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Summary: Funny from cover to cover
Review: The Southern Sisters is one of the best mystery series going. The characters are endearing and funny, particularly sisters Mary Anne and Patricia, aka Mouse. The action is fast paced and the plots wild. I recommend all of the books in the series, they are that good.
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Summary: "Pukey Lukey" is Looking Green....
Review: "Murder Carries a Torch" is Anne George's 7th book in her Southern Sisters Mystery Series. This series is one of the BEST and the funniest.Siblings in their 60's - Patricia Anne (retired schoolteacher, petite, reserved, married for 40 years) and Mary Alice (a foot taller, 250+ lbs, bossy, bold, impulsive, and widow of three husbands) have just returned from visiting Patricia Anne's daughter, Haley, in Warsaw, Poland. Suffering from jet lag, they team up with their first cousin - "Pukey Luke" in this hilarious tale. Luke, a successful businessman and father of U.S. Congressman, will never outlive his nickname, "Pukey Lukey," which he earned due to his propensity as a child for motion sickness in cars. The sisters have never forgiven him for ruining virtually every vacation while they were growing up and Mary Alice NEVER lets him ride in her Jag! While Patricia Anne is out walking Woofer, a distraught Luke shows up at her home. Virginia - his wife of 40 years, has run off with a snake-charming painter/preacher! Mary Alice drops by and the saga is retold. Luke is so upset that Mary Alice must remove her colorful frog-detailed sweatshirt as "Pukey" starts to feel a little queasy when the frogs start hopping with each inhaled breath from Mary Alice! The girls encounter danger, a few murders, and lots of mayhem as usual as they seek to find Virginia. Mary Alice meets possible husband #4 and the results will leave you laughing. This is a series which is great for all ages, but especially for those who are older with children or grandchildren - although I have neither. It is one of the FUNNIEST series that I have ever read and I urge you to buy them all. You will get hooked and the sisterly bantering will remind you of your favorite sibling or relative. The dialogue is PRICELESS and the mystery plots are SUPERB. You will not go wrong with this series!
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Summary: "Pukey Lukey" is Looking Green....
Review: "Murder Carries a Torch" is Anne George's 7th book in her Southern Sisters Mystery Series. This series is one of the BEST and the funniest. Siblings in their 60's - Patricia Anne (retired schoolteacher, petite, reserved, married for 40 years) and Mary Alice (a foot taller, 250+ lbs, bossy, bold, impulsive, and widow of three husbands) have just returned from visiting Patricia Anne's daughter, Haley, in Warsaw, Poland. Suffering from jet lag, they team up with their first cousin - "Pukey Luke" in this hilarious tale. Luke, a successful businessman and father of U.S. Congressman, will never outlive his nickname, "Pukey Lukey," which he earned due to his propensity as a child for motion sickness in cars. The sisters have never forgiven him for ruining virtually every vacation while they were growing up and Mary Alice NEVER lets him ride in her Jag! While Patricia Anne is out walking Woofer, a distraught Luke shows up at her home. Virginia - his wife of 40 years, has run off with a snake-charming painter/preacher! Mary Alice drops by and the saga is retold. Luke is so upset that Mary Alice must remove her colorful frog-detailed sweatshirt as "Pukey" starts to feel a little queasy when the frogs start hopping with each inhaled breath from Mary Alice! The girls encounter danger, a few murders, and lots of mayhem as usual as they seek to find Virginia. Mary Alice meets possible husband #4 and the results will leave you laughing. This is a series which is great for all ages, but especially for those who are older with children or grandchildren - although I have neither. It is one of the FUNNIEST series that I have ever read and I urge you to buy them all. You will get hooked and the sisterly bantering will remind you of your favorite sibling or relative. The dialogue is PRICELESS and the mystery plots are SUPERB. You will not go wrong with this series!
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Summary: Murder Carries a Torch by Anne George
Review: After waiting a year for Anne George's newest book, I was not disappointed. Reading about the Sisters and their latest adventures was like hooking up with best friends again. I laughed till I cried and finished it so quickly that I wonder what I'll do till Ms. George writes another book about Patricia Anne and Mary Alice. As usual, her easy flowing style with dialogue makes you think the Sisters are right there in your own living room telling you their tale. Ms. George is a gem of an author; I can't wait for her next Sisters book!
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Summary: Solid Gold for Mystery Lovers!
Review: Anne George continues to top herself with each Southern Sisters mystery. I became interested in them initially, because I, too, had an Aunt Sister, but the lively plots and characters keep me coming back again and again. There are very few books that make me laugh out loud, but these do and in particular, her latest entry. Patricia Ann and Mary Alice get mixed up with snake-handling holy rollers and all hell breaks loose! I could not put it down and literally read all night. Don't miss this one!
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Summary: A Winner
Review: Anne George has blessed her readers with another splendid Southern Sisters mystery! It's a humorous storyline with two very funny, very down to earth amateur sleuths. The author tells the story from Patricia Anne's point of view, with the occasional third person as well. For those you who have yet to meet this hilarious southern sister duo, I will introduce you. Patricia Anne is also known as Mouse. She could be a Jeopardy contender, loves Wheel of Fortune and has been married 40 years to Fred, who greatly appreciates solid ground when he is back on it, almost to the point of embarrassment for Mary Alice. Then there's Mary Alice, who has her sister carry home something on the plane that shocks and embarrasses Patricia Anne. She is also a member of the Angel Sighting Society, widowed many times, and worried that her "sell by date" is near expiring and needs to get married this year. In their latest whodunit, Patricia Anne, her husband, and Mary Alice are back in Alabama after a trip to Warsaw on a visit. As soon as they return, a relative, who they call Pukey Lukey, calls asking for help. His wife has disappeared and he thinks she ran off with a preacher. The cousins agree to help and this takes them to Chandler Mountain where they meet a variety of characters who are so diverse in personalities that it isn't possible to confuse them. One is a sheriff who seems to cause a personality change in Mary Alice whenever he is near. Once at the church on the mountain, they find a victim. She isn't the one they are looking for, but they are still involved because Luke is seriously attacked during the visit and they have to find out why. Later another victim is found, and now things are looking frightening for Luke's wife. The sisters aren't sure who or what is causing the deaths and near tragic happenings. Did the strange things they use during the unusual church services cause it or is it the Chandler Mountain Booger? That's something I think readers will enjoy finding out as they read Murder Carries a Torch. While the mystery carries on, there is interaction with other members of the family, one being emails between Patricia Anne and her daughter-the grown and married Haley. The interaction blended well with the mystery since it was a relative they were helping, and watching the interaction with other relatives varied from sweet to an absolute hoot. I enjoyed this mystery from page one. The personality and humor of the characters, all of them, are outstanding. The relationship between the sisters is priceless. The main mystery plot may or may not be one of a kind, but how it's written and handle is. Whether or not you're a fan or familiar with the southern sisters, any reader would get their money's worth with this mystery.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Anne George has done it again if you want to read a great book then get this one . I read this book in about five hours I couldnt put it down Sister and Mouse are still rolling with the punches and makeing me roll with laughter, Anne has another hit on her hands ! Also i highly recommend all of the Souther Sister mysteries and her novel This One And Magic Life its great . So for a great read give Anne a try and you will be hooked!!
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Summary: The Sisters Strike again
Review: Anne George has produced yet another priceless adventure of the two sisters from Birmingham. I love the great southern expressions, the food and the humor. You laugh out loud at the perfect turns of phrase, the great characterizations and the wonderful husband-wife relationship.
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Summary: Funny,Funny,Funny
Review: Anne George is the reason why I enjoy mystery. Her books provide intrigue as well as humor. She may be gone, but she will never be forgotten.Murder Carries a Torch is an addition to her journeys through life with Mouse and Sister. I love you Anne George, whereever you are.
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Summary: A Fun cosy
Review: Birmingham, Alabama's Southern Sisters are tired after just returning home from spending two weeks in Warsaw, Poland celebrating the wedding of Patricia Anne's daughter. However, their idyllic breather ends even before it begins when cousin Luke "Puke" Nelson asks for their help. Apparently, Virginia, Luke's wife of forty years, left him for a house painter, Holden "Monk" Crawford. Reluctantly Patricia Anne agrees to accompany her more enthusiast sibling Mary Alice in finding the runaway. Mouse and Sister as Patricia Anne and Mary Alice are more commonly known trace Virginia and Monk to a remote church on Mount Chandler. However, instead of finding the runaways, the Southern Sisters find the corpses of two murdered people, neither being Monk or Virginia. As they continue their inquiries, Sister and the local Sheriff seem stuck on one another. Ultimately, they locate a dead Monk, but they still have not found the missing Virginia. Fans of the series will fully enjoy the seventh cozy in the Southern Sisters series. MURDER CARRIES A TORCH centers more on Mouse's humorous asides with the reader about the excessive behavior of Sister than on detective work. Still, that should not surprise fans of the series, as that is the essence of all the novels. Harriet Klausner
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