Funny from cover to cover
Rating:
5 / 5
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.
The best in the series
Rating:
5 / 5
My grandmother wrote this book, so obviously I am a little bit biased, but this is my favorite of the Southern Sisters mysteries. I love the details about the snake handlers in the mountains of Northern Alabama. Not only is it very entertaining, but extremely interesting. Overall, this is a superb read, and one that no one in their right mind would want to miss.
A weak ending but otherwise a great book
Rating:
4 / 5
I'm a fan of the Southern Sisters series, and this was perhaps my fourth book in the series. I liked this one less than others I had read, probably because it was less of a puzzle for the reader to solve than I liked -- too much of the solution lay in things you had no reason to know. Nevertheless, because I have read so much in the genre, I was not surprised when the killer was revealed because there are certain characters in a mystery I keep an eye on based on the way the author portrays them.The plot involves a snake handling church that sisters Patricia Ann and Mary Alice cross paths with in the search for their cousin Luke's wife -- who has disappeared with a house painter who is also a pastor at this church. Mary Alice is as outrageous as ever (and funny), while Patricia Ann is domestic as a plate (we hear about every meal she prepares) and yet gets dragged into a dangerous situation in her search for her cousin's wife. If you like the series, you'll like this book, but if you haven't read any of the series, it would probably be best to start at the beginning. I personally didn't think this was the best in the series but it's well worth reading.
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