Every Crooked Nanny audiobook

This started out pretty silly. I listened to the audio version and the southern accents saved it.

I can't understand how someone who was a police officer turns out running a cleaning business but I guess some of us need a different way of life. Callahan had a few day of one disaster after another and to get beat up by Mormons. WTH!!! There was some funny moments and sad ones as well. Then there were those moments that I swear if I were in this story some people would need to get a beat down. LOL I was happy how it all came together in the end.

Mary Kay Andrews, aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck, makes me laugh. Her whimsy gets to me every time. This story begins a private detective series starring the owner, Callahan Garrity, of a housecleaning service call House Mouse. Callahan used to be a cop in Atlanta and situations pull her into trying to find out who murdered the nanny of a sorority sister acquaintance who's married a nouveau riche guy who is almost too smarmy to tolerate. Callahan's mother, Edna is also a character in the tradition of other Southern women whose looks seem to hide how smart they are, until they open their mouths.Callahan's former relationships with different members of the police force add interest to her efforts to solve the mystery, but what is most refreshing is how she uses her crew of house cleaners to dredge up clues that finally enable her to come through in the end, but not before she has to endure a biopsy for a breast lump and Edna is abducted by the murderer. All's well that ends well, however, including the little bonus that it looks like, in future stories, Callahan's love life appears to be looking up. I'll have to read the second book in the series to find out.

I enjoy police procedural & detective novels. Yes, give me all the details of how you solved the crime! Especially when the lead is a semi-tough, big-hearted young woman--ex-sorority girl & ex-cop--with a smart-mouthed mama & many quirky friends. Fun & entertaining.

I was surprised that this was a first novel. I had just read Irish Eyes and had to go back and read the first Callaham Garrity book. I think the library had to search long and hard to find this 1989 novel, but it was worth it. Set it Atlanta, Callahan Garrity owns House Mouse, a cleaning service, but she has been a police detective who quit to set up a detective business, and she can't seem to leave that behind her. When she runs into a Tri-Delt sorority sister through House Mouse whose nanny has just been murdered, the plot quickly thickens as they say. The supposed Mormon religion of the nanny plays a part in the plot, and Trocheck research LSD background thoroughly. Skillfully blended into the mix were city government political maneuvering that keep the reader guessing. I want to read more of Trocheck's Callahan Garrity books.

This is a reissue of the first in a series that Mary Kay Andrews, as Kathy Hogan Trocheck, wrote in the 1990's. So, this female detective does things old school - no cell phones, no GPS. Actually, it made the book even more fun. She writes wonderful characters with great dialouge and all with a Southern twist! The fact that she makes you laugh is just icing on the cake! Light, fun reading perfect for a bit of an escape.

A fun read. It’s challenging now to read books when you want to shout use your cell phone knowing the book was written when cell phones weren’t that common.

What a creative cover. Cleaning ladies who also work as private detectives. Who better to snoop through people's homes than the people who are let in willingly? A simple disappearance of a nanny unearths a nanny robbery team, a fanatic Mormon cult enthusiast, a realty scam, and more. It was quite a fun book and the characters were very likeable. I really like that Callahan and her mother are a team. I am looking forward to continuing the rest of the series.

cute!

It was interesting read. Use caution if you don't like foul language. But several areas were funny enough to have me laughing out loud.

Quick, fun read.

Standard cozy mystery with, thankfully, little emphasis on the romance.Apparently, I had already read it once. I remember it – NOT AT ALL! And I had apparently given it three stars as a rating.Upon rereading it, I have decided that it deserves another star, and my comment had really been insufficient. Yes, it was a standard cozy mystery, but it had some unexpected intrigue and twists! The overall "villain" was unexpected and there was more to the story than was originally deemed. In the end, I did, actually, and up liking it more than expected.

I liked this first book in the Callahan Garrity series. Callahan is a very likeable character and right from the first book she is very human with a major fear that all women have--she has a lump in her breast and she is afraid it is cancer. In this book you also get to meet her mother, also a very likeable character and Callahan's employees in her house cleaning business. I look forward to reading more about Callahan and her crew.

A new series to pursue!!!Callahan is tough, spunky, but very very human and relatable as well - love her Momma, too! The characters are eclectic and so funny!! Reminds of a cross between Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias!