Strange Brew - (Callahan Garrity) by Mary Kay Andrews (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"Callahan Garrity mops up the scene in an Atlanta neighborhood where murder meets its match in this feisty, funny heroine. Strange Brew offers up a tidy mystery with a polished writing style and industrial strength suspense." -- Sue Grafton

The sixth book in the Callahan Garrity mystery series by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews finds the beloved sleuth facing a brew of community troubles--as her bohemian Atlanta neighborhood morphs into a trendy haven for yuppies--and an old flame.

Cleaning lady turned sleuth Callahan Garrity has cautiously watched her hometown be transformed--and just as she fears, too much cappuccino and new money can be a bad mix.

When the young owner of a microbrewery looking to score prime real estate turns up dead, neighborhood local Wuvvy--an aging flower child and the brewster's biggest foe--becomes the prime suspect. Digging for evidence to clear Wuvvy, Callahan isn't prepared for the succulent secrets she finds, nor the shocking truths that force her to reassess old friendships and an old love.

The Callahan Garrity novels can be read in any order, but the full series includes:

Every Crooked Nanny To Live and Die in Dixie Homemade Sin Happy Never After Heart Trouble Strange Brew Midnight Clear Irish Eyes

From the Back Cover

The winds of change are blowing, bringing gentrification to Callahan Garrity's funky Atlanta neighborhood. Though it probably won't harm her House Mouse housecleaning service, not everyone welcomes the rebirth. And when the body of a murdered microbrewer is discovered in the aftermath of a furious Halloween gale, suspicion falls on the aging "flower child" shopkeeper whom the victim put out of business.

A former cop, Callahan isn't as quick to condemn a colorful local character as some law officers still on the force. But her investigative zeal is stirring up secrets that are forcing her to reassess old friendships and a one-time love--and is brewing up more lethal trouble than Callahan and her "mice" can safely swallow.

Review Quotes

"A delightful concoction that readers will gulp down with glee." -- Joan Hess

"Breezy...witty...an entertaining tale...Goes beyond the surface to dig into corners and get out the dirt." -- Orlando Sentinel

"Callahan Garrity mops up the scene in an Atlanta neighborhood where murder meets its match in this feisty, funny heroine. STRANGE BREW offers up a tidy mystery witha polished writing style and industrial strength suspense." -- Sue Grafton

"Callahan and her cohort of continuing characters...are great company" -- San Jose Mercury News

"The best character to come out of Atlanta since Scarlett O'Hara." -- Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)

"A riveting adventure." -- Publishers Weekly

"Liberally laced with unusual characters and Souther humor...wry wit and snappy dialogue." -- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

'Pure pleausre...Callahan Garrity is one fine fictional female. She's a steel magnolia who also does windows!" -- Vero Beach Press Journal (Florida)

"Atlanta as a character--as alive as Robert Parker's Boston or Raymound Chandler's L.A." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution