Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin are not only best friends, but also own a beauty salon in Salt Lick, Texas. Their salon doubles as a detective agency for the Domestic Equalizers as they call themselves. They are a bit famous, or infamous, as amateur detectives, and when they are asked to make a presentation for the National Association of Private Investigators in New York City, they believe that they have finally made the big leagues. The Domestic Equalizers are ready to take the Big Apple by storm on their all-expenses paid trip, but Debbie Sue does have a few qualms. What are a couple of amateur detectives going to be able to teach professionals? How is she going to keep Edwina out of trouble?

Edwina is bound and determined to make the most out of this trip especially trying to find a nice pair of designer shoes. She makes friends very easily and befriends a prostitute named Cher. Debbie and Edwina also take a fellow Texan under their care. Celina is there for the convention, and she thinks of the Domestic Equalizers as role models. They simply step in to try and offer support for Celina who wants to be just like them. Unfortunately, all the girls end up in the right place at the wrong time. Who would have thought that they would end up in the middle of a murder investigation at a private investigators convention? Will they be able to get themselves out of the murder business with everyone still intact?

Dixie Cash has spun a fantastically funny mystery. The Domestic Equalizers are a barrel full of laughs as they go about their business, and somehow trouble always seems to land in their way. This was the first book starring Debbie Sue and Edwina that I have read, and it will certainly not be my last. I laughed through this book, and was quite taken with the mystery and mayhem that abounded. DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN YOU AND MY SHOES is a wonderful read, and I think this series will find a way to my keeper shelf.