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mhbloss's review against another edition
4.0
More fun, fun, fun. Light and breezy, but not stupid. Solid storyline and decent character development--KHT/MKA clearly gained writing skill between the first Garrity book and this one. I'm keen to see where the series leads.
dontmissythesereads's review against another edition
3.0
Book #6 read in 2006
This is a cute series. However, Callahan sometimes gets on my nerves. One minute she is so sweet and the next she's offensive. I wonder if that's the author's intention. I will continue with this series in the future.
This is a cute series. However, Callahan sometimes gets on my nerves. One minute she is so sweet and the next she's offensive. I wonder if that's the author's intention. I will continue with this series in the future.
prgchrqltma's review against another edition
4.0
As entertaining as I remember the first book being. I read that in the early 1990s, when my grandmother and her sister kept giggling about it and telling me - a grown married woman - I couldn't read it, because of the sex and language.
gracelozier's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lohn's review
3.0
Listened to as an audiobook on Libby.
Series Rating: (2.9 ⭐️ average)
1. Every Crooked Nanny ★★☆☆☆
2. To Live & Die in Dixie ★★★☆☆
3. Homemade Sin ★★★☆☆
4. Happy Never After ★★☆☆☆
5. Heart Trouble ★★★☆☆
6. Strange Brew ★★★☆☆
7. Midnight Clear ★★★★★
8. Irish Eyes ★★☆☆☆
Fatal Fruitcake: A Christmas Short Story ★★★★☆
Killer Fudge: Short Story ★★☆☆☆
The Family Jewels: Short Story ★★★☆☆
Series Rating: (2.9 ⭐️ average)
1. Every Crooked Nanny ★★☆☆☆
2. To Live & Die in Dixie ★★★☆☆
3. Homemade Sin ★★★☆☆
4. Happy Never After ★★☆☆☆
5. Heart Trouble ★★★☆☆
6. Strange Brew ★★★☆☆
7. Midnight Clear ★★★★★
8. Irish Eyes ★★☆☆☆
Fatal Fruitcake: A Christmas Short Story ★★★★☆
Killer Fudge: Short Story ★★☆☆☆
The Family Jewels: Short Story ★★★☆☆
alyssaj1981's review against another edition
4.0
These are cute little mysteries and quick reads. They are doubly amusing because they were written in the 90's so it's land lines and pay phones. Also, a side story line is the main character dealing with breast cancer and she gets into a clinical trial for tamoxifen which is one of the big drugs now a days so working in cancer diagnostics I'm finding it fascinating that it is making it's appearance in a novel written in the 90s.
tanaise's review against another edition
4.0
it's an interesting experience, reading mysteries set in 1992/ish. This book and the previous one both brush upon the idea of racism, but they do so from a time and place that is alien to me, and I think less concerned with equality than now. likewise, this book's subplot deals with a girl who has bulimia, but seems to assume less familiarity with the topic than I think people have now.