Search - Southern Fried (Avery Andrews, Bk 1)

Great read. If you like Kinsey Milhone or Stephanie Plum novels you'll enjoy this.

This would have been a great book had the author not continually pounded the theme of going home again into the readers head. It wasn't even in a subtle manner. It was literally spelling out how great it was to be back, how much the main character didn't realize she missed home, how she didn't notice things about home until she left and came back. It was in every other chapter. I just wanted to yell I get it already get over it. Other than that the story was pretty good. The characters were solid but the mystery was easy to figure out. She pretty much gives it away by casting the who-did-it character in a bad light through the whole book. It was nothing to write home about but decent debut novel and good time waster. It gets a 3 out of 5.

A debut mystery and winner of the St. Martin's Press Malice Domestic Contest. I enjoyed the South Carolina atmosphere; the dialogue is particularly good.

great little read, I very much enjoyed this book

This was a fun book to read. I don't remember how it caught my atteention and I
had never heard of the author but aftr I read it I went and searched down the other books in the series. I have now read them all and am waiting for the newest one which will be coming out soon. This is a light, fluffy truly enjoyable read.

An excellent first book. Can't wait to get my hands on her second one. Cathy Pickens has great characters and writes a good story!