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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 against another edition
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 against another edition
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
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
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.