Dixie Divas

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I’d never thought of Bitty’s ex-husband as a particularly handsome man, but in death, he was downright homely. I’m not sure how long I stood there staring at him with Bitty’s vampire cape in my hand, but the voices from the living room finally seeped into my stupefied brain and I hung the crocheted cape on the doorknob and went into the kitchen. I found a silver tray, an already prepared pitcher of tea and a bowl of lemon wedges in the refrigerator, and somehow put together glasses, ice, napkins and long-handled silver teaspoons to take into the living room. Seated precariously and obviously uncomfortably on the 1850’s horsehair-stuffed couch, the two police officers appeared grateful for a diversion when I set the tray down on the antique Turkish hassock serving as a coffee table. Bitty had produced a linen handkerchief from somewhere in her black ensemble, and dabbed daintily at what I was certain were crocodile tears at the corners of her eyes. “Bitty,” I said while the officers reached for the tea and lemon wedges, “would you mind stepping into the kitchen with me for just a moment?” Something in my voice must have alerted her, for she gave me a startled glance and promptly excused herself. Neither officer protested. Before Bitty could launch into a tale of mistreatment by local officials, I said bluntly, “I found Philip.” With her mouth still open, Bitty looked at me. Then she said, “Well, I suppose that’s good news. For him, anyway. Where is the philandering Philip? Mexico? Paris? Rome? A Motel Six in Tupelo?” “In your coat closet.”   Middle-aged and divorced, Trinket Truevine moves home to live with her aging parents in genteel and historic Cherry Hill, Mississippi. The Dixie Divas, a rowdy group of local belles, embrace her like a lost sister. Trinket soon finds herself and the Divas in the middle of a murder mystery surrounding the death of their pal Bitty’s ex-husband, a philandering senator. Fun, fast-paced and very southern, DIXIE DIVAS will appeal to readers who love the Ya-Ya’s, the Sweet Potato Queens, and Haywood Smith’s Red Hat Club novels. About the Author: Tennessee writer Virginia Brown is the award-winning author of fifty novels in the romance and mystery genres. Visit her at www.bellbridgebooks.com and at her Live Journal blog.