It’s election time in Savannah, Georgia, and Judge Guillotine Gloria—aka Reagan Summerside’s mom—is neck and neck in the polls with Kip “Scummy” Seymour.  But the already dirty campaign is about to get downright filthy—with one candidate getting buried six feet under…   With her strong opinions and knack for getting into trouble, Reagan is not an ideal volunteer for her mother’s alderman campaign. Plus, she’d rather be running her consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, and eating doughnuts with her dog, Bruce Willis. But when her mother’s opponent, Kip, is found poisoned and her mother is pegged as a suspect, Reagan nominates herself as lead murder investigator.   Reagan is intent on finding Kip’s killer and clearing her mother’s good name, but she soon finds herself on the bad side of Kip’s enemies-turned-suspects. This time, no amount of costumes and makeup can keep her inconspicuous and out of danger. Because the closer Reagan gets to the truth, the hotter things get… Sandra Martin Romantic Times Magazine Southern sass and eccentric characters populate this fun fast-paced mystery which has plenty of twists and terns. Sexy attorney Walker Boone ramps up the sexual tension and leaves Reagan and readers breathless. Reader To Reader Betty Cox newandusedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=this_review&ID=11788 Pearls and Poison is pure slapstick style entertainment. Duffy Brown has generated a true puzzler. Ms. Brown wraps the whodunit up neatly and has a surprise ending that will have repercussions in the next volume of A Consignment Shop Mystery. Kings River live Magazine Review by Cynthia Chow kingsriverlife.com/03/15/penguin-myst eries-food-ireland-politics This is an insanely humorous world. Readers are sure to be immersed in this outrageously entertaining and hilarious mystery. Book Pleasures Reviews... Pearls and Poison Reviewed by Richard Mann BookPleasures.com I have to tell you, though; Duffy Brown has the talent to create the same kind of delightful zaniness that whisks you along believing (at least temporarily) the improbable and funny things that take place. Book Pleasures Reviews... Pearls and Poison Reviewed by Richard Mann BookPleasures.com There is a lot to like in this book and this series. It is wildly funny without going over the top in its efforts to amuse us. The series has a lot of room left for new things to happen. The murders so far in all three books make sense. Too many cozy mystery series have to invent increasingly unlikely situations to bring about murders for our heroes to solve. So far, that isn't a problem with this series. Some elections are pure murder. A dead opponent is one way to win an election...unless you wind up in jail for the murder. Gloria Summerside is trailing in the poles but front-runner as a murder suspect when her mud-slinging opponent is poisoned. Is someone out to frame Judge Guillotine Gloria? Will she be the one behind bars this time? Can her daughter find the real killer or will they have adjoining cells? "In two minutes the cops are going to come barreling though that door," I whispered to Auntie KiKi hoping to get her mind off the body in the back room. "Any suggestions how we tell these campaign workers out here that their candidate just croaked?" "Yell The jackass bit the big one, hip-hip hooray Gloria wins the election, then run like the dickens before someone recognizes us." Chapter One "People are going to hate me if I do this," I said to Auntie KiKi. "They're going to cuss a blue streak and call me names and tell me to mind my own blankety-blank business and then slam the phone in my ear." "Oh for crying in a bucket, Reagan." KiKi shoved a computer printout at me. "Time to put on your iron-clad bloomers and dial the numbers on this here sheet. It's your very own mamma everyone in this room is trying to get elected to city council. Least you can do is tell folks what a fine alderman she'd be, and Lord knows the city needs her instead of the scumbucket running against her." Duffy Brown is the author of the Consignment Shop Mysteries, including Iced Chiffon and Killer in Crinolines . She loves anything with a mystery. While other girls dreamed of dating Brad Pitt, Duffy longed to take Sherlock Holmes to the prom. She has two cats, Spooky and Dr. Watson, and works at a consignment shop when she’s not busy conjuring up whodunit stories.