To Live and Die in Dixie
A Callahan Garrity Mystery
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 26, 2013
“Bright and sassy.” — New York Times Book Review The second entry in the thoroughly original and witty series about Callahan Garrity in which the cleaning lady cum sleuth runs afoul of right-wing radicals and a dangerous collector when she’s hired to find the valuable and controversial diary of a Civil War madam.
- Themes
- Civil War history, Political extremism, Antiques and collecting
- Pacing
- Fast
- Genres
- Cozy Mysteries, Southern Fiction, Women Detectives
Who it’s for
- Readers drawn to sleuths investigating a Civil War-era mystery
- Readers who enjoy witty, lively mystery cases
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“Bright and sassy.” — New York Times Book Review The second entry in the thoroughly original and witty series about Callahan Garrity in which the cleaning lady cum sleuth runs afoul of right-wing radicals and a dangerous collector when she’s hired to find the valuable and controversial diary of a Civil War madam.
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Former Atlanta police officer Callahan is known for scrubbing all kinds of muck, but she has no idea what she’s getting herself into when she is hired by Elliott Littlefield, a notorious Atlanta antiques dealer. Right from the start, Callahan’s job turns into a lively quest to find a priceless Civil War diary penned by an infamous madam. Soon Callahan and her team become entangled with a motley group of Civil War collectors, right-wing extremists, and nosy teens, making the case messier and tougher to clean. The witty Callahan Garrity mysteries always entertain and delight.
Where it sits
| Cozy Mysteries | 90% |
|---|---|
| Southern Fiction | 47% |
| Women Detectives | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Funny Fiction
- Police Procedurals
- Women Detectives
- Contemporary Romance
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- Romantic Comedy
- Suspense
- Crime Fiction
- Women's Fiction
- Authors
- Mary Kay Andrews
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 26, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Civil War history · Political extremism · Antiques and collecting
- Reading lane
- Funny Fiction