A Different Kind of Sister ActPatricia 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 … 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…
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Anne George writes laugh-out-loud murder mysteries. Two sisters could not be more different than Mouse and Sister, and they provide plenty of laughs as they go about solving various murders. “Murder on a Girls’ Night Out” is the first of the Southern Sisters series. It is filled with comedic moments as Patricia Ann aka Mouse and Mary Alice aka …
These are really good because they are cozy, zany and funny…without crossing over to silly. Okay, not every situation is entirely plausible, but the plotting itself is strong and fun. Good stuff!
I got book 1 in the Anne George Southern Sisters mystery series as some kind of special on Audible. I was totally unsure i’d like a book written 24 years ago and set in Birmingham, Alabama about southern sisters in their 60s, but i fell totally in love! After reading all 7 of these completely charming, honestly suspenseful, funny, original, and …
What do you get when you have a disciplined retired school teacher and her much married full of surprises sister? A hilarious mystery that will keep you in stitches and wanting more.
When Patricia Ann is roped into visiting the newly purchased country western bar by her sister Mary Alice, she has no idea that they would get mixed into a wild …
Murder on a Girl’s Night Out by Anne George is a multi-layered mystery with a very strange cast of characters! This is more than a mystery, it’s a study of characters! Each character is so well defined! One of the main characters, the sister to the main character, is so annoying that I am so thankful she is not my sister!
Great plot, dialogue, and …