Review: Dixie Divas
Dixie Divas
Virginia Brown
Bell Bridge Books, June 2009
ISBN 9780982175651
Trade Paperback
Dixie Divas
Murder in Holly Springs, Mississippi? That’s not exactly a frequent event but, being a small town, Holly Springs has no shortage of scandal and whispering.  Some might say the victim deserved it but, when Eureka “Trinket” Truevine finds the body, it takes a particular kind of grit to serve sweet tea to the police officers sitting in Bitty Hollandale’s parlor. They’re looking into the disappearance of Bitty’s ex-husband, recently re-elected Senator, and Trinket just found him in the coat closet. One teeny little problem–Bitty saw the body somewhere else so how did he get in her coat closet? She and the ex had a very nasty divorce so, of course, she’ll be #1 on the suspect list.
Enter the Dixie Divas, a group of women “over thirty and under a hundred” whose raison d’etre is a love of chocolate and wine. Membership is by invitation only and, since Trinket recently moved back to town after years away and membership is limited to an even dozen, she has to wait her turn and, meanwhile, attend meetings as Bitty’s guest. Men are allowed only if they’re delivering something or are the entertainment and everyone is sworn to secrecy about what goes on at these meetings.
Bitty calls in the Divas and they promptly start by stuffing Philip into Leaf and Garden bags and then haul him to an open vault at the cemetery for temporary storage, somewhat hampered by the need to get the job done before 5:00 when everybody gets off work and someone will be sure to notice a bunch of women carting around a rolled-up carpet. Being ladies, though, they do remember to bring along a tasteful arrangement of dried flowers. When they go back to the cemetery that night, they’re confronted with one more teeny little problem.
Virginia Brown is an award-winning author of many romance novels and her writing experience and talent is evident in this tale of Southern comedy and mayhem. There’s something about Southern fiction that sets it apart (disclaimer: this reviewer is Southern and, therefore, probably somewhat biased) and Brown does it oh-so-well.
Highly recommended.
Reviewed by Lelia Taylor
November 10, 2009
Tags: humor, mystery, Southern Posted in: My Reviews
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