not a whole lot of role models have taken her place. "Murder on a Girls Night Out" presents an authentic, rare and funny depiction of two sixtyish sisters: Patricia Ann, the conservative and married one, and Mary Alice, single but going on her nth husband, who share in solving a murder at the country and western joint recently purchased by Mary Alice. The plot could use more pre-climax development, but the characters are real and wonderful. Worth reading, especially if you're getting older and could use a refreshed outlook
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Summary: Fun Debut Novel
Review: Mary Alice (Sister) is excited when she bursts in on her sister Patricia Anne (Mouse) to announce that she's bought the Skoot 'n' Boot, a local dance bar she's been enjoying going to. But her excitement turns to horror the next day when the previous owner is found murdered in the establishment. Vowing to stay out of it, Mouse keeps getting drawn in by various people, including one of her former students. Things get personal when the killer starts making threats. Will these sisters be able to figure things out?This is a fun, cozy book. The pace is slow and steady with plenty of time given to the sister's antics, yet I never got bored with the storyline. I often found myself chuckling at a line or scene, and a couple times laughed out loud. The two sisters are very different, but what could have been caricature was capably turned into character development by the author. The rest of the characters filled their rolls quite well. I'm looking forward to getting to know these sisters and their family and friends better over the course of the series. This is a fun debut that promises great things in the books to come.
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Summary: Murder Made Fun.....
Review: Meet Birmingham's sixty something southern sisters...that's big (250 pounds of woman), flamboyant, three times widowed, Mary Alice (Sister) and her petite and proper, retired English teacher sister, Patricia Anne (Mouse). All the trouble started when Mary Alice decided, on the spur of the moment to buy a country western bar, the Skoot 'n' Boot, because she and her main squeeze of late, have been into line dancing and the Skoot's the place to be. Patricia Anne thinks her sister has lost her mind, but has to admit the joint has appeal and real possibilities. That is, until the former owner is found murdered and hanging in the establishment's wishing well and the Skoot is completely ransacked. Now, as their curiousity gets the better of them, they're drawn into the case and these two aging belles aren't stopping until they get some answers..... Anne George has written a lighthearted mystery full of southern charm and humor. Her writing is crisp, with a talented ear for dialogue, her plot, entertaining and her scenes, true to life and laugh out loud funny. But it's Ms George's wonderfully quirky and engaging characters that make this novel stand out and once you've met the southern sisters and company, you'll be hooked, for sure. This is the debut of a terrific series that just gets better with each installment. So, travel to Birmingham, meet the ladies, dive right in and read them all. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: What A Terrific Thriller
Review: Murder on a Girl's Night Out, is a wonderful mystery full of suspense and thriller. Anne George, the author of Murder on a Girl's Night Out did a fantastic job on making Patricia Anne and Mary Alice the main characters come alive. Patricia Anne and Mary Alice come upon the murder of ED, the former owner of Mary Alice's new bar the Skoot'n'Boot. Ed is found murdered and hanging from the ceiling of the old bar. Mary Alice and Patricia Anne take it upon their selves to find Ed's murder. These two sister detectives also call upon their daughters Debbie (Mary Alice's daughter) and Haley (Patricia Anne's daughter) to prove the innocence of the murder suspect. Mary Alice and Patricia Anne are both independent women in their early 60's that have two completely different personalities. This novel is one out of the many A Southern Sisters Mystery series. Each novel is full of different murders and suspicions, and they also include the amazing characters of Patricia Anne and Mary Alice.
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Summary: Bend over double and laugh out loud
Review: Murder On A Girls Night Out is another hilarious work of the great southern writer, Anne George. I can relate to her descriptions of Birmingham and the surrounding area, an excellent read! The author is an inspiration to all of "us" southern authors. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Summary: Sibling rivalry of the most humorous kind.
Review: Never have two sisters been such polar opposites and never have two been so amusing when solving murders of every kind. In this episode of the "Southern Sisters", Mary Alice's plans for starting a new business are turned around when a dead body is discovered at the Scoot 'N Boot country western bar. Undaunted,she teams with her sister to solve the murder. Laugh a minute, and a quick read.
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Summary: A Hilarious Mystery!
Review: Patricia Anne "Mouse" thinks her sister, Mary Alice "Sister" is crazy for buying the Skoot 'n Boot country western bar. Just because Sister and her current boyfriend like going line dancing there doesn't mean that it will be a sure-fire moneymaker, but, as always, Sister leaps before she looks. Resigned to going along with Sister's latest crazed venture, Patricia Anne lets herself be dragged out to see the big purchase. Patricia Anne is pleasantly surprised at the nice building and country decorations - and the kitchen is amazing! - and starts to think that Sister could really make a go of it. Unfortunately, when they return the next day, they find the previous owner's body stabbed, strangled and dangling in the bar's wishing well. Sheriff Reuse is determined to get to the bottom of the murder and Patricia Anne is all for letting him take care of it, until his prime suspect becomes Henry, one of her best (and favorite) students in all her years of teaching at the local high school. Its true that Henry's life got a little derailed after he graduated and left for college, but Patricia Anne just knows that Henry couldn't have done it. So Patricia Anne, despite her husband Fred's warnings to the contrary, stays involved in Sister's country western bar scheme and starts looking for clues. Along the way, she finds that clues are often found in the places where you least expect to find them - and that even the kindest person can be driven to murder... Murder on a Girl's Night Out is the first in the Southern Sisters mystery series and I have to admit that I laughed out loud several times while reading the book. The characters are absolutely a scream! Patricia Anne is sixty, happily married for 40 years with 3 children, all married, a retired school teacher, prim, proper, dainty and petite. Mary Alice is sixty-five, 250 pounds, a three-time widow who buried all of her husbands next to each other, wealthy, eccentric, and used to getting her own way. It is true that the mystery wasn't that terribly exciting and that the story had a nice, slow pace to it, but the author still gets five stars for her fabulous characters! The interaction between the sisters was the highlight of the book and the supporting characters were all very unique and memorable in their own special ways. If you have a sister you are close to, this book will be just that much more enjoyable, but you don't have to have a sister and you don't have to be old to enjoy this great book! Anyone, young, old, fat, thin, only child or one of twelve will enjoy this funny mystery!
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Summary: A Hilarious Mystery!
Review: Patricia Anne "Mouse" thinks her sister, Mary Alice "Sister" is crazy for buying the Skoot 'n Boot country western bar. Just because Sister and her current boyfriend like going line dancing there doesn't mean that it will be a sure-fire moneymaker, but, as always, Sister leaps before she looks. Resigned to going along with Sister's latest crazed venture, Patricia Anne lets herself be dragged out to see the big purchase. Patricia Anne is pleasantly surprised at the nice building and country decorations - and the kitchen is amazing! - and starts to think that Sister could really make a go of it. Unfortunately, when they return the next day, they find the previous owner's body stabbed, strangled and dangling in the bar's wishing well. Sheriff Reuse is determined to get to the bottom of the murder and Patricia Anne is all for letting him take care of it, until his prime suspect becomes Henry, one of her best (and favorite) students in all her years of teaching at the local high school. Its true that Henry's life got a little derailed after he graduated and left for college, but Patricia Anne just knows that Henry couldn't have done it. So Patricia Anne, despite her husband Fred's warnings to the contrary, stays involved in Sister's country western bar scheme and starts looking for clues. Along the way, she finds that clues are often found in the places where you least expect to find them - and that even the kindest person can be driven to murder... Murder on a Girl's Night Out is the first in the Southern Sisters mystery series and I have to admit that I laughed out loud several times while reading the book. The characters are absolutely a scream! Patricia Anne is sixty, happily married for 40 years with 3 children, all married, a retired school teacher, prim, proper, dainty and petite. Mary Alice is sixty-five, 250 pounds, a three-time widow who buried all of her husbands next to each other, wealthy, eccentric, and used to getting her own way. It is true that the mystery wasn't that terribly exciting and that the story had a nice, slow pace to it, but the author still gets five stars for her fabulous characters! The interaction between the sisters was the highlight of the book and the supporting characters were all very unique and memorable in their own special ways. If you have a sister you are close to, this book will be just that much more enjoyable, but you don't have to have a sister and you don't have to be old to enjoy this great book! Anyone, young, old, fat, thin, only child or one of twelve will enjoy this funny mystery!
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Summary: A Hilarious Mystery!
Review: Patricia Anne "Mouse" thinks her sister, Mary Alice "Sister" is crazy for buying the Skoot 'n Boot country western bar. Just because Sister and her current boyfriend like going line dancing there doesn't mean that it will be a sure-fire moneymaker, but, as always, Sister leaps before she looks. Resigned to going along with Sister's latest crazed venture, Patricia Anne lets herself be dragged out to see the big purchase. Patricia Anne is pleasantly surprised at the nice building and country decorations - and the kitchen is amazing! - and starts to think that Sister could really make a go of it. Unfortunately, when they return the next day, they find the previous owner's body stabbed, strangled and dangling in the bar's wishing well. Sheriff Reuse is determined to get to the bottom of the murder and Patricia Anne is all for letting him take care of it, until his prime suspect becomes Henry, one of her best (and favorite) students in all her years of teaching at the local high school. Its true that Henry's life got a little derailed after he graduated and left for college, but Patricia Anne just knows that Henry couldn't have done it. So Patricia Anne, despite her husband Fred's warnings to the contrary, stays involved in Sister's country western bar scheme and starts looking for clues. Along the way, she finds that clues are often found in the places where you least expect to find them - and that even the kindest person can be driven to murder... Murder on a Girl's Night Out is the first in the Southern Sisters mystery series and I have to admit that I laughed out loud several times while reading the book. The characters are absolutely a scream! Patricia Anne is sixty, happily married for 40 years with 3 children, all married, a retired school teacher, prim, proper, dainty and petite. Mary Alice is sixty-five, 250 pounds, a three-time widow who buried all of her husbands next to each other, wealthy, eccentric, and used to getting her own way. It is true that the mystery wasn't that terribly exciting and that the story had a nice, slow pace to it, but the author still gets five stars for her fabulous characters! The interaction between the sisters was the highlight of the book and the supporting characters were all very unique and memorable in their own special ways. If you have a sister you are close to, this book will be just that much more enjoyable, but you don't have to have a sister and you don't have to be old to enjoy this great book! Anyone, young, old, fat, thin, only child or one of twelve will enjoy this funny mystery!
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Summary: Love those southern gals......
Review: Patricia Anne and Mary Alice are delightful ole southern gals. I'm just so sorry there won't be any more novels by Anne George now that she is gone. There was so much more to find out about the family: did they buy a condo in Destin (I'd sure like one!), Haley's baby, Mary Alice's marriage, Fred's company's merger, did Vulcan ever get his buns covered. Sure hope God is enjoying Anne George in heaven, cause we really miss her here! For those who like southern mysteries, try The Desk by Jonna Turner.
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