It’s summer in Savannah and Reagan Summerside and her sidekick Auntie KiKi are knee-deep in solving more mysteries. Not that they go looking for them mind you, but dead bodies just seem to fall across Reagan’s path. It’s all her ex’s fault! The way Reagan sees it when she got divorced that took one lifeless piece of crud out of her life and now the fates feel they have to fill the void by sending a whole bunch more her way.

Reagan and Auntie KiKi talk clues and suspects on Reagan’s front porch of her old Victorian. Bruce Willis, Reagan’s canine BFF sits beside her and a shaker of martinis sits beside Auntie KiKi. Talking dead people and whodunit it comes a lot easier while sipping something tall and cool.

Here are two of Auntie KiKi’s fave martini recipes. With or without booze they are totally delish!


Auntie KiKi’s Summer On The Veranda Watermelon Martini
• Sugar + kosher salt
• 6 oz watermelon juice (mash or use food processor and strain)
• 2 1/2 oz vodka or pellegrino sparkling water
• 2 1/2 oz Limoncello or orange liqueur or oj
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• Ice
• Watermelon wedges for garnish
Instructions
Chill glasses in freezer 10 minutes
Combine sugar and salt and dip you dampened glass rim
Fill cocktail shaker with the watermelon juice, vodka or sparkling water, liqueur and lime juice. Fill shaker with ice and shake 6-8 times.
Strain and pour into the glasses and garnish with a watermelon wedge.

Reagan’s Sexy Savannah Nights Martini
1 tablespoon finely grated orange chocolate
1 teaspoon sugar
2 orange slices
1/2 cup premium chocolate ice cream, at room temperature for 5 minutes
1 ounce orange vodka (or fresh squeeze orange juice)

Gently stir together the chocolate and sugar and put it on a plate. Run an orange slice around the rim of a chilled martini glass and dip the rim in the chocolate/sugar mix to coat.
Add the ice cream and vodka to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into the prepared glass and garnish with the remaining orange slice.

So, do you have a fave summer drink? Something you like to sip while reading on hot summer day?