Reviewed: 17 February 2024

Glory Be

by: Danielle Archeneaux

Glory Broussard Mystery - Book 1

Rating: (4/5)

No one is going to stop Glory from getting to the truth.

I enjoyed being introduced to Glory Broussard, a feisty 60 y.o. Black woman in Louisiana. I also liked meeting her daughter, visiting lawyer from New York. I love Glory’s wittiness! “I’m a Girl Boss all about that hustle”

The description of the characters is well done and I felt like despite there being many, I felt like I knew them and could keep them all straight.

I was a little disappointed in how long it took Glory to pick up on a few things. I also wished there was more Delphine in the investigation and a little less of her life troubles. Perhaps it is a bit of foreshadowing. Despite that, I like Delphine and I liked the mother-daughter relationship.

There are some pretty heavy themes that are slipped in before you know it when presented in Glory’s manner. I didn’t want to put the book down. A quick note there is mature language and situations. It didn’t bother me, but may make a difference to others. Sometimes it felt a little bit like the kitchen sink. As soon as I started to feel that way, it would go away and events came together to make sense.

Miss Glory may not be everyone’s cup of tea. She doesn’t hold back and may bend the rules a bit, but she was great fun to be a fly on the wall to as she investigated her friend’s murder.

Happy Reading!

Release Date: 3-October-2023

Audiobook, Female Sleuth, Mystery

Plot Summary

The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth Glory Broussard.

t’s a hot and sticky Sunday in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Glory has settled into her usual after-church routine, meeting gamblers at the local coffee shop, where she works as a small-time bookie. Sitting at her corner table, Glory hears that her best friend—a nun beloved by the community—has been found dead in her apartment. When police declare the mysterious death a suicide, Glory is convinced that there must be more to the story and, with her reluctant daughter, with troubles of her own, in tow, launches a shadow investigation in a town of oil tycoons, church gossips, and a rumored voodoo priestess. As a Black woman of a certain age who grew up in a segregated Louisiana, Glory is used to being minimized and overlooked. But she’s determined to make her presence known as the case leads her deep into a web of intrigue she never realized Lafayette could harbor.