Carolyn Haines
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| Title | : | Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4) |
| Author | : | Carolyn Haines |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 354 pages |
| Published | : | February 3rd 2004 by Dell (first published January 1st 2003) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Cozy Mystery. Fiction |
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In rich, atmospheric mysteries set against the backdrop of modern-day Mississippi, Carolyn Haines has given the southern belle a brilliantly hip makeover. Now Haines and her unforgettable heroine, Sarah Booth Delaney, are back with a tale about skeletons in closets--and elsewhere.Crossed Bones
Sarah Booth Delaney is no ordinary P.I. A born-and-bred Mississippi belle, she struggles to hold on to her family’s plantation and keeps up a running conversation with the ghost of her great-great-grandmother’s nanny, a busybody who decks herself out in a stunning new outfit every day--and schemes to save Sarah Booth from spinsterhood. Not one to wait around for a white knight, Sarah takes on the kind of cases no one else will touch. Like trying to exonerate a man accused of murdering Sunflower County’s most popular musician.
The two men met in prison: Ivory Keys, a gifted black blues pianist, and Scott Hampton, a rich white boy turned racist. Somewhere between the two men, a spark was lit. And by the time he came out of the joint, Scott Hampton had not only renounced his racist ways, he had learned to play a blues guitar that made grown women go weak in the knees. So why did Scott plunge a steel shank into his mentor’s chest? Ivory’s widow doesn’t think he did, and she’s paid Sarah Booth to prove it. No easy task, especially since the delicate racial harmony of Sunflower County is threatening to come undone under the heat of Sarah Booth’s investigation.
For a woman feeling a little heat of her own--navigating between a rich, available businessman, a married lawman with a waffling heart, and the sexy bluesman who is angling to become much more than her client--this case is taking dangerous twists. A town’s slumbering passions have awakened with a jolt, a matchmaking ghost is dressed up like Jackie O, and Sarah Booth is caught between her need to know the truth and the consequences it will have on her town--and on her life.
With riveting suspense and a sparkling cast of unforgettable characters, Carolyn Haines has woven a rich portrait of a part of America grappling with its past, its illusions, and its hopes. Crossed Bones is the most dazzling work yet from a uniquely gifted writer.
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| Original Title: | Crossed Bones |
| ISBN: | 044024093X (ISBN13: 9780440240938) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sarah Booth Delaney #4 |
| Setting: | Mississippi(United States) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 2183 Users | 115 ReviewsArticle Regarding Books Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #4)
Another good mystery!This is the fourth in the series about Sarah Booth Delaney and each one is better than the others. Sarah is a southern belle who is the emancipated version of southern women. While she knows all the "rules" she chooses not to use them as she cuts a wide swath through the Delta of Mississippi. This story takes on a bit of race relations in the south woven through a killing, a romance or two and a bit of music fantasy. Sarah has a delightful cast of characters who help her move through life in
Timeless commentaryIn this country, we are more aware of race separation than perhaps any time since integration occurred. This mystery has and underlying tale of one man's vision to unite the world via music....not a bad approach and a vivid reminder that talent knows no cultural or economic differences.
You learn about characters in this book that come back in future books.
Miss Sarah Booth Delaney is an Ole Miss Southern Belle. She was raised by her Aunt LouLane when both her parents were killed when she was young. Now, she lives in Dahlia House, trying to make a success of her private investigator business. Sarah Booth is hired by Ida Mae Keys to prove her husband, Ivory, was not killed by the prime suspect, a blues-playing former con named Scott Hampton. Scott met Ivory in prison in Michigan and Ivory completely turned Scott's life around, taught him to play the
I had a harder time with this book than the previous books. I guess it speaks to Mrs. Haines' writting, but there were some extremely unlikable characters in this story. Though that fit well, I still had a difficult time with them, and it didn't help that our heroine made some seriously poor choices. Still worth the read, especially if you are a fan of the series.
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