Happy Never After - (Callahan Garrity) by Mary Kay Andrews (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, c1995, with the author writing under the name Kathy Hogan Trocheck.

Book Synopsis

"Callahan and her cohort of continuing characters...are great company...If Happy Never After were a song, we'd be dancing in the streets." -- San Jose Mercury News

In the fourth installment of Andrews's acclaimed series about Callahan Garrity, Atlanta's most inquisitive cleaning lady, she sets out to prove the innocence of a rock idol of her childhood.

Callahan Garrity is a former Atlanta cop, a part-time sleuth and full-time owner of House Mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set.

Callahan needs all the help she can get trying to keep Rita Fontaine, a washed-up 1960s teenage rock star, out of jail. It's nothing less than murder when Stu Hightower, the vain, temperamental president of a thriving Atlanta recording company, is found dead in the designer den of his posh home. His only companions are the slug in his heart and Rita, dead-drunk and looking guilty. Callahan believes in Rita's innocence because, after all, Hightower had made more enemies than records in his career. But discovering who hated him enough to kill him could send her floating down a river of lost dreams without a paddle.

From the Back Cover

Callahan Garrity is the ownerof house mouse, a cleaningservice that tidies up afterAtlanta's elite. She's also aformer cop and a part-timesleuth. She and her coterie ofdevoted helpers can ransack ahouse for clues faster than ittakes a fingerprint to set.

Keeping Rita Fontaine, awashed-up 1960steenage rock star, out of jail is a tough job. It'snothing less than murder when Stu Hightower, the vain, temperamental president of athriving Atlanta recording company, is foundmurdered in the den of his posh home. Hisonly companions are the slug in his heart andRita, dead drunk and looking guilty. Callahanbelieves in Rita's innocence, but discoveringwho killed Hightower could send her floatingdown a river of lost dreams without a paddle.

Review Quotes

"Callahan and her cohort of continuing characters...are great company...If Happy Never After were a song, we'd be dancing in the streets." -- San Jose Mercury News

"Lively characters and snappy dialogue." -- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Fast-paced, entertaining." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution