Every Crooked Nanny

A Callahan Garrity Mystery, Book 1

By: Mary Kay Andrews

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

After 10 years of cleaning up the dirt on Atlanta's streets, Callahan Garrity is trading in her badge for a broom and a staff of house cleaners. But, though the uniform is a little different, Callahan soon finds herself right back in the middle of a mystery when a client's pretty, pious 19-year-old nanny is gone...along with the jewelry, silver, and a few rather sensitive real estate documents.

Before she knows it, the meticulous Callahan is up to her elbows in a case involving illicit love triangles, crooked business deals, long-distance scams, and a dead body. Now she has to roll up her sleeves and start some industrial strength sleuthing to solve - and survive - this mess.

©1992 Kathy Hogan Trocheck, 2012 by Whodunnit, Inc. (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

Andrews can tell a funny story

This is the first Callahan mystery I have read and I think it carried the wit and southern character development of her other stories. The first story I read of Mary Kay Andrews was Itty Bitty Lies- I laughed till I wet my pants. If you know the south, you will know all these people. A light hearted romp.

Winner overall with a few irritations

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

You have to be of a particular mindset to enjoy this series, but keep an open mind and enjoy the experience.

What other book might you compare Every Crooked Nanny to and why?

Definitely get the other Mary Kay Andrews titles. She has a deadeye aim on southern life and writes with wit and charm!

Did Hillary Huber do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Narrator really needs to double check some of her city pronunciations. "Beaufort" is not pronounced "Bo-Fort", and at first I didn't even recognize what she was talking about. I do enjoy this narrator but some of the minor characters start to sound alike after a while.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, this is the perfect pick up and put down and come back listen.

Any additional comments?

I adore Mary Kay Andrews and while it took me a while to get used to this series, I am now sold and will listen to all of them.

love it

Fun and ibteresting. love the accent. i am from Georgia and visit Atlanta often.....love the licap references.

Callahan love!!!

The best book in the whole series.. in my opinion :-) The others are great too! I have read every one

GOOD STORY BUT.....

The narrator KILLED this book for me. I'm very Southern and the accent insults me greatly. It made it very hard to finish a good story. Her voice grated on my nerves throughout the story. I'm not sure I can continue with the series.

5 stars for Callahan

The last few books I have bought by new to me authors have bombed. But, I finally got lucky with this one.The characters are spunky, likeable, and believable. The story was well plotted and entertaining. The only thing I didn't like about it was the narrators voice. She did an okay job with the southern accent but her voice made some of the characters whiny. But overall, this is a very interesting and solid mystery. I bought the next book before I was finished listening to this one. If I like the others I might try Mary Kay Andrew's other books. I would definitely recommend this book.

review

I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. I have a new series to listen to. The characters each had their own set of quirks and personality. I think that Edna was my favorite. I was actually laughing out loud at times! The narrator did a wonderful job with all the characters in the story.

Great summer read!

Loved it!! Mary Kay Andrews has always been one of my favorite authors. Glad I found her older mystery series.

JUST RIGHT

What made the experience of listening to Every Crooked Nanny the most enjoyable?

It's a lightweight murder mystery with kookie characters and just the right amount of
humor, terror, and mystery.

What did you like best about this story?

The buildup of the basic mystery pointing to certain characters only to have a twist at the end.

What about Hillary Huber’s performance did you like?

She had interesting voices for each character and was constant with them. I like her pace of reading, too.

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

The author brought in an element of realness with the main characters medical problem.

Entertaining

The plot was predictable but the characters were very entertaining and memorable. I would read the rest of the series however it won't be on the top of my list of reads.