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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Seventh “Southern Sisters” mystery in which Mouse and Sister get tangled up with some folks from a religious snake-handling group on Chandler Mountain when their cousin’s wife apparently runs off with a preacher from that church. Luke turns to his cousins for help a few days after she leaves, and of course they stumble upon a dead body while looking for Virginia, Luke’s wife. A couple of days later, the preacher turns up dead in Virginia’s car a few hundred miles away, the victim of massive snake bite. Honestly, how do these ladies manage to find such strange situations to get tangled in? I don’t know, but I love ‘em! Entertaining and fun as always, and Sister is back in form as she find a potential new husband in the person of Virgil Stuckey, Sheriff of the county where the snake-handlers live. I did figure out half the mystery ahead of time, and enjoyed the whole package as always. (  ) Spuddie | Oct 1, 2008 |  Sister and Mouse, the Southern Sisters from Birmingham, are at it again, finding dead bodies where they least expect it. This time, they are looking for their cousin, Pukey Lukey's (so named from an unfortunate case of car sickness when they were all kids) wife of forty one years, Virginia, who has apparently left him for a preacher they hired to paint their house. Their search leads them to a small mountain church where an odd group of snake-handlers meet. Of course, they find a body, this time a beautiful woman with a broken neck, laid out nicely on the front pew, but no Virginia. The mismatched sisters (Mouse -- or Patricia Anne -- is a sensible petite retired English teacher and Sister -- Mary Alice -- is the six feet tall, flamboyant and impulsive three-time widow with dyed hair) are off and running to find Virginia and get the other side of this strange story. When Virginia's car is found in Tennessee with the dead body of the itinerate preacher draped across the front seat, a victim of multiple snake bites, the plot thickens and it becomes obvious that they have to find Virginia while she's still alive. What in the world was she thinking to fall in with a bunch of kooks like these snake-handlers? These two sisters are what my mother always called "as common as cornbread" (which means home folks) and I quickly felt that I'd known these ladies for years. The book is written with humor and not a whole lot of suspense, but it makes for a nice little cozy read and I enjoyed it. I'll give it a 4, since I figured out whodunit before they did. LOL (  ) madamejeanie | Sep 18, 2008 | Mouse and her husband, oh and Sister, have barely gotten back from Poland, when cousin Pukey Lukey enlists their help in finding his wife who has run off with a snake handling, house painting minister. Fighting jet lag, the sisters search for the missing wife turns up a couple of dead bodies and (cring) snakes. I hope you will try this series. It is less about the mystery and more about the wonderfully fun and a bit crazy family. Enjoy (  ) TheLibraryhag | Dec 30, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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Siblings couldn't be more opposite than Anne George's hilarious southern sisters. Flamboyant, much-married Mary Alice, with her empress-sized figure and matching libido, is always on the lookout for her next rich husband, while prim, proper, pint-sized former-schoolteacher Patricia Anne is perfectly happy with her one and only, good old Fred. Yet with the sisters' penchant for stumbling upon dead bodies and matching their wits against the killers, this pair has turned solving murders info an uproariously funny partnership.Murder Carries A Torch
Just back from vacation -- where Patricia Ann spent quality time with her married daughter Holey and Mary Alice spent money on a pair of outrageously sexy hot purple boots -- the sisters are greeted by cousin Pukey Lukey who's in a terrible state. Pukey got his nickname from his childhood addiction to carsickness, but now poor Luke's problem is heartsickness. His wife of forty years, Virginia, has run off with a housepainter/preacher.
Cousin Luke is so miserable the sisters agree to drive to the top of Chandler Mountain in search of Virginia and her newfound man of God. But no sooner do the three start snooping around the deserted grounds when Luke goes into the rundown old church and doesn't come out. Mary Alice and Patricia Anne rush in to investigate, and there's Luke -- on the floor moaning and holding his injured head. Next to him is a pretty young redhead who isn't making a sound. She's dead.
Luke is taken to the hospital; Sheriff Virgil Stuckey is called to investigate; the sisters find out the faithful are into snakehandling -- and the sheriff falls instantly in love With Mary Alice and her purple boots. But all is not heavenly at the Church Of Jesus Is Our Life And Heaven Hereafter. A venomous struggle forsuccessor to the head holy man causes some to suspect the killing is the work of the legendary Chandler Mountain Booger, the region's own version of "Bigfoot." But Mary Alice and Patricia Anne suspect there's a real live murderer on the loose and they have plenty of questions to ask -- including who killed the redhead and bopped Luke, who committed murder-by-snake, how does Luke's still-missing wife fit info the picture -- and who tossed a live rattlesnake into the sisters' very own car?
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