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Joy to the Bones: A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery

by Carolyn Haines

Two mysteries converge in the Mississippi Delta

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Two mysteries converge in the Mississippi Delta

Sarah Booth Delaney’s investigation into her parents’ deaths now takes center stage, with old confidences shaken by what her closest companions have kept from her. At the same time, she is drawn into the question of who can claim the DeLonge Mansion, an imposing old house with no apparent living heirs. Set during the holiday season in the Mississippi Delta, the series finale brings these cases together alongside the return of Sarah Booth’s nemesis, Gertrude Stromm. The book’s blend of a family mystery, a mansion inquiry, and a spiritual-guide ghost places its cozy-paranormal elements within a detective story about trust and unresolved relationships.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series, especially those interested in its concluding installment.
  • Cozy mystery fans who enjoy paranormal elements, including a ghost who serves as a spiritual guide.
  • Readers interested in mysteries involving family secrets, old houses, and tangled relationships.

Themes

Trust and betrayalFamily secretsUnresolved relationshipsParanormal guidance

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Book overview

In this final installment of the series, sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney is up against her biggest--and most personal--mystery yet.

Still reeling from the discovery that her parents' deaths, decades ago, might not have been an accident, Private Investigator Sarah Booth Delaney doesn't know who to believe anymore. Her best friend and business partner, Tinkie, purposefully kept her in the dark; her lover, Coleman, intentionally lied to her; and her meddlesome ghost-turned-spiritual-guide, Jitty, kept more secrets than she can count. Now, even the people Sarah Booth once trusted more than anything are suspect.

Armed with new knowledge about her parents' car crash, Sarah Booth sets out to solve her biggest case yet: her parents' murder. And she's prepared to do it alone if she has to.

But the Mississippi Delta doesn't pause for anyone, not even Sarah Booth. While trying to untangle the truth about her parents' fate, Sarah Booth gets roped into investigating the DeLonge Mansion, a magnificent old house with seemingly no one left alive to claim it. With the return of her nemesis, Gertrude Stromm, looming over her head--and the pieces of her failed relationships still scattered around her--Sarah Booth has her work cut out for her this holiday season.

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