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Sarah Booth Delaney #8
Wishbones
Southern gal Sarah Booth Delaney packs up her hound dog and her P.I. business and sets off for Hollywood to take a shot at stardom. No stranger to acting, she aces the screen test for a racy remake of the movie Body Heat alongside leading man Graf Miliau. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and why not? Graf has already starred in one of Sarah’s previous affairs and is well on his way to landing a big part in the sequel.
Thrilled as Sarah is, her dream come true comes at a price. She has to leave behind her family’s ancestral home in Mississippi, her closest friends, and the possibility of settling down with her longtime love to film on location in Costa Rica. And it’s not long before rivalries flare, mysterious accidents occur, and this leading lady finds herself in some steamy tabloids without turning up in a single frame of film.
Carolyn Haines’s Wishbones takes the sultry romance and colorful friendships of this delightfully Southern series and heads out west for a mystery that is as thrilling off camera as it is on.
Thrilled as Sarah is, her dream come true comes at a price. She has to leave behind her family’s ancestral home in Mississippi, her closest friends, and the possibility of settling down with her longtime love to film on location in Costa Rica. And it’s not long before rivalries flare, mysterious accidents occur, and this leading lady finds herself in some steamy tabloids without turning up in a single frame of film.
Carolyn Haines’s Wishbones takes the sultry romance and colorful friendships of this delightfully Southern series and heads out west for a mystery that is as thrilling off camera as it is on.
325 pages, Hardcover
First published June 24, 2008
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Carolyn Haines
115 books1,573 followersCarolyn Haines is the USA Today bestselling author of over 70 books. In 2020, she was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alabama Library Association, the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, as well as the "Best Amateur Sleuth" award by Romantic Times. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Alabama on a farm with more dogs, cats, and horses than she can possibly keep track of.
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May 4, 2014
I never review anything. You can check. Well, actually I reviewed one book on Amazon and the review was apparently so scathing they never put it online. I think you can guess where this is going.
I hated this book. I have read all of the other SBD mysteries and really enjoyed them. This one is just plain awful. Aside from the ridiculous Mary Sue idea of having Sarah Boothe magically become a movie star through a series of unlikely events the book itself is very poorly plotted. There are many cozy mystery series out there that really aren't very well written, but they are fun because the characters are fun and the situations are fun and you really just want some light reading. This series had been well written in the past, so it was very disappointing to see the writing suffer so. It reads like it was cranked out in a week and nobody bothered to edit it.
When your characters are running around in circles and the story is not moving forward and you keep writing yourself into corners and have to keep moving your characters around inside the story in ways that make no sense and do nothing to further the plot-YOU HAVE NOT BOTHERED TO PLOT YOUR STORY, have you? That is how this book reads. Like the author just sat down and started writing with no real idea about how she would get her characters from the start to the finish.
And ridiculous? OMG- you can start with the whole accidentally starred in a play in BF Mississippi and got a "screen test" out of it. This was actually referred to by the main character as "getting a contract from the studio" if the test goes well. I am no Hollywood insider, but I am pretty sure that's not how it works unless this is 1932. A remake of BODY HEAT with two nobodies starring and Ashton Kutcher as a supporting player? Yes, she name drops. Robert Redford stops by the location set (in South America) because he hears Sara Boothe's Mississippi friend makes a mean lemon meringue pie. Uh-huh. Other stars are dropped briefly into the story for no reason and it is just silly rather than entertaining. Also SB and her movie star boyfriend barely seem to actually work. They roll out of bed (after making the sweet, sweet love of course) at nine in the morning and then go see what the filming schedule is for the day. Um, no. You know exactly when you have to be on set and you have to be in makeup/hair even before that and because movies rely on the LIGHT when you are shooting outdoors on location you will be up at the crack of dawn or before. You will not be snuggling until brunch time with your BF.
Shenanigans are afoot in the possibly haunted mansion where our hero is living/filming the movie and at one point the band of characters decide to search the entire house. They seem to do so, but later when all but two of them have left to go back home SB and Tinkie look through an entire wing of the house that apparently nobody searched before in spite of their desire to find this bad guy/ghost. If bad things were happening and you needed to find out what was going on and you had previously been a professional (of sorts-she stumbled into that job as well) private investigator how do you just half-ass the searching of this home for a dangerous individual who for all you know could murder you in your sleep? I know your boyfriend is hot SB-but so hot you just have to have him now and if somebody dies they die? Did they just LOSE INTEREST in finding the bad guy half way through their search? Actually, no-the author wants SB and Tinkie to find the bad guy alone and so has them wait to search this part of the house until all of their friends have left for home.
It is just a contrivance because the author is too lazy to figure out why they would search only half a house and put the rest off until later (endangering the main characters) for no good reason. So sloppy. The plotting of this book is so sloppy and the author does not care. She cannot be bothered to make sense-she has a book to write. She only has a week and these things don't write themselves, you know.
It's nice how everybody in a South American country speaks English. Very convenient that the local phone book is apparently also in English. Is the author contractually required to include horseback riding in all of these books? It's like a romance novel written by a nine year old girl with a horse crush. And why would two South American horses be named "Nugget" and "Flicker"? She's just not even trying at this point.
Oh, did I mention that the new boyfriend Graf (*sigh* that name-srsly?) is a complete nonentity? He exists seemingly only to be a perfect reflection for SB's ego and to do everything she wishes in contrast to the men with actual personalities that she has turned away throughout this series. She actually waxes poetic about how he doesn't really have a mind of his own and doesn't come up with ideas, but waits to listen to SB and Tinkie's theories before he ads any helpful info of his own. If somebody said this about a female character most women would consider it quite the sexist attitude. She loves him because he always does exactly what she wants him to do. Like a Stepford wife with a dingle and a movie contract.
Both SB and Tinkie get the crap knocked out of them in this book. By the end they should be crawling on all fours, not walking away from a car crash after many other previous injuries none the worse for wear. I was in a far less damaging crash than these two and had a seat-belt shaped black haematoma across my chest for a month or more. I ached all over for a couple of weeks. They are apparently feeling perky enough to force a professional police officer to let them take over a hostage negotiation (Tinkie) and break into the apparently poorly guarded area where the hostages are held (SB) to start kicking ass and taking names. There is not a single thing about this book that is not completely ludicrous and it is a shame to lose the lovely sense of place that came with setting these stories in small town Mississippi.
I hated this book. I have read all of the other SBD mysteries and really enjoyed them. This one is just plain awful. Aside from the ridiculous Mary Sue idea of having Sarah Boothe magically become a movie star through a series of unlikely events the book itself is very poorly plotted. There are many cozy mystery series out there that really aren't very well written, but they are fun because the characters are fun and the situations are fun and you really just want some light reading. This series had been well written in the past, so it was very disappointing to see the writing suffer so. It reads like it was cranked out in a week and nobody bothered to edit it.
When your characters are running around in circles and the story is not moving forward and you keep writing yourself into corners and have to keep moving your characters around inside the story in ways that make no sense and do nothing to further the plot-YOU HAVE NOT BOTHERED TO PLOT YOUR STORY, have you? That is how this book reads. Like the author just sat down and started writing with no real idea about how she would get her characters from the start to the finish.
And ridiculous? OMG- you can start with the whole accidentally starred in a play in BF Mississippi and got a "screen test" out of it. This was actually referred to by the main character as "getting a contract from the studio" if the test goes well. I am no Hollywood insider, but I am pretty sure that's not how it works unless this is 1932. A remake of BODY HEAT with two nobodies starring and Ashton Kutcher as a supporting player? Yes, she name drops. Robert Redford stops by the location set (in South America) because he hears Sara Boothe's Mississippi friend makes a mean lemon meringue pie. Uh-huh. Other stars are dropped briefly into the story for no reason and it is just silly rather than entertaining. Also SB and her movie star boyfriend barely seem to actually work. They roll out of bed (after making the sweet, sweet love of course) at nine in the morning and then go see what the filming schedule is for the day. Um, no. You know exactly when you have to be on set and you have to be in makeup/hair even before that and because movies rely on the LIGHT when you are shooting outdoors on location you will be up at the crack of dawn or before. You will not be snuggling until brunch time with your BF.
Shenanigans are afoot in the possibly haunted mansion where our hero is living/filming the movie and at one point the band of characters decide to search the entire house. They seem to do so, but later when all but two of them have left to go back home SB and Tinkie look through an entire wing of the house that apparently nobody searched before in spite of their desire to find this bad guy/ghost. If bad things were happening and you needed to find out what was going on and you had previously been a professional (of sorts-she stumbled into that job as well) private investigator how do you just half-ass the searching of this home for a dangerous individual who for all you know could murder you in your sleep? I know your boyfriend is hot SB-but so hot you just have to have him now and if somebody dies they die? Did they just LOSE INTEREST in finding the bad guy half way through their search? Actually, no-the author wants SB and Tinkie to find the bad guy alone and so has them wait to search this part of the house until all of their friends have left for home.
It is just a contrivance because the author is too lazy to figure out why they would search only half a house and put the rest off until later (endangering the main characters) for no good reason. So sloppy. The plotting of this book is so sloppy and the author does not care. She cannot be bothered to make sense-she has a book to write. She only has a week and these things don't write themselves, you know.
It's nice how everybody in a South American country speaks English. Very convenient that the local phone book is apparently also in English. Is the author contractually required to include horseback riding in all of these books? It's like a romance novel written by a nine year old girl with a horse crush. And why would two South American horses be named "Nugget" and "Flicker"? She's just not even trying at this point.
Oh, did I mention that the new boyfriend Graf (*sigh* that name-srsly?) is a complete nonentity? He exists seemingly only to be a perfect reflection for SB's ego and to do everything she wishes in contrast to the men with actual personalities that she has turned away throughout this series. She actually waxes poetic about how he doesn't really have a mind of his own and doesn't come up with ideas, but waits to listen to SB and Tinkie's theories before he ads any helpful info of his own. If somebody said this about a female character most women would consider it quite the sexist attitude. She loves him because he always does exactly what she wants him to do. Like a Stepford wife with a dingle and a movie contract.
Both SB and Tinkie get the crap knocked out of them in this book. By the end they should be crawling on all fours, not walking away from a car crash after many other previous injuries none the worse for wear. I was in a far less damaging crash than these two and had a seat-belt shaped black haematoma across my chest for a month or more. I ached all over for a couple of weeks. They are apparently feeling perky enough to force a professional police officer to let them take over a hostage negotiation (Tinkie) and break into the apparently poorly guarded area where the hostages are held (SB) to start kicking ass and taking names. There is not a single thing about this book that is not completely ludicrous and it is a shame to lose the lovely sense of place that came with setting these stories in small town Mississippi.
February 12, 2013
Total disappointment. The whole LA acting bit just doesn't ring true. The Delta setting is what makes the series for me - it just doesn't translate to LA or the film location setting. Way too much name dropping (really, Robert Redford and Brad Pitt stop by while they're filming on location?). And how could 2 no-name actors end up in a Hollywood remake of Body Heat? Hopefully this is just a momentary lapse on the author's part - I couldn't even finish this one. Not recommended at all - total waste of time (and I've been a big fan of all the previous books).
April 20, 2025
These earlier Sarah Booth Delaney books are really just not grabbing me the way more the recent ones have. I'm not entirely sure why. They have roughly the same narrative tone, and interesting plots. This one filled a hole in Sarah Booth's history for me. And yet ... they all seem just a little meh somehow. I'm hoping the next current one will seem as good as the first couple books I read did.
September 28, 2021
I’ve enjoyed this series of cozy mysteries, but this one was a real eye roller. It was exactly like a Scooby Doo mystery- zoinks and jinkies…. Ugh.
April 1, 2024
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September 21, 2016
Needing some light reading as a palate cleanser, I turned to Carolyn Haines. It doesn't come any lighter and fluffier than her Southern belle private eye series featuring Sarah Booth Delaney (hereafter referred to as SB). It turned out this one didn't so much cleanse my reading palate as poison it, or at least curdle it. Let me not mince words: This is not a good book.
In this entry, we have SB heading to Hollywood, on the basis of one turn as a star in a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in Zinnia, Mississippi, to star in a remake of Body Heat, with her in the Kathleen Turner role and her lover, Graf Milieu (that name - really???), in the William Hurt role. So, we have two complete unknowns starring in the remake of this movie.
Oh, yes, and Ashton Kutcher is in a supporting role.
In Hollywood, SB and Graf seem to spend most of their time making sweet, sweet love and very little time working. They roll onto the movie set around midday, after spending the morning in bed, and play hot, hot scenes, getting it all done in one take.
But soon, even stranger things start happening to people involved in the movie. One woman falls to her death. A man falls from a balcony and is seriously injured. Rumors start circulating that the movie is cursed.
Before the police investigation of the death and injury are complete, the whole mob is allowed to decamp to Costa Rica where most of the movie will be shot at a home that is owned by the director. And when we get to that house, weird things REALLY start happening.
The house seems to be haunted by the mournful spirit of the director's long dead wife who apparently died of anorexia nervosa. She starved herself to death thinking she was not thin or beautiful enough. It also seems to be haunted by the very much alive daughter of the dead woman and the director, who blames the director for the death of her mother.
Of course, SB is very much at home with "haints" since she has her own personal family ghost, Jitty, back in Zinnia, Mississippi. In fact, Jitty actually turns up in Costa Rica when SB calls on her for help. Moreover, all of SB's Mississippi gang of friends drop everything and travel to Costa Rica to support their friend and SB and her PI partner Tinkie get busy trying to solve the mystery of what's going on with this movie set.
Oh, did I mention that people were getting pushed down stairs, tied up on rocks by the ocean and left for the tide to drown them, conked on the head with various instruments, there are mysterious moans and whimpers coming from somewhere in the walls of the house, and a woman in red keeps materializing for SB, although nobody else seems to have seen her? Yeah.
This plot is a mess. It just flails around and it seems that the writer is just throwing everything up against the wall in the hopes that something will stick. Nothing does.
Perhaps the silliest thing about the book is all the name-dropping. We have Robert Redford and Brad Pitt dropping by the set - just because they have nothing better to do, I guess. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (because you can't have one without the other of course!) turn up at a party. Charlize Theron gives SB and Tinkie a plane ride back to Hollywood from Costa Rica.
No, I take it back. The silliest thing about the book is that SB and Graf are continually referred to - and refer to themselves - as movie stars, even though neither of them has ever been in a movie before. And everyone is continually gobsmacked by the prodigious talent of SB. She's "brilliant!" The director is "brilliant." Graf is brilliant and off-the-charts sexy and his only desire in life is to settle down with SB and raise a family.
The early entries in this series were entertaining and had a certain charm. The last two that I've read just seemed like the writer had lost interest and was phoning it in. This was the last one of the series that I had in my reading queue. I can't imagine a circumstance where I will be adding any more.
May 12, 2019
Sarah Booth gets to fulfill her dream of making a movie, co-starring with the hot Graf Milieu. Filming takes her first to LA, then to paradise in Costa Rica, but someone is trying to sabotage the picture.
I enjoyed this book until the very ending, when it seemed to fall apart. Even worse, the books ends with the life of an important character in peril. This development had nothing to do with the current story but is a cliff hanger setting us up for the next book.
I enjoyed this book until the very ending, when it seemed to fall apart. Even worse, the books ends with the life of an important character in peril. This development had nothing to do with the current story but is a cliff hanger setting us up for the next book.
June 11, 2009
I've always enjoyed the Sarah Booth Delaney mysteries, but this one fell flat for me. Usually they're full of madcap fun, and very well set in her Mississippi Delta home. In this installment, she has travelled to Hollywood to try on a new kind of life as a Movie Star, and it never feels believable to me. Lots and lots of claims that she is brilliant, the director is brilliant, the movie is brilliant---but I felt told and not shown. And I don't know how many times I was told about kisses that were "both fiery and tender." I hate repetitive language! Especially when it is trite and nonsensical to boot.
The best part of this book was the excerpt from the next one. So, yes, I will certainly read Greedy Bones and hope to fall back in love with Sarah Booth and her many fabulous cohorts.
The best part of this book was the excerpt from the next one. So, yes, I will certainly read Greedy Bones and hope to fall back in love with Sarah Booth and her many fabulous cohorts.
April 12, 2010
Sarah Booth Delaney is living her dream as she is cast at Matty in a remake of Body Heat. She leaves her beloved Mississippi home for Los Angeles and Costa Rica for the filming. She also leaves behind a love for a man who has returned from her past. But she just can't leave behind mystery and murder and a corpse shows up before the filming even starts.
I really like this series. I had my doubts about moving away from the southern setting but Haines manages to pull if off. I find that I have grown attached to the characters and we are left with a sort of cliff hanger that has me anxious for the next installment. The only complaint I have is the name dropping that I guess sort of goes with the Hollywood theme of the story, but I could have done without it.
I really like this series. I had my doubts about moving away from the southern setting but Haines manages to pull if off. I find that I have grown attached to the characters and we are left with a sort of cliff hanger that has me anxious for the next installment. The only complaint I have is the name dropping that I guess sort of goes with the Hollywood theme of the story, but I could have done without it.
September 12, 2012
So far this book is by far and away the worst book in this series. Where the hell did all of the swearing come from? I don't know how many times Sarah Booth swears and I am only about half through the book.
Now that I have finished the book, there was nothing to justify rating it higher. This remains the worst book of the series in my opinion. You almost get the impression that Haines is out of words and just randomly throwing things about. Between swearing and some unpleasant character portrayals, I certainly hope Greedy Bones is better. I don't like where the character Jitty has went. Jitty is almost comedic now with her movie star portrayals. Before she played the part of a wise confidante to Sarah Booth.
Now that I have finished the book, there was nothing to justify rating it higher. This remains the worst book of the series in my opinion. You almost get the impression that Haines is out of words and just randomly throwing things about. Between swearing and some unpleasant character portrayals, I certainly hope Greedy Bones is better. I don't like where the character Jitty has went. Jitty is almost comedic now with her movie star portrayals. Before she played the part of a wise confidante to Sarah Booth.
August 14, 2008
I was really disappointed with this book. I have previously loved the series. In this the main character, a southern ex-daddy's girl, moves to Hollywood for her second chance at making it as an actress. The setting of Hollywood didn't translate well for the southern lady. It was awkward and her "Southerness" was displaced. It wasn't this fun charming story about her roots, and the ties that she has. It became this forced plot, and awkward dialogue. What works in the south for these books doesn't seem to work as well set someplace else, at least for this book. I'm hoping it was a fluke.
February 6, 2015
I really enjoyed reading how Sarah Booth went out to Hollywood and tried to act again. This to me is the best book in the whole series so far. We get to see another ghost where she is staying and her friends come to see her in Costa Rica as well. I hope the author will be putting out a new book soon.
October 19, 2014
I couldn't get past the first 50 pages. The dialogue was stiff and the ghost thing didn't work for me. I see others enjoy it and I'm glad, but it wasn't for me. :)
July 5, 2019
Carolyn proves to be a born Mississippi author, with mansions, ghosts, mystery, good food, and with WISHBONES, she had my attention for a full 5 hours. Yes, I read the book in that amount of time.
Why? Because I could not put it down!
She made me homesick for the part of Mississippi that I barely recall, she made me smile and cry at the end. She had me, this ancient all one hot and bothered.
And when Jitty 'appeared' my cat Roxy jumped on my lap, and just stared at me. (Or at Jitty?)
I love a good mystery and my son used to hate it that I guess the bad guy with ease.
But No, I dare say NO! Not with Carolyn, she had me to the last two chapters or so, with a twist that literally seemed to crawl around the mansion, not Dahlia House.
As for the leading man, er men... is there anything as too handsome? too buff?
She took me thru the sweet winds of the Delta, to the beaches of another, horse riding, red swirling gowns. I wondered if love is real, is there a forever real? I waited for Jitty to rescue Sarah from the evil ghost, and then wham!
Carolyn hits me a shocker.
I am not a kiss and tell all kinda Southern ole lady, but I hope you enjoy this read as much as I did.
Be sure to send your love to Jitty. Can't wait to envision her next outfit.
Why? Because I could not put it down!
She made me homesick for the part of Mississippi that I barely recall, she made me smile and cry at the end. She had me, this ancient all one hot and bothered.
And when Jitty 'appeared' my cat Roxy jumped on my lap, and just stared at me. (Or at Jitty?)
I love a good mystery and my son used to hate it that I guess the bad guy with ease.
But No, I dare say NO! Not with Carolyn, she had me to the last two chapters or so, with a twist that literally seemed to crawl around the mansion, not Dahlia House.
As for the leading man, er men... is there anything as too handsome? too buff?
She took me thru the sweet winds of the Delta, to the beaches of another, horse riding, red swirling gowns. I wondered if love is real, is there a forever real? I waited for Jitty to rescue Sarah from the evil ghost, and then wham!
Carolyn hits me a shocker.
I am not a kiss and tell all kinda Southern ole lady, but I hope you enjoy this read as much as I did.
Be sure to send your love to Jitty. Can't wait to envision her next outfit.
September 23, 2023
I did not know this book (#8) was a series - and I will not be reading any more. At times I thought I was reading a Nancy Drew book for teenagers. The plot was all over the place, the antics were dangerous and frankly so totally unrealistic, that it made me want to scream. Especially the ending when Tinkie was allowed to be a hostage negotiator? C'mon! The talk about the two dogs were irritating and did not give any substance to the story line. It got boring and repetitive. Charlize Theron lending her private jet to people she did not know? Yeah, right. All the other Hollywood name dropping did nothing to move the story along. The only reason I finished the book was because I never NOT finish one as a matter of principle. The ending left me drained and it never tied up the character's issues. THAT is when I realized this must be a continuing story/series. I cannot recommend this book to anyone. I did not find this a "madcap adventure" "humorous romp" "funny, ingenious....and delightful" or "conclusion is both clever and impressive" book as advertised on the book jacket. Skip it.
January 2, 2020
Sarah Booth had tried her hand at acting in New York and failed. She came home to Mississippi to try to save her ancestral home and recover from her failed career and failed love life. Now she has a second chance at both and since there seems to be no future with Coleman she has decided to go for it. She goes to L.A. with Graf and they begin filming a movie. However, there is a wildfire outside the home where they are staying and then Sarah Booth discovers a body near where the fire took place. When the cast and crew move to Costa Rica to continue filming there are more strange things taking place. There are rumors the movie is cursed and the media only knows about some of the things that have happened.
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November 18, 2019
Wish Bones (a Sara Booth Delaney Series) (Rb digital library loan). Sara Booth and Sweetie Pie head to Hollywood! Sara is going to star in a major motion picture.. things seem to be looking up..until mysterious things start happening on the set as the crew head to secondary location. It’s Tinkie and her little dog to the assistance of Sara and Sweetie Pue as they try to figure out just who or what is causes all these weird happenings. Lots of laughs, a good ending and a seamless flow into the next book. In fact I’d be pretty mad about it if I didn’t already know I could check out the next book immediately.. still loving the series
July 13, 2023
It was fine. Sarah Booth is a near insufferable character in this one. She has none of the smarts or wit she seemed to have in the first one I read (Lady Bones) and she’s very whiny. She also never shuts up about how much she loves her friends or is attracted to Graf.
The actually mystery leaves much to be desired with the characters going in circles. The whole middle of the book it seems like there is no real progress, just talking to the same people repeatedly and long paragraphs about Sarah Booth’s acting performance.
This may be because I started with one of the more recent ones so the author may be better and the characters more established. Either way, it still was only 2/5.
The actually mystery leaves much to be desired with the characters going in circles. The whole middle of the book it seems like there is no real progress, just talking to the same people repeatedly and long paragraphs about Sarah Booth’s acting performance.
This may be because I started with one of the more recent ones so the author may be better and the characters more established. Either way, it still was only 2/5.
November 9, 2018
I'd actually give this book 4.5 stars. I really, really enjoyed it. Having two ghosts popping up in one house added intrigue to the mystery. And the mystery kept developing, getting more serious the longer I turned pages. I liked all of the action and I especially zeroed in on the friendship between Sarah Booth and Tinkie. They made a great team. I liked the romance between Graf and Sarah Booth but for some reason, it never felt real to me. But then, I was concentrating more on the clues and secret passageways. This book provided plenty of entertainment. I'll keep reading the series.
July 16, 2019
I just finished Wishbones by Carolyn Haines. The 8th book in the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery series. I don’t read books in the paranormal category, but I am so glad I read these, and grateful my library has the series. The characters are fun and believable, the story flows very well, and the plot had me guessing right to the end. I also loved the “character” interviews at the end of some of the books. I would recommend these to anyone who loves cozies.
September 29, 2017
Sarah Booth gets to fulfill her dream of being an actress in a movie shot in Hollywood and Costa Rica. A former boyfriend Graf Milieu is her costar and becomes her lover. Tinkie comes for a visit and becomes a target along with Sarah of someone who is determined to stop the movie. The book was a little different since the setting was no longer Mississippi. The book was a quick easy read.
December 11, 2017
This is book 8 in the series. (I didn't read 1-7. ) I wasn't impressed. I thought it moved at a very, very slow pace and I'd have thought by book 8, a woman who lives with a ghost would be better handle on ghostly things, and as a P.I., a better handle on investigatory things. That's it for me with this series.
August 3, 2019
Weird
I enjoyed the mystery, but this story line has digressed into crazy. Sarah Booth goes from a southern woman concerned with keeping her home to a movie star in Hollywood. Pretty sudden. And her love life is again a mess. But it all seems to work. Lots of spoilers about previous books. That and the incredible plot turns require you to read these books in order.
I enjoyed the mystery, but this story line has digressed into crazy. Sarah Booth goes from a southern woman concerned with keeping her home to a movie star in Hollywood. Pretty sudden. And her love life is again a mess. But it all seems to work. Lots of spoilers about previous books. That and the incredible plot turns require you to read these books in order.
August 22, 2024
I could tell I had missed several books between Buried Bones and this book. Sarah Booth is going back to Acting. She is going to Hollywood with Graf who she thought she had left behind in New York. It is not long after arriving in Hollywood when there is a murder. before Sarah can figure that out she and Graft are off to Castro Rica for filming.
June 1, 2018
This was my least favorite of this series so far. Just so so far fetched. She’s starring in a remake of a Body Heat and Ashton Kutcher is a supporting role 😂I still enjoy a cozy mystery to break a reading slump. I’m sure I’ll still pick up the next in this series in the future.
July 5, 2021
I’ve had fun reading this series until now. This one felt like it was written by a completely different author, possibly a teenage one with unrealistic views on how things work. Please tell me the rest of the series will go back to normal!
And Graf....Barf...
And Graf....Barf...
September 19, 2024
This feels like a dream. Like the entire book should have ended with SBD waking up and realizing none of it was real. All the celebrity name dropping was so cringy. All of the injuries. And Graff or whatever his name is just being a perfect little lap dog boyfriend. So fake and dumb.
April 3, 2018
Finally finished! The enduring I found Sarah Booth and Tinkie to unrealistic and idiotic.
June 30, 2020
Much better than the previous book in the series. Sarah Booth was displaying a few smarts again.
July 29, 2020
Sister of the guy is the killer
She hooks up with Gaff
If I remember right, this is the one where she travels - and it's a bit unrealistic in that aspect
She hooks up with Gaff
If I remember right, this is the one where she travels - and it's a bit unrealistic in that aspect
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