Murder Runs in the Family (Southern Sisters Mysteries) [Kindle Edition]

Anne George (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I love Anne George's Books."-- Carol Hart, author "Deathin Lovers' Lane""I do declare. I love these Southern sisters.""-- Orlando Sentinel""George's sunny Southern sisters are like comfort food, as good as grits and almost better than biscuits.""-- Virginian Pilot and Ledger-Star""It's never too late to meet this zany pair of sleuths.""-- Florida Times-Union""Truly delightful, laugh-out-loud fun. I wish Paticia Anne and Mary Alice were my sisters. I'd love to hang out with them."-- Jill Churchill

Product Description

Mary Alice has spared nothing for her only daughter's wedding -- from seventy-five yards of bridal train to gourmet food for over three hundred guests and enough glittering elegance to make Mary Alice think about finding herself a fourth rich husband to pay for it all.

Practical Patricia Anne has put away her aunt-of-the-bride blue chiffon and settled back into domesticity when fun-loving Mary Alice calls to say they have a post-wedding date with a genealogist from the groom's side of the family. Lunch is a fascinating lesson on the hazards of finding dirty linens in ancestral boudoirs that ends abruptly when their guest scurries off with the local judge, leaving the sisters with their mouths open -- and finishing their luncheon companion's cheesecake -- when the police arrive.

Their mysterious guest has taken a plunge from the ninth floor of the courthouse building -- an apparent suicide. But given the scandals a nosy genealogist might have uncovered, the sisters are betting that some proud Southern family is making sure their shameful secrets stay buried. . .along with anyone who tries to dig them up.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 247 KB
• Publisher: HarperCollins e-books; Reissue edition (February 24, 2009)
• Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001TJ2YFU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,613 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Anne George (c.____ - 2001) was the Agatha Award-winning author of the Southern Sisters mystery series which culminate in Murder Boogies with Elvis, publishing in August 2001. Like Patricia Anne, she was a happily married former school teacher living in Birmingham, Alabama. Ms. George was also a former Alabama State Poet and a regular contributor to literary publications. During her lifetime she was nominated for several awards, including the Pulitzer. Being a true lady of the Old South, her date of birth will forever be a mystery.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ALL Sothern Sisters books by Anne George, November 15, 2001

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Susan Ryland (Farmerville, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder Runs in the Family: A Southern Sisters Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

My mother and I have enjoyed these books tremendously. My mother is 59 and mother of three. I am 31 and mother of 2. Mama is so like the sane sister! Her name is even Patricia! We laughed so hard tears came to our eyes. Everyone in the South knows a Mary Alice! I highly reccomend all of the Southern Sisters books. We especially laughed over the fashion no-nos. My grandmother would have said we were common as pig's tracks too if we would have worn white after Labor Day.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Off With Another Gem by Anne George, July 29, 1999

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This review is from: Murder Runs in the Family: A Southern Sisters Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

This third entry in the series is laugh-out-loud wonderful. I have never actually laughed while reading a book before. Yes, of course I've smiled, teared up, been disturbed etc., but I mean Ms. George can really make you laugh. Patricia Anne is a humorous, yet poignant voice. While signing on to review this book today, I couldn't help notice the AOL news about the latest horrible shooting in Atlanta. This made me think of Patricia Anne's simple true comment about the world "being too much with us." I found the book most hysterical when Mary Alice gives her fiction telling a try. Escape the world and the heat by spending some time with these sisters.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Mystery Series You Will Never Forget..., March 31, 2004

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K. A. Stevenson "WIAPilot" (Tucson) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder Runs in the Family: A Southern Sisters Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

"Murder Runs in the Family" is the third book in the eight-book mystery series featuring the "Southern Sisters." Sadly, Anne George passed away in 2001 and it's a shame that readers will no longer have new, witty dialogues. If you have not read this series - I urge you to order them all and read them in sequence. You will not regret it!

In this book, we find the brash, bold, extra-large Mary Alice in preparation for her daughter's first wedding. Deborah is marrying a former student of her Aunt Patricia Anne's who may also be the former father of her twins as he donated sperm to the clinic! It is funny in a good, clean sort of way. It depicts middle-America at its finest.

Mary Alice finds a little romance of her own in "Murder Runs in the Family" as does Patricia Anne's widowed daughter - Haley. Fred and Patricia Anne make you believe in "happily ever after" as they celebrate 40 years of marriage.

Patricia Anne is constantly amazed at the transformations of her former students. In this book, she amazes herself as she delves into a little geneology.

This is a DELIGHTFUL series. I promise you. You will NOT be disappointed.