Loved it!!! Would recommend it for readers who like a good laugh, bit of mystery and southern flair!!! Can't wait for the next one...

"You found my philandering ex-husband?" Bitty asked. "Where? Mexico? Paris? In Tupelo with a cocktail waitress?" "In your closet," I answered. "Dead." Break out the hoop skirts and the zinfandel. The Divas are on the case. Wine. Chocolate. Transvestite strippers. Just another good-time get-together for the Dixie Divas of historic Holly Springs, Mississippi, where moonlight and magnolias mingle with delicious smalltown scandal. But Eureka "Trinket" Truevine, the newest Diva, gets more than she bargained for when she finds her best Diva girlfriend Bitty Hollandale's ex-husband in Bitty's hall closet. He's dead. Very dead. Now Trinket and the Divas have to help Bitty finger the murderer and clear her name. Virginia Brown is the nationally acclaimed, award-winning author of fifty novels.

I'm always happy to find a book that includes humor no matter what genre it may be. That's what attracted me to this one. It did get off to a bit of a slow start for me and I'm not exactly sure why. Perhaps I was just anxious to get into the story. Once I met more of the characters the pace picked up.

Trinket has come home after a recent divorce and anticipates a quiet life helping her parents in their family home. But when her friend Bitty is accused of murder, plans change. A group of Bitty's friends who call themselves the Dixie Divas take Trinket into their circle and make it their mission to help find the real killer. Fortunately for me, this isn't an easy task but it is funny. The ladies know how to mix southern charm with kick-butt attitude and of course it leads to trouble. I enjoyed them more than the actual murder mystery.

This was a light read and nice stress reliever during a hectic week. I look forward to the next book in the Dixie Divas Mystery Series.

Thank you to LibraryThing Early Reviewers for a review copy of this book. ( )

I was quite excited to get this book from the Early Reviewers group. Unfortunately, the format -- a bound manuscript just does not work with my reading style these days. It is much too big and cumbersome to handle or carry with me and too big for my reading light so it took 3 weeks to read the first three chapters and that was as far as I could get.

In the first three chapters I was not terribly captured or I would have found a way to make the format work.

I was so excited when I got this ER book. Then I was heart broken when I received the book and it was the wrong one! I finally got the book, and unfortunately it didn't live up to the hype I built for it. The first part of the book kept giving meaningless details and descriptions. It felt that everything had to be explained and detailed, though they didn't necessarily further the plot nor where they just nicely phrased.

The plot was cute, though. This book is kind of like a chick lit mystery. I ended up liking the characters (or at least I didn't dislike them) and it was interesting to see what was going on with whodunit. It was a light read and once the plot revealed the problem, the book really picked up for me. I believe this is going to be a series and I am interested to see if I like the next in the series better since hopefully she'll jump right into the story and not give unnecessary descriptions. However, this did not turn out to be the beginning of a beautiful series for me and while I'd recommend it for a library check-out or a cheap $5 or less book bin, I don't know if I could recommend someone pay more than mass-market paperback prices on it. ( )

I don't think I've given Virginia Brown's Dixie Divas enough of a fair shake to write a full review, but I'll say this: at about twenty pages in, I've struggled mightily to become invested in the characters and story. Like others have mentioned, I have Southern roots, too -- and the dialogue does seem, at many times, over-the-top and trite. Still, I'm not abandoning the novel -- I can see the possibility of it all working out for me as a reader, if only in the very distant distance!

Although I myself am a true Southerner, and although I thought this story was pretty good, I did think the Southern-ness of the book was a little exaggerated at times, and I agree with others when I found the book a little hard to get into. However, it was a pretty entertaining read, and I would recommend it to someone enjoying a light, fun story. ( )

Despite the initial cover mix-up with this book I went in with an open mind but have struggled to read it. The style of the author is one which I haven't found easy to read or follow, the plot line hasn't grabbed me, and the characters thus far are stereotypical caricatures. I suppose it's possible that all my impressions could change as the plot develops, but I don't have the patience to read a book I'm not enjoying. Sorry, but I can't recommend this one. ( )

Dixie Divas is the first in a new cozy mystery series by Virginia Brown. Based in a small town in Mississippi, it follows the adventures of Trinket Truvine and her cousin as they unravel the mystery of murders and disappearing corpses. Although,even as a southerner myself, I found some of the depictions of southern life to be rather stereotypical it was a fun story.

Dixie Divas – a select group of southern women of a certain age – nominated and voted in by current members. By the very nature of the group they are closer than sisters and will do for others things not even a sister is likely to do. Thus is the glue that holds this cozy together.

Trinket, a 50ish divorcee, has returned to home town and begun reuniting with old friend Bitsy. Bitsy is an avid member of the historical society trying to get another house on the annual ‘pilgrimage’(the town tour and reenactment of the War period). Bitsy’s latest ex-husband is found dead in the latest house she is trying to get on the pilgrimage. The fun begins then – bodies moving, bodies missing, rotten potatoes. The Divas are all involved, trying to clear Bitsy of the murder charges – but who actually did the killing. Multiple arrests, many red herrings all lead to a surprising,but satisfying ending.

A nicely written cozy, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader interested. ( )

I won a copy of Dixie Divas through the Early Reviewers program. This is book one of the Dixie Divas Mystery series. Trinket Truehart has returned to her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi to take care of her aging parents. Trinket's cousin Bitty embroils her in a murder mystery when Bitty's ex-husband turns up dead. Bitty is suspect number one and Trinket has to help her prove her innocence and find the real killer. In the meantime Trinket is dealing with parents who are more like horny teenagers than senior citizens, a dog who likes to eat jewelry and a sexy veterinarian.

I found the plot to be pretty slow moving at times. I did however enjoy the quirky southern characters and civil war history that was part of the story. A touch of romance also enhanced the book. It was interesting but I'm not sure I would be interested in reading the next book in the series. ( )

Bittie and Trinket Truevine are cousins and best friends. Trinket lives at home with her "elderly" parents who are more active than many 30 year olds. She is divorced and between jobs. Bittie has been divorced 4 times and has done very well financially with each successive divorce. Bittie is a true "southern belle". She knows exactly how to get what she wants from anyone...especially men...at any time. Right now, she wants General Sanders to agree to put his home on the list for the historical home tour. When she takes a pot of chicken and noodles to the general to coerce him into signing, it is with some surprise that she finds the body of her most recent ex-husband dead on the floor of the general's mansion and the general nowhere to be found. She immediately finds Trinket and takes her to the mansion only to find that the body is gone and all signs of the crime are gone. It is time to call in the rest of the members of the Dixie Divas to help them solve the mystery.

I found this book a little hard to get into, but the farther I got, the better it was. It's lightly entertaining with plenty of humor and plot twists along the way. The characters are fun and it will be interesting to see what happens in the next gook of the series. ( )

I won this book on Early Reviewers and was kind of skeptical about reading this book at first. I usually don't go for this type of book since the main characters are my mother's age and I tend to stick to books with characters more closer to my age (i.e. chick lit books).

I have to say that I was shocked that this book was so well written and amusing. I started this book two days ago and if I didnt have to go to work and other obligations, I would have finished it much sooner. The author's writing style reminds me a lot of Mary Kay Andrews, who is an author that I really enjoy reading. I found this book to be refreshing and that I could really relate to the main characters even though they are much older than I am.

The storyline flowed really well and worked together succesfully. The story focuses on the friendship of Trinket and Bitty, with Trinket being the more cautious and senisble one and Bitty being the more carefree and drama queen of the two. Bitty is accused of her ex-husband's (who is a wily and egotistical senator) murder after his body keeps popping up in the strangest places. With the help of Trinket and the Dixie Divas, Bitty seems to stay calm and keep a cool head even though she is the prime and most logical suspect. With a tendency towards the dramatic and a penchant for saying more than she should, Bitty enlists the help of Trinket and her charming Southern belle manners to figure out just what is going on and how to clear her name of murder.

I noticed of the advance reader's copy that this book is book one of the Dixie Divas Mystery series. I am anxkious for the next book to come out in the series and will be on the look out. If you want an amusing book, one that you will find yourself laughing out loud, and a refreshing read, this is the book for you. ( )

I won this book on Early Reviewers and I was so excited about reading it. It arrived and the cover was correct, but the book inside was Only You. It appears to be a romance novel (shudder). So disappointing :(

I really hate to say this, as I love the publishing house responsible for this title, but I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. I found the book trite, predicable and not well written. Sorry, but that is my review.

What do you get when you bring together a group of menopausal women, Southern determination, magnolia scented nights and a dead body that just won't stay put? You get the book Dixie Diva's,a new series by author Virgina Brown.
Poor Eureka "Trinket" Truevine comes back to her hometown of Holly Springs Mississippi just in time to help her best friend Bitty Hollandale, who just found at this last count - 2 dead bodies. One of which is her dead ex-husband and is found (among other places) in her hall closet.
Now the Diva's have to help clear Bitty's good name and see if Trinket has what it takes to become the next Dixie Diva. .

If you love large doses of Southern History you'll love this new series. ( )

Eureka Truevine has moved back home to the small town of Cherry Hill, Mississippi after the divorcing her husband to care for her mother and father. In Cherry Hill, Eureka can be herself. Everyone there calls her Trinket. Cherry Hill isn’t that far from Holly Springs.

Every April the town of Holly Springs hosts a tour of restored, historical houses. Trinket’s good friend, Bitty Hollandale is the biggest promoter of these tours. She just loves a really good historical home. This is why she plans to do everything she can to get Sherman Sanders to participate in the home tour.

Bitty heads to Mr. Sanders place to try and bride him with some homemade chicken and dumplings. When she gets there, Mr. Sanders is gone and lying on the floor in a pool of blood is her ex-husband. Bitty runs away but instead of going to the police like she should she enlists the help of the Dixie Divas. The Dixie Divas are a group of southern belles, who love to party and eat chocolate. No men are invited unless they are providing the entertainment. The women range from age forty to mid sixties. You can bet though that where the Dixie Divas are involved that mischief and mayhem will follow in their wake.

Dixie Divas is a great start to a brand new series by author Virginia Brown. All of the divas are so much fun. They are the crazy grandmas who love to have fun and who you wished was your grandma. Dixie Divas is southern comedy at its best! So if you have a few extra hours to spare in your schedule, make sure you put it to good use by checking out a copy of this book. I can’t wait to read the next book in this wonderful series. ( )