Dixie Divas

Dixie Divas Mysteries, Book 1

By: Virginia Brown

Narrated by: Karen Commins

Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

"You found my philandering ex-husband?" Bitty asked. "Where? Mexico? Paris? In Tupelo with a cocktail waitress?"

"In your closet," I answered. "Dead."

Break out the hoop skirts and the zinfandel. The Divas are on the case.

Wine. Chocolate. Transvestite strippers. Just another good-time get-together for the Dixie Divas of historic Holly Springs, Mississippi, where moonlight and magnolias mingle with delicious small-town scandal. But Eureka "Trinket" Truevine, the newest Diva, gets more than she bargained for when she finds her best Diva girlfriend Bitty Hollandale's ex-husband in Bitty's hall closet. He's dead. Very dead. Now Trinket and the Divas have to help Bitty finger the murderer and clear her name.

Virginia Brown is the nationally acclaimed, award-winning author of 50 novels.

©2009 Virginia Brown (P)2012 BelleBooks, Inc.

one very bad voice

story was good I am glad I finished it.It was kinda hard to listen to the narrator as she was talking in the Raina voice. very unpleasant.

I was pleasantly surprised

When I got this book, I thought that I'd like it. well, I loved it! It was funny and well written. The narrator was not my favorite, but I got over it, for the most part.
I do recommend the book. I'm going to continue with this series.

I want to be a Dixie Diva!

Dixie Divas is the first of a "Diva" series
Those Dixie Divas Rock! I want to move to Cherry Hill, Mississippi, just so as I can listen to those accents and join the divas.
Trinket Truevine has moved back to Cherry Hill ,she is the main story teller, she and her cousin, the much divorced, primped and botoxed Bitty are the stars of the show.

Now, back to those Divas, who are they? They are a very exclusive group of Southern ladies who hold regular get togethers in order to have a jolly good time! The wine flows and the entertainment sizzles. What goes on in these meetings stays in these meetings. Trinket is invited along to one by her cousin Bitty, Trinkets' eyes are opened by the secret goings on!

There is, of course, a murder or two with twists and turns to the plot, there is a little romance and lots of sleuthing before the culprit is arrested. For me though, the murder story was secondary to the hilarious narrative, little scenes made me laugh out loud. I hooted at the description of Uncle Freds' funeral (that's Uncle Fred on Mommas side).
In my minds eye I could just see Bittys' acquired dog, Chitlin' in all his ugliness (bless him), and then, oh dear! Bittys' description of the effects of alcohol on Delbert, one of her ex husbands!
The whole story delighted me.

Karen Commins brought these characters to life for me, with a distinct voice for each character, male and female, I was soon able to distinguish who was who. Being British and now living in Australia I could be accused of being unqualified to judge the authenticity of the Southern accents, but I thought Karen did a wonderful job.

This audiobook was gifted to me by the narrator, with no expectation of a review.

Fun down in Dixie!

What made the experience of listening to Dixie Divas the most enjoyable?

The book and the characters are fun and truly delightful. Also the characters are much older than the usual age of central characters.

What did you like best about this story?

It was such a delightful mystery and very light hearted and simply enjoyable.

What about Karen Commins’s performance did you like?

She made the character come to life that occasionally made me laugh at the antics.

Any additional comments?

An enjoyable and simple story that will delight.

Great entertainment

The narrator does a great job with the Southern accents. The story is lighthearted and fun.

I'll be returning this

It took forever for the story to get started and for me it never really took off. Now that it's over and I know who done it, I can't remember the why and I only finished it yesterday. Even though I figured out ahead of time who the villain was (and I was fooled into thinking I was wrong) it was based on who had the means and opportunity rather than seeing a motive. This is much more a story of Dixie Belles and I don't know any so I can't say how accurate the portraiture here is, but they were mostly very annoying women. The men were only a little better. I might have been tempted to go ahead with the second book if the narrator had changed but I can’t take any more of her. She doesn’t change emphasis between a scene where the main character is delivering food as a bribe and one where the second character is in fear for her life. It’s not that it’s monotonous, more like she’s so busy working on the accents that she can’t pay attention to the content. I might pick up the next book from the library so I can a) find out what happens next in the romances (I’m a sucker for a romance) and b) find out whether I enjoy the books more when I’m not listening to Karen Commins narration. Whichever turns out to be the case, don’t like the stories or just don’t like the narration, I’ll be returning this one.

lol chick book

I love this book hilarious totally a midlife woman's book I've listened 3 times the reader has good enflection emotion ect a mystery with flair

EXPECT TO LIKE!

I enjoyed the book all the way through.

Some very funny things happen to this gal... I even had to chuckle out loud once when she... well, I can't say I guess but it was funny. Quite a lot of funny lines throughout, cute and funny. In fact, I've listened to quite a few mysteries and this one had the best "funny lines/little situations" to date. Maybe others will be better in the future but this one was good!

Very good narration, voice is pleasant and when she changes from one character to another, she is able to sound like she's "the other person" and pretty much all of the other characters as well, very good at it.

The story is NOT fast moving but somehow it held my attention/was not boring, through the whole book and there IS a nice mystery involved throughout.

Just a very enjoyable read. BUY IT!! You won't be sorry I don't believe and I've already downloaded the next book in this series but I tend to vary my authors so will get back to this series very soon.

Wild Women!!

What did you love best about Dixie Divas?

I love these women, but what I love most is how they play off each other. One is more witty than the other, and they are always getting each other in trouble.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would like learning more about some of the other Divas.

Did Karen Commins do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

I think her accents and changing up the speed of her speech to match up to the character helps me know who is talking

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I am sometimes moved by the relationship of Trinket and Bitty and the things they will do for each other.

can't make it through this book

I've tried at least half a dozen times over th epast 6 months. Sometimes started from the beginning again, sometimes keeping going from where I last stopped. Can't seem to get into the story. Generally I like the "cozy" type of mysteries, but this one seems somehow disjointed, doesn't flow well, jumps around, and I just can't get into it. yet.