I loved the title. And I even liked some of the characters. But the undercurrent of homophobia and racism just made it unpleasant and nearly unreadable. A shame because the series has some great titles. :-(

Cute start to a mystery series with a lot of humor and a touch of romance set in West Texas. It's reminiscent of the Stephanie Plum series with quirky characters that only work in that setting and humorous off-beat situations. As the story opens, we meet Debbie Sue, still carrying a torch for her ex-husband Sheriff Buddy Overstreet, and her friends Ed (short for Edwina) and CJ (Carol Jean). They are drawn into solving the murder of the wife of a wealthy businessman, in part to save Debbie Sue's beauty salon. There are some fun side characters to provide comic relief.
It's cute, mindless fun - and the title! The titles (because there are more in this series) comes from Debbie Sue's mom who's an aspiring country music writer and comes up with titles that are guaranteed hits. It's not intense but it's just right for a little diversion while sipping some iced tea on the back porch on a summer afternoon.

What a fun read!

Debbie Sue and Edwina are a hoot!

3,5 / 5
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My mom would have liked this book.

Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash (Domestic Equalizers #1)
by Dixie Cash, read by Peggity Price

Dixie Cash is actually two sisters that write together. There's some down-home Texas humor and items are mentioned that I'm guessing people outside of Texas wouldn't know what they are (I didn't). It's a solid story, I only skipped a couple of parts.
Sometimes the main female character - Debbie Sue, acted a little too dumb for me.

The reader is both good and awful. Peggity Price handles all the voices really well and the accents. But her timing and cadence will make you want to pull your hair out, or stop listening. Read a line, stop, pause, read another line. This book was recorded back in 2004 and hopefully she's gotten much better since then.

I'm a maybe on recommending this book. I'll probably try another one by Cash although my library doesn't have any others in audio.

A comical, easy read...

Similar to Janet Evanovich, with a West Texas flavor. This being the first book in the series, it was just okay. I've heard the second and third books are much better. I'll see if that's true.

I'd give this 3.5 stars. It was a bit difficult to get into until I was about halfway through. It was a decent book to read while I was waiting for a book to arrive that I really wanted to read. There were funny parts at times, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it to others.

Wow, it didn't take long for me to hit the "never mind" button on this one. I can handle a little romance with my murder mystery. What I have NO interest in is a novel that is a Romance (yep, capital R) with formulaic misunderstanding and foolish pride that pretends to be a murder mystery.

If you're a Romance reader, knock yourself out. I have no idea if the mystery was a good one or not. Mystery readers, even those with a love for cozies or "light" plots, be aware.

Fun and funny, definitely reminds me of living in West Texas. enjoyable; not all reading will change the world, but it can put a smile on my face and in my head.