Description
Antique-store owner Cricket Crosby’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that the rumors of her husband’s affair aren’t just leisurely southern gossip. Her plan: hire an investigator; find an attorney; enlist the help of her new assistant, Ruby; and make her husband pay.
Ruby knows how quickly everything changes. After a dicey past, she’s determined to forge a new future by working for Cricket and reinventing herself as a designer, deconstructing vintage haute couture. If anybody can help mend a few tears in Cricket’s life, she can.
But turns out Cricket’s life isn’t just a little torn. It’s wrinkled, stained, and falling apart at the seams. With Ruby and her ragtag relatives—a soused PI and a hunky tow truck driver—Cricket is sleuthing her way to the truth, no matter how dangerous it gets.
Sure, Cricket’s life isn’t what she imagined. But she’s embracing change and figuring out what she really wants. And that’s kind of fabulous.
Candice Moore @nova.keebler_234
April 22, 2022
4
This is my favorite book from Liz Talley to date! What a great story with so much depth. Relationships, life in the south, crime, some pretty amazing humor, really great characters and more. I love Cricket and Ruby! They remind me of Bebe and Weezie in the Savannah Blues series by Mary Kay Andrews with their “do anything for you” crazy friendship, yet Cricket and Ruby are unique. Underneath all of this is the lesson not to judge others on background or appearances until you truly know them. I think this one will be a huge hit with readers!