Sweet Georgia

Birmingham has a very similar style to Marcia Mueller, and the lead characters are very similar -- they're real people with real faults that you can relate to.I've read each book in the series and enjoyed each one more and more as I've gone along. If you love Sharon McCone, you'll love Sunny Childs.

Gunnar Brushwood used to be a famous bounty hunter but he is now the owner of Peachtree Investigations located in Atlanta, Georgia. Because he knows he is not a very good sleuth, he employs Sunny Childs as his lead investigator. Gunnar usually lets Sunny make all the decisions. However, because he likes fame, media time and glory he overrules her decision and sets himself up for one of the biggest disasters of his life. Record Company owner Jeremy Ratkin hires the agency to find out what happened to his wife who disappeared from a locked room.The wife, famous country singer Georgia Burnett, has been kidnapped. When the criminals demand a ransom, Jeremy agrees to pay it. Sunny and Gunnar are going to exchange the money for Georgia but before that can happen, they both realize that the whole scenario is publicity stunt designed to promote her next album. Sunny wants no part of the farce but Gunner decides he wants to be in the spotlight and finishes the exchange. Sunny quits her job. When Georgia is murdered two months later, Gunnar is charged with the crime. Sunny agrees to help on his defense, a move that places her in danger.Sunny Childs is an exotic mixture of savvy moxie and vulnerable woman. She is the perfect private detective that wins fans and make the series a surefire hit. Ruth Birmingham knows Atlanta and the State of Georgia ands imbues local color into her realsitic characters. The mystery is dynamic and impossible to figure out yet once all the answers are revealed it all makes sense with no loose ends left behind. SWEET GEORGIA is a fascinating and complex who done it that makes for exciting reading.