Curing the blues with a new pair of shoes

Format:

Book

Title:

Curing the blues with a new pair of shoes

Author:

Cash, Dixie.

ISBN:

9780061434389

Edition:

1st Avon pbk. ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

291 pages ; 21 cm

Series title(s):

Domestic equalizers ;

Number in series:

BK 5.

Summary:

No holiday in tiny Salt Lick, Texas, is more revered than January 8th--Elvis's birthday! To commemorate the grand occasion, Hogg's Drive-In, where the King enjoyed many a burger on the road to fame and fortune, is displaying an "actual" pair of Elvis's blue suede shoes. That is, until some heel without a soul swipes them right out of their display case. Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin, the shoe-loving Domestic Equalizers, are shocked that someone would perpetrate such a dastardly crime. The plucky detecting duo agree to help the town's inept sheriff track down the royal blue loafers. And, being majestic multitaskers, the ladies might even be able to squeeze in some matchmaking as well.

Subject(s):

Beauty operators -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

City and town life -- Texas -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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Searching... Silver Falls Library	FIC CASH	Searching... Unknown

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Elvis has left the building . . . and his shoes have followed suit!

No holiday in tiny Salt Lick, Texas, is more revered than January 8th--Elvis's birthday! To commemorate the grand occasion, Hogg's Drive-In--where the King enjoyed many a burger on the road to fame and fortune--is displaying an "actual" pair of Elvis's blue suede shoes. That is, until some heel without a soul swipes them right out of their display case.

Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin--the shoe-loving Domestic Equalizers--are shocked that someone would perpetrate such a dastardly crime. So the plucky detecting duo agrees to help the town's inept sheriff track down the royal blue loafers. And being majestic multitaskers, the ladies might even be able to squeeze in some matchmaking as well.

Mix-ups, mayhem, the threat of gunplay, and shocking octogenarian secrets revealed--it's all in a day's work for the Domestic Equalizers, the two best friends whose motto is: Don't get mad . . . get evidence!

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

When Elvis Presley's celebrated blue suede shoes, the prize exhibit at an Elvis festival in Salt Lick, Tex., go missing in Cash's cute fifth cowgirl crime novel (after Don't Make Me Choose Between Me and My Shoes), the Domestic Equalizers (and Styling Station beauty operators), Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin, investigate. Soon after Debbie and Edwina decide to substitute an old pair of slippers belonging to Ed's husband for the real item, they discover that the person who sent them the blue suede shoes, "Adolf Sielvami, Keeper for the King Museum" in Las Vegas, appears not to exist. In a sweet subplot, unrepentant matchmakers Debbie Sue and Edwina promote the fumbling romance between Fort Worth Star-Telegram journalist Avery Deaton and Dallas Morning News rookie sports reporter Sam Carter. As Salt Lick fills with Elvis lovers, the pseudonymous Cash (a Texas writing-sisters duo) taps winningly into the Elvis myth. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

The Domestic Equalizers seem to be footwear-obsessed of late, following their Jimmy Choo-scoring New York City caper with the untimely heist of Elvis' iconic blue suede shoes from Hogg's Hamburger Drive-in. On loan from a mysterious Las Vegas museum, the legendary loafers' disappearance threatens to trip up Salt Lick's annual celebration of the King's birthday unless Debbie Sue and Edwina can seize the shoe stealer before the press gets wind of it. Since both the Dallas and Fort Worth papers have sent their star reporters to cover the multi-day event, that's easier said than done. The Domestic Equalizers' only hope is to throw Sam Carter and Avery Deaton off the scent by playing matchmaker, a task that proves to be far more fun but just about as challenging as finding the shoes. The bumbling Avery has a habit of putting her foot in her mouth whenever Sam is around, and Sam must tread lightly if he is ever to win her heart. In her series' fifth installment, Cash is as madcap as ever.--Haggas, Carol Copyright 2009 Booklist