Murder Shoots the Bull: A Southern Sisters Mystery

Anne George is one of my favorite authors. The Southern Sisters are hilarious. Patricia Anne, the skinny retired teacher, once again teams up with her sister Mary Alice, the widowed three times sister to solve a murder. In this story there is a complicated cast of characters that Anne George manages to gather together in a murder mystery. The long time next door neighbor is under suspicion for murder and their house burns down. Throughout all of this the sisters manage to join an investment club, solve the murder, and deal with a daughter in law who moves in. In the end, everything turns out just fine.I laughed out loud at Mary Alice's story of what happened of Ruffner MountainEnjoy.

That is exactly what happened when I read a particular paragraph in the book about the funeral of the woman Mitzi's husband is accused of killing. I have read all of Anne's books, and although it is difficult to choose, I think Murder Shoots the Bull is my favourite. It is rare that I buy a hardcover, but I take exception with the Southern Sisters mysteries. I love the 'girls' and the talent of their creator, Anne George. I love a good light hearted mystery, and it doesn't hurt that I actually learn something in each of them...be it about folk art or endangered animals. In this one, I learned it's not a good idea to be entomed on a windy day! Thanks Anne, for another great book.

These sisters keep you laughing, make you think and truly make you miss your sister or wish you had one. This book just keeps you looking for the next one---and makes you re-read the others while you wait. The best gift I've given my friends, according to them, was an introduction to this series of books

I have read and re-read both Stout and Wodehouse. I agree with Wodehouse about the true test of a book is its re-readability (Is there such a word? I, like Patricia Anne, have taught English much too long.) and whenever I need a laugh I read one of George's books again, generally the first two in the series. These books have fast-paced plots, funny observations about life, and if you are southern, or if you have a sister, absolutely on target as far as characterization goes. I am always sorry when I come to the end of one, and simply can not wait for another to come out. I pay Ms. George the supreme compliment of buying her books in hard back, which is a compliment indeed, since I own well over 2000 books and room is limited in my home. There are few authors that rate having their books kept in hard back in my house, so possibly one can judge from this how much I hold her work in esteem. I like this book better than her previous one, and feel that it is indeed holding up to the standard of writing she set in the first three.I can not call Mary Alice predatory. Mary Alice is a true free spirit who enjoys life and all it has to offer, both good and bad, with a verve that I envy. I think her approach to life is certainly seen in this book. Please give this series a try! I feel that many of you who have a sense of humor would truly love the books.I know that I have not given this book justice in this review, but feel that we all owe ourselves a treat now and then. Let this be one of your personal treats.

The ol' gals are at it again! Sweetly Southern and sassy, mystery-solving sisters Mary Alice and Patricia Anne have a good puzzler in their target sights and they are determined to hit a bulls-eye with this one. Alabama author Anne George returns to treat her readers with the hilarious sixth installment of the zany Southern Sisters mysteries, "Murder Shoots The Bull.As a frequent visitor to the Birmingham, Alabama area, where the Southern Sisters' mysteries are set, I find the local references to charming, it's just like a trip back home.This delightful book is no less charming and entertaining than its predecesors, and should guarantee that the "sixty-something sisters with attitude" are sure to be around for a long time to come.