Blue Blood audiobook

Blue Blood by Susan McBride is a William Morrow publication. This book was provided to me by the publisher and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This book was originally published in 2004 and now available in digital format.Andrea, "Andy" met Molly in college. Andy comes from the affluent Highland Park area in Dallas and Molly was on scholarship. The two girls forged a bond, but Molly's life became complicated when she had an affair, got pregnant and had to leave school. Now working in at a popular restaurant "Jugs", Molly is the target of one of the owners. One night he attacks her and she fends him off, scarcely escaping rape. When her attacker is found murdered, Molly is arrested for murder. She calls her old friend Andy for help.Andy has turned her back on the Junior League lifestyle, much to her mother's dismay. When Andy begins playing detective to help her friend Molly and her son, Cissy gets involved too, but may have an ulterior motive.... like match making with the attorney they hired for Molly.When Andy takes a job at Jugs, she uncovers a hoard of secrets. Another girl had also had an unpleasant experience with the deceased and she just dropped off the face of the earth, and the guard on duty the night of the murder is now in a coma after an attempt on his life. Something just doesn't add up. Toss in a religious group protesting Jugs and their exploitation of women and you get an outrageous murder investigation.Money, sordid affairs, and blackmail round out the sins and crimes surrounding Jugs. While this first book in the Debutante dropout series is a little aged, with references to VCR's, and a few other things we have long since forgotten about, the story is wonderful. A light, chick lit, cozy mystery with laugh out loud moments and just a little bit of romance. For me, part of my pleasure came from recognizing the area the author spoke of. I live a few hours from DFW now, but I am fairly familiar with these areas. I could really imagine the "Cissy" character and I knew the eateries she spoke up and so on. (I'm not Highland Park material, but we know about them due to a high school football rivalry)I am so glad this series is now in digital format. I recommend this book to romance lovers, mystery lovers, and women will enjoy it especially. Overall this one gets an A.

i really love reading this book. its all about friendship. . It's about Andy helping her friend, Molly, whom she didn't have any contact with for many years. Then, many years have passed, (i forgot how many year. sorry.) Molly called Andy and asked her for help, because she was accused of murder. The police thinks that Molly killed her boss, Bud Hartman, in Jugs. But Andy didn't believe that Molly killed Bud, because Molly is a very nice person. When the authority was about to give up on the case because they already thought that they caught the killer, Andy was on undercover. She let herself be hired in Jugs to see who the real killer is.

Andy is a web designer who tries to live within her means and avoid the social complications of her priviledged family in the Park Cities, Dallas' most prestigious area. Her mother, Cissy is determined to draw her back into society. When a friend from school is implicated in a murder, Andy jumps in to help clear her.This is the first of the Debutante Dropout Mysteries and like most cozy mysteries is character driven more than plot driven. I enjoyed the characters, particularly Cissy, who is a classic strong southern woman.

Loved the main character because she wants to do her own thing and not depend on her parents $$$ or reputation. But the book points out loud and clear that if it hadn't been for Andy, her mom and their lawyer looking into the murder of a club owner her friend Molly would have gone to prison because the evidence looked so convincing and she was poor and had no influence. It was a fun read!Hopefully there will be more starring Andy the debutante dropout.

It was not as funny as something Evanovich could whip up in her Plum series, but it was sufficiently witty and i appreciated the mother-daughter dynamics from the perspective of a person who has been there and done that and still faces it partly every day. Hell has no wrath like a mother whos daughter does not want to be what she has planned her to be. But all things considered I kind of thought pearl toting Cissy was quite the softy actually...

A great start to the Debutante Drop-out series. Fast moving, fun, and with a thoroughly likable protagonist in Andy. The characters that needed to be were well-developed, the plot interesting - so the mystery is easily figured out for lack of suspects, but I didn't notice any plot holes! - and overall, the book was just plain good. I'm looking forward to reading the others and am so glad that I have the next one right here. :)4.5 stars

“I really enjoyed this mystery set in Dallas about a young woman bucking the life her mother has planned out for her. She drops everything to come to the aid of a friend who calls her from jail after being accused of killing the owner of the shady restaurant where she worked. Andy decides to to a little undercover sluthing of her own at Jugs, the infamous eatery and the fun kicks into high gear at that point. A funny and fluffy read!”

Andrea "Andy" Kndricks has lost touch with her friend from high school, but she's willing to jump in and clear this friend of killing her boss even if it means going under cover at a questionable restaurant as a waitress. The pacing was uneven, but the characters were good and the book fun.Read my full review at Carstairs Considers.

Great little mystery book that's an easy summer type of read. I love a book that gets you thinking, but maybe I've watched too much Law and Order. Because by the middle of the book I had a really good idea of who did it (I was right of course). Nonetheless, I enjoyed the read and can't wait to read the follow up.

I'm very often drawn to chick-lit for mindless reading I can get through quickly, but very often they're entertaining at the time and quickly forgetten. Maybe it's because I have a soft spot (read: obsession) for Nancy Drew, but I absolutely loved this book! This will absolutely become one of my longterm favorites.

I randomly chose this book based on a "you might like this" suggestion from Barnes & Noble. Super quick read and kept me laughing...Andy is like the Texas version of Stephanie Plum - funny and always in over her head.

a fun read...a frown up Nancy Drew..and takes place in Dallas. Not a lot of books take place in Big D, since i lived there i like that I can picture the streets and places

Cute

Excited to read more of this series!

Enjoyable read with humor and interesting characters.

Started this last night -- easy read, REALLY good mystery -- a true cozy.