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Every Crooked Nanny
Written by Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by Hillary Huber
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- HarperAudio
- Released:
- Mar 26, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780062278203
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- Audiobook
Description
Callahan Garrity is the owner of house mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She's also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set.
After ten years of cleaning up Atlanta's streets, former cop Callahan Garrity trades in her badge for a broom and starts a housekeeping business. She's on the job when her client announces that her pretty, nineteen-year-old Mormon nanny has disappeared-along with jewelry, silver, and some sensitive real-estate documents.
Soon Callahan and her crew of eccentric cleaners are involved in a job messier than any they've ever encountered. Illicit love triangles, crooked business deals, long-distance scams- it's going to require some industrial-strength sleuthing on Callahan's part to solve this one.
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Every Crooked Nanny
Written by Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by Hillary Huber
Description
Callahan Garrity is the owner of house mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She's also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set.
After ten years of cleaning up Atlanta's streets, former cop Callahan Garrity trades in her badge for a broom and starts a housekeeping business. She's on the job when her client announces that her pretty, nineteen-year-old Mormon nanny has disappeared-along with jewelry, silver, and some sensitive real-estate documents.
Soon Callahan and her crew of eccentric cleaners are involved in a job messier than any they've ever encountered. Illicit love triangles, crooked business deals, long-distance scams- it's going to require some industrial-strength sleuthing on Callahan's part to solve this one.
- Publisher:
- HarperAudio
- Released:
- Mar 26, 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780062278203
- Format:
- Audiobook
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★ ★ ★ ★
Callahan Garrity, owner House Mouse cleaning service (former Policewoman & P.I.) is called in to clean the house of a former Sorority sister.... Her kids are running amok and the nanny has done a bunk. However, as it turns out the Nanny was sleeping w/ & blackmailing the husband (a crooked real estate developer)... when she suddenly disappears.
When Nanny is found dead wrapped in the furs in cold storage, Husband & Sorority sister do their best to dissuade Callahan to drop the investigation... they harasser her, threaten her, even try to ruin her business.... all to no avail. Add in the mix a disreputable nanny service, a former convict lesbian lover, and over-zealous LDS kid... well there are may possible suspects.
I had read this series years ago when it first came out... and then it just dropped off. I liked the characters, I liked the story it really held my interest.....
If you liked Janet Evanovich's Jersey Stephanie Plum and Lula - you will love this series (instead of Jersey accent you get sweet southern)with the same spunk and humor! Out to get their man!
Also loved the e-book “Killer Fudge” a short story prelude ----- Atlanta private investigator/cleaning business owner Callahan Garrity once again proves her ability to clean up a sticky mess. When the grandson of faithful House Mouse employee Ruby is charged with murdering an an elderly antique dealer, Callahan is called on to investigate. What she discovers is a recipe for homicide. Looking forward to the series!
My reactions
This is a good start to a mystery series. Callahan is a strong central character; her previous experience as a cop and private detective serves her well in this outing. That experience also makes this more than the typical cozy. Yes, we still have a cast of colorful characters in her house-cleaning crew, and her mother, Edna, who is also her business partner and with whom she lives, provides a nice counter balance. I wasn’t quite sure why she persisted in investigating after her client basically told her she was done, and some of the relationships stretched credulity (especially the sudden appearance of a rich in-law for the chief suspect). Still, it was fast paced, entertaining and kept me turning pages. I read it in two days. I’d definitely be up for trying another in the series.