Murder Runs in the Family

Written by Anne George

Narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister

Anne George's novels offer a delightful mix of gentle comedy and compelling mystery. Murder Runs in the Family finds two feisty 60-something sisters doing a little amateur sleuthing into the death of a visiting genealogist. Mary Alice has spared no expense for her daughter's wedding. Two days after the glittering affair, Mary Alice and Patricia Anne are spending a fascinating lunch listening to the groom's cousin explain the 'dog-eat-dog" world of professional genealogy. Minutes later they are shocked to learn that the genteel woman they were just speaking with has fallen from a courthouse window. Determined to get to the bottom of things, Patricia Anne soon finds herself enmeshed in a world where proud old families are willing to kill to keep their ancestor's dirty laundry from being aired. Full of good clean fun, Anne George's novels deliver nonstop suspense tempered with light-hearted laughs and a cast of quirky characters. Ruth Ann Phimister's rollicking narration perfectly captures both the love of family and iron will of these two Southern ladies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781470324810

Anne George

Anne George (c.____ - 2001) was the Agatha Award-winning author of the Southern Sisters mystery series which culminate in Murder Boogies with Elvis, publishing in August 2001. Like Patricia Anne, she was a happily married former school teacher living in Birmingham, Alabama. Ms. George was also a former Alabama State Poet and a regular contributor to literary publications. During her lifetime she was nominated for several awards, including the Pulitzer. Being a true lady of the Old South, her date of birth will forever be a mystery.

Reviews for Murder Runs in the Family

[Faith Houck · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Third book and as funny and endearing as the first two.
Curling up with the fourth on a rainy gloomy day. But the story will keep me warm and entertained!
Great author and narration.

[anntstobbs · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

My two favorite sisters are in their element as they attend the wedding of Sister's daughter. One of the guests, a relative of the bridegroom, is a well known geneologist and they meet for lunch the day after the wedding. It seems a little strange when the woman jumps from the window of the courthouse right after lunch. I love these books and read them over and over.

[madamejeanie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Mary Alice knows how to throw a wedding, that's forsure, and she throws a doozy for her only daughter'sspecial day. She and Patricia Ann decide to meet thegroom's aunt, a genealogist, for lunch the next day,to try to get to know his family a little better. Buttheir lunch is cut short when she interrupts adiscussion of the hazards of rattling skeletons inclosets to go scurrying off after a local judge. Thesisters are just finishing up her abandoned cheesecakewhen the police and an ambulance pull up outside thecafe. Their elderly guest has just taken a dive fromthe 10th floor of the courthouse across the street, anapparent suicide. But given the scandals the nosygeneologist was capable of uncovering, Mouse andSister are betting that some proud Southern family ismaking sure their shameful secrets stayburied....along with anyone who tries to dig them up.These gals are a real pair. I swear I know theseladies and I really love these stories.

[thelibraryhag · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Patricia Ann (Mouse) and Mary Alice (Sister) meet Meg, a geneologist, at the wedding of Mary Alice's daughter. Later they meet her for lunch which is interupted by another friend of Meg's. Meg steps away to investigate some geneological mystery and ends up taking a nose dive from the 10th floor of the Birmingham courthouse. Was is suicide or did Meg have a little help?These Southern Sisters Mysteries are so much fun. The characters are really taking shape by this installment. The mystery is almost beside the point. Just sit back and enjoy.