When Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin, better known as the Domestic Equalizers, meet their favorite Country and Western singer, Darla Denman, it's "Katy, bar the door." Darla hasn't been on the scene in several years, and invariably the first thing her fans say to her is..."I thought you were dead." Darla and her entourage -- her ex-husband Big Bob Denman and his acerbic mouthed wife, Roxie Jo; Roxie's make-up artist, Valetta Rose; two back-up singers and three band members -- find themselves stranded in Salt Lick, Texas with no money to fix their broken down "tour bus". They are on their way to Midland to perform on a telethon that hopefully will jump-start Darla's come back. The back-up singers decide to catch a ride back to Nashville, and this is where Debbie Sue and Edwina enter the picture. Darla asks them to help her out by going with her to Midland and lip sync the songs she will be singing.

Obnoxious Roxie Jo never met a person she didn't insult, so it is no wonder that on the night of the telethon, she is murdered with a nail file. Darla found the body and checked for a pulse -- when the police arrive she is holding the bloody nail file and in a total state of shock. Darla even admits to doing the foul deed. Our dynamic duo know this isn't true and realize it is their job to prove their idol's innocence.

Another good time is spent with the good citizens of Salt Lick, Texas in Dixie Cash's I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME, BUT I CAN MAKE YOU LEAVE. It's always a hoot trying to keep up with Debbie Sue and Edwina, and next to impossible to second guess those gals. If you enjoy books that are both fun and funny, this series was written with you in mind.