Murder Carries a Torch (Southern Sisters Series #7) » (Reprint)

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.

Those laughable, lovable Southern Sisters, sensible Patricia Ann and her off-the-wall sibling, Mary Alice, are just back from vacation in time to be greeted by cousin Pukey Lukey, who's in a terrible state. His wife of 40 years has run off with a housepainter/preacher and he's begging the sisters to help him chase down the pair. But when the three start snooping around the sacred grounds at the top of Mount Chandler, they find a dead body. Mary Alice and Patricia Anne have plenty of questions to ask, including how Luke's still-missing wife fits into the picture—and who tossed a live rattlesnake intot he sisters' very own car.

About the Author:

Anne George is the Agatha Award-winning author of six previous Southern Sisters mysteries. She lives outside Birmingham, AL.

Romantic Times - Toby Bromberg

Those sixtyish southern sisters Patricia Anne and Mary Alice get a call from their cousin Luke, who s in despair, for his wife Virginia has run off with a preacher.

The sisters go with Luke to the church of Virginia s "beloved." When Luke doesn t come out, the sisters go in to find him unconscious near a dead woman on a pew. There s no sign of Virginia.

The woman s death does allow Mary Alice to meet Sheriff Virgil Stuckey. (She thinks he looks like Cary Grant, everyone else says Willard Scott.) Then Virginia s car is discovered with another corpse in it, but still no Virginia.

Reading about these southern sisters is like a visit with old friends If you have never had the pleasure of meeting them, Murder Carries A Torch makes for an excellent starting point.