Reviews

To Live and Die in Dixie: A Callahan Garrity Mystery by Mary Kay Andrews

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 ★★★☆☆

mpshain's review against another edition

5.0

As always, MIA never disappoints

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.

missmarketpaperback's review against another edition

4.0

A weird time to read this book. I really like this series and I think this is a great addition to it. I like the teen sidekick (sort of) and the element of the romantic. The fact that confederate enthusiasts and racist characters populate the book leave a bad taste in the mouth, but it’s clear our main characters are not like that.