A review by sheryls
To Live & Die in Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck

4.0

This is a cute mystery series written by Kathy Hogan Trocheck before she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews which she writes under today. Callahan Garrity is a former Atlanta PD cop who now owns and runs a cleaning service as well as being a private investigator on the side. She has a small, hilarious staff that help her clean houses, and her mother who she lives with also helps with the business. The stories take place in Atlanta and she references real neighborhoods, streets, businesses, people, and landmarks in her books. I don't consider the books in this series to be cozies because of the frequency of bad language and sometimes violence, but they are entertaining stories, similar to Sue Grafton's but with more humor. I have enjoyed both of the books I have read in this series so far.