this is such a good murder mystery. what a fun main character and interesting setting. thoroughly enjoyable and a great read

main characters are so messy! it’s giving “only murders in the building,” a fun, unique perspective in an older black woman solving a potential murder with her mid-“mid-life-crisis” daughter

Glory is a hoot! This was a fun and cozy read. I was hooked from the beginning and couldn’t wait to see what situation Glory got into next. The plot was predictable but I didn’t care. Lafayette and the surrounding area is a fave of mine and this story took me there!

This was a lot of fun and I look forward to following Glory on future investigations!

Three-and-a-half stars, and a recommendation. Read it and see what you think. I thought I wasn't going to like the judgy, opinionated, and somewhat hypocritical title character, but she won me over. Glory Be is a very promising first installment of a new mystery series, and I'll be back for more.

The characters are flawed, but fun to hang out with. Their efforts and their errors are mostly believable. Our smart sleuth is a Louisiana church lady complete with the wardrobe of Sunday hats, who makes her money as a bookie after Mass. Her daughter brings big city barrister brains and acts as a critical foil for Glory's shenanigans, but miss Big City can get into her own messes. It's a nice balance and a sweet relationship between the generations.

The ending felt a little rushed and a bit of a stretch, and the prose was kinda prosaic, so this isn't a tour de force, but every now and then I felt like I was inside the head of a real person, with a personality that was recognizable in every thought and plan, and that is an achievement that makes Arceneaux a writer worth watching.

The audio edition is read by Bahni Turpin, always a favorite narrator.

Yooooo!! Not the messy unaliving of the nun though! And not me trying to be Olivia Benson and Sheldon Hawkes and Horatio (SVU and CSI fans know). And not it being set in Louisiana. I loved this!!

This was really entertaining and a perspective I don’t read often, that of an older black woman, and the mystery kept me guessing the whole way through. Can’t wait to read more of Glory Broussard’s adventures.