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Authors: Kathy Hogan Trocheck

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Acknowledgments

For their generous gifts of advice, support and information, the author wishes to thank the following: Paul Blatner of Blatner's Antiques, Savannah, Georgia; Timothy J. Buckley of the Cobb County, Georgia, District Attorney's Office; Tom Camden, Librarian, The University of Georgia's Special Collections; Linda Christian, RPH; Sandie Clark, MSW, program manager of the women's unit at Ridgeview Institute, Smyrna, Georgia; Jane Cooper, MSW, of New York; William T. Hankins III; Richard Hansen, M.D.; Lt. G. D. Hardman of the DeKalb County, Georgia Arson Unit; Susan Hogan, R.N.; Pradeep Jolly, M.D.; Dennis Kelly, superintendent of Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield National Park; Cpl. Tommy Payton of the Avondale Estates, Georgia Police Department; Dr. James Roarke, Professor of History at Emory University; David K. Secrest; C. R. Sheffield; Dr. Emory Thomas, Regents Professor of History at the University of Georgia; Jeanne Trocheck; Bob Weeks of the Weeks Corp.; and Gary Wehner of Cockrell's Missouri Brigade, C.S.A.

My editor, Eamon Dolan, supplied jokes and his patented clichÃ©-detector, and made the book better. My agent, Sallie Gouverneur, did everything except cook dinner. A special debt is owed my husband, Tom, who loves me even on the bad days, and who does emergency computer retrievals, and to my children, Katie and Andy, who put up with a manic mama when she's on deadline.

About the Author

KATHY HOGAN TROCHECK
is the author of ten critically acclaimed mysteries, including the Callahan Garrity mystery series. A former reporter for the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
she is also the author of
Little Bitty Lies
and the Edgar
^Â®-and Macavity-nominated
Savannah Blues,
under the name Mary Kay Andrews. Visit her website at
www.marykayandrews.com.

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Praise
Critics Hail
To Live & Die in Dixie

“Bouncingâ¦Endearing”

New York Times Book Review

“Another addition to a rapidly growing roster of first-rate female detectives.”

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Amusing and engagingâ¦Careful, craftsmanlike writing.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Smooth writing and feisty characters.”

Publishers Weekly

“A felonious assault on the reader's funny bone, a madcap mix of humor and homicideâ¦Callahan Garrity is the best character to come out of Atlanta since Scarlett O'Hara. And Callahan's wise-cracking mother Edna is worth the price of admission by herself.”

Clarion-Ledger
(Jackson, MS)

“A real treat.”

Advertiser
(Montgomery, AL)

“Callahan is a fully developed character with a bite who adds sparkle to the female-detective scene.”

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Books by
Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Featuring Callahan Garrity

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Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

TO LIVE & DIE IN DIXIE
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EPub Edition Â© MARCH 2008 ISBN: 9780061842207

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