To Live And Die In Dixie (U)

'A clever, colourful page-turner, not to be missed... - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'The sleuthing chores are handled with crisp intelligence and earthy wit by Callahan Garrity.' - THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW When Callahan Garrity, cleaning-lady-cum-sleuth, and her eccentric employees clean the mansion of antiques dealer Elliot Littlefield, they stumble across a dead teenage girl. What they don't find - because it has been stolen - is the valuable diary of Civil War prostitute Lula Belle Bird. Littlefield is convinced that the diary's theft is connected with the girl's murder, and he hires Callahan to find the truth. But Callahan is not so sure, particularly as Littlefield killed another girl twenty years ago. She is further confused when she uncovers shady goings-on at the slain girl's Catholic high school...