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Middle-aged Savannah Reid is proud of her Southern heritage and not ashamed of her plus-sized body. After being kicked off the police force because she discovered that some of the higher-ups would be implicated in a case, she opens her own [[Private Detective|private investigation]] company. Though it may not be the best-paying job, she's got her friends to help solve the case: Tammy, her enthusiastic assistant; Dirk, the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|crabby cop with a heart of gold]]; and Ryan and Gibson, a pair of ex-FBI agents.

# A Decadent Way To Die

# Buried in Buttercream

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Savannah's a [[Private Detective]] with a black belt in karate, and carries her Beretta everywhere she goes.

* [[Candlelit Bath]]: Savannah is fond of these. Often, they help her to relax, but unfortunately they frequently get interrupted by phone calls.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Dirk's words of wisdom in ''Bitter Sweets''.

'''Tammy:''' What? }}

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Kenny Bates.

* [[Doomed Appointment]]: {{spoiler|Francie Gorton}} arranges to meet Savannah in ''Sour Grapes'', but someone overhears the phone call, and feeds {{spoiler|Francie}} false information to make her ''believe'' she's still meeting Savannah. Instead, she's met by the killer.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: Savannah tells her Granny something to this effect after her wedding is postponed a ''second'' time.

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Inverted. Tammy is a very intelligent blonde.

* [[Electrified Bathtub]]: The way one murder is committed.

* [[Insult Backfire]]: In ''Murder a la Mode'', Savannah tells Brandy "You're such a ''[[Sarcasm Mode|sweet]]'' person." [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm|Brandy is thrilled at the compliment.]]

* [[Insult to Rocks]]: There's two instances where Dirk describes someone as a "pussy", and Savannah protests. When asked if she's objecting to the language, Savannah replies no, that as a cat lover, she's objecting to the association.

* [[It Never Gets Any Easier]]: This is said several times.

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Tammy blames herself for {{spoiler|her ex-boyfriend shooting Savannah}}.

* [[Mall Santa]]: Savannah accidentally [[Groin Attack|injured]] one, mistaking him for the criminal that dressed as Santa.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Don't harm anyone Savannah considers family or is protecting as part of her job, because she ''will'' pay you back double. For example, in ''A Decadent Way to Die'', after {{spoiler|Tammy's boyfriend hurts her}}, Savannah drops in to pay him a visit. She kicks the door in on him hard enough to break his nose, gives him a kick [[Groin Attack|in the spot men least like to be kicked]] bad enough to require surgery, and holds her gun to his head, threatening him to never even ''text'' {{spoiler|Tammy}} again.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Anthony Villa (rich owner of a vineyard), Barbara "Barbie" Matthews (several-time beauty pageant winner), Tammy Hart (one of the most kindhearted people Savannah knows).

* [[Mixed Metaphor]]: Dirk does these sometimes, and Savannah calls him out on it. She does it herself sometimes, though: "That's a horse of a different feather."

 

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