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    Midnight Clear: A Novel
    Midnight Clear: A Novel
    Midnight Clear: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Midnight Clear: A Novel

    Written by Mary Kay Andrews

    Narrated by Hillary Huber

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    “Midnight Clear explores the family ties that bind and blind...[It] will make you laugh, make you cry, make you mad, and make you wonder right up until the very last page.”  — Boston Globe

    In this heartwarming, suspenseful, and hilarious novel, Callahan Garrity and the outrageous band of ""girls"" in her Atlanta cleaning crew join together during the Christmas rush to prove that her ne'er-do-well brother didn't kill his tawdry estranged wife.

    It's a few days before Christmas, and sometime sleuth/full-time cleaning lady Callahan Garrity has things under control for a change, until her brother Brian shows up. He's kidnapped his toddler daughter, Maura, from his estranged wife, a vengeful shrew with the law on her side.

    When his ex-wife is found dead, the cops suspect Brian. To save her brother and her holiday, Callahan, along with her irascible mom, Edna, and a gaggle of House Mouse employees, will crisscross yuletide Atlanta, going everywhere the search for truth leads.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateNov 19, 2013
    ISBN9780062280527
    Midnight Clear: A Novel
    Author

    Mary Kay Andrews

    Mary Kay Andrews is The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House Cookbook and more than twenty novels, including The Weekenders, Ladies' Night, Spring Fever, Summer Rental, The Fixer Upper, Deep Dish, Blue Christmas, Savannah Breeze, Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies, and Savannah Blues. A former journalist for The Atlanta Journal Constitution, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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    • 5/5
      My favorite Callahan Garrity “adventure” yet!! I am a fan of all of Mary Kay Andrew’s books. She’s a talented author of light hearted yet thoughtful reads. The Garrity series fast became my favorite of hers. Endearing characters, snappy banter and believable situations. By the way, Hillary Huber is the BEST narrator for this series!! She brings each character to life giving a real individuality to them. Truly talent!! I’ve listened to several of the Garrity series over the past two years of 2020 and 2021. I “saved” Midnight Clear to enjoy at Christmas time and it was a perfect way to kick off the holiday season. Without a doubt, my favorite yet!!
    • 3/5
      I am enjoying the Callahan Garrity series and have one more to go (have not read them in order). They could be a standalone; however, once you start reading them, you will want to read them all to learn the crazy colorful southern characters.

      Again, Callahan solves a mystery as she has a nose for being digging and finding clues to get her murderer. (she owns a cleaning service House Mouse as well as being a PI-former cop). This time the investigation hits home as involves her long lost brother Brian, his 3 yr. old daughter, and a murdered sister in law, and an array of shady characters.

      Set in Atlanta, Edna the mom and all the House Mouse crew come together to solve this mystery with lots of humor and some Christmas cheer. Whether writing as Mary Kay Andrews or Kathy Hogan Trocheck –she knows southern humor! The audio version was very well done.
    • 1/5
      This was not good for me. I generally stay away from female authors because they (seem) to have a different perspective than male authors. It is just a preference. Having said that, the Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy was great. I guess I mean it the genra of mystery, or spy novels.
    • 5/5
      It's a few days before Christmas and sometime sleuth/full-time cleaning lady Callahan Garrity has things under control for a change, until her ne'er-do-well brother, Brian -- missing over ten years -- appears with his toddler daughter, Maura, at the back door to the house that Callahan shares with her mother, Edna. Trouble has always followed Brian, and now he's in deeper than ever because he's kidnapped Maura from his estranged wife, Shay Gatlin, a real slut and a vengeful shrew with the law on her side.A few days later, when Shay is found dead, the cops suspect Brian. Though he's done many things wrong in his life, Callahan knows Brian is no murderer, and she is flabbergasted when she learns from her old buddy Deavers (from her days on the Atlanta PD) that they are reopening a couple of very cold murder cases from a decade ago and trying to find a way to connect Brian to those murders as well. Between jaunts to track down clues, Callahan finds herself falling in love with little Maura, and will fight for custody of this child herself if need be.I'm liking these books better and better.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this audiobook. Well written and the narration was great. Love mamma!
    • 4/5
      It’s Christmas time, and what better gift than to have all the family gathering for Christmas. Unless one of the family members is a long-lost brother who shows up unannounced with his previously unknown three-year-old daughter – his kidnapped daughter, that it. Before Callahan can fully appreciate this family reunion, her brother’s beyond-trashy ex-wife is found murdered, and her brother becomes quite a person of interest to the cops. If things aren’t complicated enough, a custody battle ensues, with both of the child’s grandmothers wanting Maura. It may not be your typical, heartwarming tale, but baby Maura is a charmer. This audio version is a delight to listen to, and the intricate plot will keep you guessing until the very end.