Mary Kay Andrews

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Callahan Garrity is the ownerof house mouse, a cleaningservice that tidies up afterAtlanta's elite. She's also aformer cop and a part-timesleuth. She and her coterie ofdevoted helpers can ransack ahouse for clues faster than ittakes a fingerprint to set.

From her time on the Atlanta policeforce, Callahan has excelledat mopping up messes of all kinds. But shehas no idea what she's getting into when sheagrees to work for infamous antiques dealerElliot Littlefield.

The first day on the job, she and her creware on the trail of a stolen Civil War diary.Soon they are tangling with deadly seriouscollectors, right-wing radicals, and impulsiveteenagers, all of which make the case evenmore difficult to solve.

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“Bright and sassy.”

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“Memorable Southern personalities and on-target dialogue lift this appealing whodunit well above the norm.”

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“Well told and absorbing.”

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Mary Kay Andrews brings back cleaning lady and sleuth Callahan Garrity in the whodunit To Live and Die in Dixie.

Former Atlanta police officer Callahan is known for scrubbing all kinds of muck, but she has no idea what she’s getting herself into when she is hired by Elliott Littlefield, a notorious Atlanta antiques dealer.

Right from the start, Callahan’s job turns into a lively quest to find a priceless Civil War diary penned by an infamous madam. Soon Callahan and her team become entangled with a motley group of Civil War collectors, right-wing extremists, and nosy teens, making the case messier and tougher to clean.

The witty Callahan Garrity mysteries by Mary Kay Andrews always entertains and delight.