| Murder Makes Waves (Southern Sisters Mysteries) | 
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Sales Rank: 61884
Category: Book
Author: Anne George
Publisher: Avon
Studio: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Label: Avon
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0380784505
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780380784509
ASIN: 0380784505
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
Release Date: June 1, 1998
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Those hilarious southern sisters, who prove that sibling rivalry never ends, are heading for a vacation at the beach. Mary Alice's flamboyant behavior aside, serious, sensible Patricia Anne looks forward to relaxing at her sister's beachfront condo in Destin, Florida, so she kisses her ever-loving spouse Fred god-bye, reminds him to water the plants and feed the dog, and the girls head south for some fin in the sun. Mary Alice loses no time in making the acquaintance of just about everyone in sight, so watching the sun go down on the beautiful shores of the Gulf of Mexico is a welcome respite as far as Patricia Anne is concerned. . .until a dead body washes up in the waves and the victim turns out to be one of Mary Alice's newfound friends. With no witnesses t the crime except a few great blue herons, the sisters have no choice but to bypass the clueless police and follow their own instinct to find the killer. Before long they_re on a murky trail of dirty real-estate deals, giant turtle habitats, and a sea of evidence pointing to a mammoth motive for murderer.
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 The sisters solving murders in Florida. January 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the funniest series that you'll find out there, and this fourth book in the series is no exception. In this book we have Patricia Anne and Mary Alice in Florida on a holiday, and lo and behold, murder appears to be following them. Solving this one takes them into the field of shoddy real estate deals on the Florida Panhandle. But never fear. These intrepid sisters can cut their way through all the muddle and come up with the killer. And the reader gets to laugh out loud while they are doing it.
 Death Goes Surfing December 19, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Patricia Anne (Mouse) and Mary Alice (Sister) are a pair of sisters from Birmingham Alabama who have very little in common aside from their bloodlines and a penchant for getting themselves all tangled up in murder investigations. In this, the fourth entry in this series the two sisters decide to spend a week at the beach where Sister (the rich one) has a condo. Mary Alice is going for a writer's conference and Mouse is tagging along because her husband Fred is going to be out of town on business. It just happens that Patricia Anne's widowed daughter Haley has a week off so she ends up going along, as does another lady who just retired from the same school that Mouse retired from. They plan on a nice girl's week out but then the dead bodies start to pile up and everything changes.
Naturally it is the girls who stumble onto the first body and the deceased turns out to be Sister's condo neighbor. In the entries before this one the sisters have tended to get involved in the investigations because a friend of theirs is a chief suspect and that pattern is repeated here. Actually Mouse does most of the investigating because Sister is so caught up in her writing conference that she has little time for snooping. She does use what little time she has to spare well though. Between them, with a little help from Haley, Mouse figures out who did it, which is something of a departure from the norm because the sisters tend to just stumble onto the solution most of the time. The mystery itself also plays a stronger part in this entry than it has in some of the others but despite the author's obvious effort to stay on plot, the fun factor is still very much in play.
The dialogue and interaction between the characters in these books is just indescribably good and the humor abounds. My wife read this book before I did and since she usually retires before I do she kept getting out of bed to come and read passages to me. All the while she was laughing so hard that she had to keep wiping away the tears. For example, there is the story that Sister writes for the conference. It is the tale of a wheelchair repossession man and it includes a scene with a little old lady in her chair chasing the guy down the street and beating him with her walking stick. If you don't think that is funny just keep in mind that Mary Alice wrote it as drama not comedy. I assure you that these two sisters will brighten up the gloomiest of days but I must admit that after reading this book I'm kind of glad that I'm an only child.
-------- Truly "a toddy for the body" -------- June 24, 2006
MURDER MAKES WAVES is another enjoyable and charming story by Anne George. Sisters Mary Alice and Patricia Anne go down to Destin, Florida, for a little get-a-way and stay at Mary Alice's condo. They take along Patricia Anne's daughter Haley and their friend Frances. The group plan to enjoy gorgeous sunsets, walks on the beach and drinks on the patio overlooking the Gulf of Mexico; however, with these two southern sisters, anything can happen and always does. When they discover a body on the beach, their detective instincts can't stop them from finding out what happened and trying to solve the mystery.
This is the fourth book in the Southern Sisters Mystery Series and a fun read. The banter, jokes and sibling rivalry always provide me with some hearty chuckles. Whenever the ladies decide to have a cocktail they refer to it as "a toddy for the body." These are great stories to share with your own sister or best friend.
Touching and Funny May 6, 2006
Mouse and Mary Alice decide to head to the beach; it's an opportunity to get away from it all, a chance to relax, and a chance to spend time with family and friends.
While in Destin, Mary Alice attends a writer's conference. Her story of a wheelchair repo man that is featured throughout the book is both touching and funny.
I very much loved this book, because Anne George managed to weave an excellent mystery in, while simultaneously entertaining us with the antics of Mary Alice and Mouse. The world Anne George creates is a wonderful escape. It's easy to identify with the characters, and laugh with them.
Highly recommended.
Easy-Reading February 28, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the 3rd Southern Sisters Mystery I've read. They're easy, fast and funny murder mysteries, with lots of cute family stories intertwined in the intrigue.
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