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Sarah Booth Delaney #10
Bone Appetit
In the midst of a cook-off at a posh spa, southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney gets embroiled in a juicy murder in the latest mystery from Carolyn Haines For many years Jitty, Dahlia House’s resident ghost, has dreamed that Sarah Booth Delaney would have a child to inherit the family’s ancestral home. Sarah Booth has always had reservations about being a parent. There was her work as an actress and PI, taking care of the house, not to mention finding the right man. But when Jitty’s dream finally looks like it’s going to come true, Sarah Booth is crushed when it doesn’t. Depressed, unable to act or investigate, Sarah Booth finally allows her best friend to whisk her away for a luxurious weekend vacation at a special spa and cooking school. The pampering and food go a long way toward making her feel like her old self, but there’s another welcome distraction—there’s a beauty contest/cook-off going on to find the spa’s next spokesperson, and watching the drama really takes her mind off of her woes. Sarah finds the backbiting to be great fun—until the heated competition boils over, the top contender is poisoned, and the prime suspect hires Sarah Booth to clear her name. Between swimsuit competitions and soufflés, Sarah Booth Delaney and her best friend and partner, Tinkie, must find out which of the ambitious young ladies is to blame in Bone Appetit , the latest in Carolyn Haines’s delightfully Southern cozy mystery series.
336 pages, Hardcover
First published June 15, 2010
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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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December 15, 2011
Now I'm sure I've overdosed on Sarah Booth mysteries, because I was rolling my eyes so much I thought they were going to get stuck in the upward position and I'd spend the rest of my life looking at my eyebrows.
The series has gotten more and more preposterous-I'm game to suspend my disbelief to a point, but with these books you have to stretch your disbelief like a rubber band. Eventually it'll snap, and mine did. I can buy that Sarah and Tinkie weren't looking for a case, but one fell in their laps. I don't think the client ever paid them, despite Sarah Booth's frequent mental reminders about the mortgage on her house. Tinkie doesn't have to worry about that-in fact, she even got her husband to put up the retainer for a lawyer for the client. A GR reviewer mentioned the preposterousness of the whole town looking for Sarah Booth's dog when she ran off, but I was not surprised that this was just a plot device to get Sarah Booth back to Dahlia House for a "surprise". To think that Tinkie announcing she's Tinkie Bellcase Richmond and expecting people to know who she is outside of Sunflower County is a laugh.
What gets me (aside from Jitty, who is seeming more and more like a schizophrenic hallucination than a real "haint") is how Sarah Booth is stubbornly determined to keep on with the P.I. business in spite of either her or Tinkie or both of them winding up in serious danger, without even a Taser for protection. This lack of either formal investigator's training or a firearms license, which they keep saying they really need, would be OK if they were investigating sabotage at garden shows, but not murder. And what gets me the most is the fact that in spite of Sarah Booth's wanting to be independent and do her own thing without a man telling her what she can and can't do, is the constant calls for help to men-whether it's Coleman, Harold, Oscar, or more frequently (and alarmingly), old Doc Sawyer. While the men don't always ride to the rescue in the nick of time, they're present enough to make me think that if it weren't for the guys, Sarah and Tinkie would probably have been killed by book 2.
I've taken a strong dislike to Graf, not because of anything he's said or done, but because of his name. Every time I read that name, I think of a zeppelin-Graf Spee or Graf Zeppelin.
I'm sure that this series is meant for people who don't care that much about consistency, logic and believability, and maybe I've been in the wrong mood for them lately, but I'll put off reading the next one for a while.
The series has gotten more and more preposterous-I'm game to suspend my disbelief to a point, but with these books you have to stretch your disbelief like a rubber band. Eventually it'll snap, and mine did. I can buy that Sarah and Tinkie weren't looking for a case, but one fell in their laps. I don't think the client ever paid them, despite Sarah Booth's frequent mental reminders about the mortgage on her house. Tinkie doesn't have to worry about that-in fact, she even got her husband to put up the retainer for a lawyer for the client. A GR reviewer mentioned the preposterousness of the whole town looking for Sarah Booth's dog when she ran off, but I was not surprised that this was just a plot device to get Sarah Booth back to Dahlia House for a "surprise". To think that Tinkie announcing she's Tinkie Bellcase Richmond and expecting people to know who she is outside of Sunflower County is a laugh.
What gets me (aside from Jitty, who is seeming more and more like a schizophrenic hallucination than a real "haint") is how Sarah Booth is stubbornly determined to keep on with the P.I. business in spite of either her or Tinkie or both of them winding up in serious danger, without even a Taser for protection. This lack of either formal investigator's training or a firearms license, which they keep saying they really need, would be OK if they were investigating sabotage at garden shows, but not murder. And what gets me the most is the fact that in spite of Sarah Booth's wanting to be independent and do her own thing without a man telling her what she can and can't do, is the constant calls for help to men-whether it's Coleman, Harold, Oscar, or more frequently (and alarmingly), old Doc Sawyer. While the men don't always ride to the rescue in the nick of time, they're present enough to make me think that if it weren't for the guys, Sarah and Tinkie would probably have been killed by book 2.
I've taken a strong dislike to Graf, not because of anything he's said or done, but because of his name. Every time I read that name, I think of a zeppelin-Graf Spee or Graf Zeppelin.
I'm sure that this series is meant for people who don't care that much about consistency, logic and believability, and maybe I've been in the wrong mood for them lately, but I'll put off reading the next one for a while.
June 17, 2018
I read the first several books in this series, until I realized Sarah Booth is a serial dater. She has another man in this book, apparently her love from the previous book, but based on past experience, I don't know how much to invest in this relationship, which is mostly long distance here. That being said, the mystery--murder at a beauty/cooking pageant--is complicated and keeps the reader involved. Plus, Sarah Booth's bestie Tinkie is often a riot.
April 9, 2024
Slow and I lost interest. I’ve enjoyed series until this one.
July 17, 2010
Most of the time when I read these books I love the absurdness, but this time it seemed to cross the line from fun to just plain too much. I find it hard to believe that the whole town would stop what they were doing to find a missing dog off on a romantic romp with another strange dog all the while stealing shoes. I also thought the ending was so over the top I almost threw the book across the room all the while groaning, "You have got to be kidding me!!" and not in a good way.
Sarah Booth just wasn't herself, I do understand part of the reason as she is recovering from what happened the last time around, but I have seen more life in a 2 week old piece of lettuce that has been sitting on the counter.
I guess my only hope now is with the next book and that the old feisty Sarah Booth is back, because if she stays like this Sarah Booth I am going to quickly give up on her.
Sarah Booth just wasn't herself, I do understand part of the reason as she is recovering from what happened the last time around, but I have seen more life in a 2 week old piece of lettuce that has been sitting on the counter.
I guess my only hope now is with the next book and that the old feisty Sarah Booth is back, because if she stays like this Sarah Booth I am going to quickly give up on her.
June 8, 2011
Wow, this one and the last, Greedy Bones I really enjoyed, a little more than the others. It was really cool for a change to read about places/locations I had actually been to in real life, like the Alluvian Hotel and Viking Range(toured in a Interior Design field trip) and of course the fabulous Ground Zero blues club.
June 24, 2018
This review contains spoilers.
Normally I really enjoy this series (and cozy mysteries in general). This installment was no exception... until the end. Mrs. Payne plotting her entire murder spree based on information Hedy's estranged aunt had just happened to spill to her during a random, one-time meeting was, frankly, a ludicrous plot device. To wrap the villain's entire planning method up in a one-in-a-million-chance encounter that just happened to provide a gut-spilling session between said villain and a tenuously-connected-yet-full-of-detailed-family-drama stranger seems like extremely poor planning on Ms. Haines' part. Not to mention the fact that we're supposed to accept that Mrs. Payne somehow knew that Hedy would be competing against her daughter at the time that she met Hedy's aunt (IIRC, Hedy implied she'd never competed before?), and that it's never explained just how or why Mrs. Payne was able to so convincingly disguise herself as said aunt. Was she an acclaimed ex-makeup artist? Were they long-lost relatives? Whatever the reason the resemblance was close enough, that sure was a lucky break for Mrs. Payne!
To add insult to injury, there was Tinkie's brush with death. For what? Just to squeeze in a little more drama? That part of the story was completely pointless. There was no *real* drama to it, as it was resolved within a few pages (I could see the point of it a little more if there'd been a cliff-hanger revolving around it to start off the next book), and it did nothing to move the characters forward. And it was never really explained WHY Tinkie was so affected by what she'd been drugged with. Oh, right. DRAMA! Silly me; what more explanation could I want?
I've been reading this series in order, so I hope the next book takes away the bad taste the end of this one left in my mouth.
Normally I really enjoy this series (and cozy mysteries in general). This installment was no exception... until the end. Mrs. Payne plotting her entire murder spree based on information Hedy's estranged aunt had just happened to spill to her during a random, one-time meeting was, frankly, a ludicrous plot device. To wrap the villain's entire planning method up in a one-in-a-million-chance encounter that just happened to provide a gut-spilling session between said villain and a tenuously-connected-yet-full-of-detailed-family-drama stranger seems like extremely poor planning on Ms. Haines' part. Not to mention the fact that we're supposed to accept that Mrs. Payne somehow knew that Hedy would be competing against her daughter at the time that she met Hedy's aunt (IIRC, Hedy implied she'd never competed before?), and that it's never explained just how or why Mrs. Payne was able to so convincingly disguise herself as said aunt. Was she an acclaimed ex-makeup artist? Were they long-lost relatives? Whatever the reason the resemblance was close enough, that sure was a lucky break for Mrs. Payne!
To add insult to injury, there was Tinkie's brush with death. For what? Just to squeeze in a little more drama? That part of the story was completely pointless. There was no *real* drama to it, as it was resolved within a few pages (I could see the point of it a little more if there'd been a cliff-hanger revolving around it to start off the next book), and it did nothing to move the characters forward. And it was never really explained WHY Tinkie was so affected by what she'd been drugged with. Oh, right. DRAMA! Silly me; what more explanation could I want?
I've been reading this series in order, so I hope the next book takes away the bad taste the end of this one left in my mouth.
June 12, 2013
First of all, don’t you just love the cover? I absolutely love the pink color- as a matter of fact, it was the reason I picked it up at the store in the first place. The little details are what is important about this cover. From the skeleton hand of the waiter, to the fact that the woman lost her flip-flop. Creative and original.
If you follow me on Facebook, you already know that this book was a Dollar Store find. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Usually, the books at the Dollar Store are disappointing. This book, however, was incredible. It was fun, but suspenseful. Well written chapters and a mix of emotions made it a whirlwind that I enjoyed riding on. The characters are cared for by the reader in a way that’s reminiscent of Darynda Jones’s Charley Davidson. This is technically part of a series, but I didn’t know that I until too late and the book stood alone beautifully. The only thing I can say in a negative fashion, is that the author used the main character’s full name too often. I get that that is the name she uses for her company, so I never looked twice when people she was investigating used it, but when her friends and family did it felt unnatural. Now, like I said, I didn’t read the rest of the series so maybe there is an explanation behind this that I am unaware of. I’ll find out, because I plan to purchase the rest of the series and read every single one of them. I hope this isn’t the last in the series, because I would be disappointed if it were. It’s THAT good.
If you follow me on Facebook, you already know that this book was a Dollar Store find. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Usually, the books at the Dollar Store are disappointing. This book, however, was incredible. It was fun, but suspenseful. Well written chapters and a mix of emotions made it a whirlwind that I enjoyed riding on. The characters are cared for by the reader in a way that’s reminiscent of Darynda Jones’s Charley Davidson. This is technically part of a series, but I didn’t know that I until too late and the book stood alone beautifully. The only thing I can say in a negative fashion, is that the author used the main character’s full name too often. I get that that is the name she uses for her company, so I never looked twice when people she was investigating used it, but when her friends and family did it felt unnatural. Now, like I said, I didn’t read the rest of the series so maybe there is an explanation behind this that I am unaware of. I’ll find out, because I plan to purchase the rest of the series and read every single one of them. I hope this isn’t the last in the series, because I would be disappointed if it were. It’s THAT good.
June 19, 2011
One of my favorite things about this series is the fact that they revolve around places that I know and love. From the Alluvian Hotel and the Viking Cooking School to New Orleans and Memphis and everywhere in between, Carolyn Haines brings the charm of the Mississippi Delta and the surrounding areas to life. It reminds me a lot of Anne George's "Murder" series set in Birmingham. George even did one set in Destin, which was so much fun.
This book was great because, as I mentioned, I knew all of the places mentioned. I will say, it's making me a little nervous that people are getting seriously, seriously hurt in the last few books. First the terrible mishaps in Costa Rica in Wishbones, then the cotton field incident in Greedy Bones and now this incident.
Can't wait for Bones of a Feather to come out shortly.
This book was great because, as I mentioned, I knew all of the places mentioned. I will say, it's making me a little nervous that people are getting seriously, seriously hurt in the last few books. First the terrible mishaps in Costa Rica in Wishbones, then the cotton field incident in Greedy Bones and now this incident.
Can't wait for Bones of a Feather to come out shortly.
July 12, 2013
I enjoyed this book because of the character Sarah Booth Delaney. Sarah has a detective agency and is trying to recover from a previous case that left her at rock bottom of a depression. I am intrigued with her Southern home, the Dahlia House and the resident ghost, Jitty that becomes her conscious. Her best friend and sleuthing partner, Tinkie decides to get Sarah out of town for a getaway. The getaway turns into a beauty pageant murder mystery. Reluctantly, Sarah gets involved when the number one suspect asks partners for help.
Carolyn gave just enough information from the previous book to understand Sarah, her friendships and relationships. Lots of twists and turns for the beauty pageant victims, Sarah and Tinkie by the killer. At one point I did guess who was the killer and then I was thrown off. The end was a complete surprise. I kept wanting to read to find out was next and how it was going to end. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series, or I may start at the beginning instead.
Carolyn gave just enough information from the previous book to understand Sarah, her friendships and relationships. Lots of twists and turns for the beauty pageant victims, Sarah and Tinkie by the killer. At one point I did guess who was the killer and then I was thrown off. The end was a complete surprise. I kept wanting to read to find out was next and how it was going to end. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series, or I may start at the beginning instead.
November 16, 2015
I can't get enough of this series! I love Sarah Booth and Tinkie and all their adventures. This series is has everything, humor, mystery, romance, and suspense.
November 20, 2019
Bone Appetit by Carolyn Haines (Rb Digital audiobook) (Sara Booth Delaney series) poor Sara and Tinkie they can’t even go to a spa and cooking school without being mixed up in a murder case. This time someone is killing and seriously hurting the finalists in a beauty/cooking competition. It’s up to Tinkie and Sara to find out the person behind these incidents and stop them from harming anyone esle.
This book is filled with the same depth and well written storyline as I am used to finding in Carolyn Haines books.
***SPOILER ALERT****
Personally, I am grateful for Carolyn for acknowledging the pain and sorrow that goes along with a miscarriage. So often in books, a character will have a miscarriage in one chapter and two chapters over be completely over it .. that is not my personal experience. I lost my 2nd child 16 years ago and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of her. I also appreciated her making the villain a “crazy voodoo priest” but made the villain a horrid woman with a better than average knowledge of botany. I appreciate this because when I was in college (in Louisiana), my beliefs systems professor went over different pagan religions and she spent a fair amount of time dispelling the notion that any one who practices voodoo or hoodoo is evil.
This book is filled with the same depth and well written storyline as I am used to finding in Carolyn Haines books.
***SPOILER ALERT****
Personally, I am grateful for Carolyn for acknowledging the pain and sorrow that goes along with a miscarriage. So often in books, a character will have a miscarriage in one chapter and two chapters over be completely over it .. that is not my personal experience. I lost my 2nd child 16 years ago and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of her. I also appreciated her making the villain a “crazy voodoo priest” but made the villain a horrid woman with a better than average knowledge of botany. I appreciate this because when I was in college (in Louisiana), my beliefs systems professor went over different pagan religions and she spent a fair amount of time dispelling the notion that any one who practices voodoo or hoodoo is evil.
January 28, 2021
I think this book gets a 4 for the mystery portion but a 1 for certain plot points that really rubbed me the wrong way.
First of all, I feel like the author is one of those people that has romanticized the Civil War. She constantly refers to it as the "war between the states," a description that is not technically wrong but downplays it in a way that makes it sound like a little skirmish. Second, the character of Jitty is somewhat offensive. She is a caricature of a Civil War era black woman. Her and her husband were both slaves to the main character's great great grandparents, yet she is described as loving her slave masters while her husband went to fight with the man of the house for their state. All in all, I think this book's approach to the Civil War is reprehensible and makes light of a terrible time in history.
As for the main plot of the book, I think it was decent but buying terribly special. It was difficult to solve and the ending was interesting. It felt somewhat rushed though and I would have like it if Hedy's relationship with Anna had more resolution. And the very end with Tinkie coming back to life was a bit too cheesy for me.
Ultimately, I would not read any other books from this series because of the reasons described in the first paragraph. It's not that this was a bad book but I know I can find murder mystery books I like better.
First of all, I feel like the author is one of those people that has romanticized the Civil War. She constantly refers to it as the "war between the states," a description that is not technically wrong but downplays it in a way that makes it sound like a little skirmish. Second, the character of Jitty is somewhat offensive. She is a caricature of a Civil War era black woman. Her and her husband were both slaves to the main character's great great grandparents, yet she is described as loving her slave masters while her husband went to fight with the man of the house for their state. All in all, I think this book's approach to the Civil War is reprehensible and makes light of a terrible time in history.
As for the main plot of the book, I think it was decent but buying terribly special. It was difficult to solve and the ending was interesting. It felt somewhat rushed though and I would have like it if Hedy's relationship with Anna had more resolution. And the very end with Tinkie coming back to life was a bit too cheesy for me.
Ultimately, I would not read any other books from this series because of the reasons described in the first paragraph. It's not that this was a bad book but I know I can find murder mystery books I like better.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 18, 2017
I usually look forward to Haines' series, but this time out, I was deeply disappointed.
For starters, there was a major continuity glitch in the way of Sarah Booth and Tinkie taking a hotel van to an event, but then Tinkie tossing the keys to her Cadillac to Sarah Booth and telling her to meet them at the door with the engine running. Um, what happened to the hotel van????
I found typos. So where was this much vaunted editor?
In terms of the plot, she provided a good twist as to the culprit, but the premise was lame. I'm not going to write a spoiler here, but suffice to say, it wasn't believable and that made it completely unsatisfactory.
I'm not in love with this Hollywood actor thing. The name, Graf, sounds like something out of a bodice ripper. I can deal with the cutesy Sunflower County, town of Zinnia, and Dahlia House. But the movie star boyfriend conflict is too gooey and beneath Sarah Booth. She's beginning to suffer the same fate as Stephanie Plum. Death by boredom.
For starters, there was a major continuity glitch in the way of Sarah Booth and Tinkie taking a hotel van to an event, but then Tinkie tossing the keys to her Cadillac to Sarah Booth and telling her to meet them at the door with the engine running. Um, what happened to the hotel van????
I found typos. So where was this much vaunted editor?
In terms of the plot, she provided a good twist as to the culprit, but the premise was lame. I'm not going to write a spoiler here, but suffice to say, it wasn't believable and that made it completely unsatisfactory.
I'm not in love with this Hollywood actor thing. The name, Graf, sounds like something out of a bodice ripper. I can deal with the cutesy Sunflower County, town of Zinnia, and Dahlia House. But the movie star boyfriend conflict is too gooey and beneath Sarah Booth. She's beginning to suffer the same fate as Stephanie Plum. Death by boredom.
September 25, 2021
The plots for the books in the series gets more outrageous with each installment. A decent amount of the story was on Sarah Booth's dog who ran away (again) and the sheriff and other were out looking for a dog; there's really nothing else more important going on in this town?? The mystery surrounding the murders was fairly obvious. And the ending was disappointing - the hospital scenes were eye rolling and completely ridiculous. The wrap up missed several important things - most importantly how things were negotiated with Marcus, Heady & their daughter. This wealthy important family just made a 180 and allowed Heady to take primary custody of Vivienne? Sure that was going to happen. Way too much time spent on worthless details and not enough on the wrap up.
August 22, 2020
I read this cozy back in 2014 and I just read a cozy sampler with the newest Sarah Booth Delaney mystery out and I wanted to go back and review the one I read. I read #10 and now there are 22 in the series. In this fun Southern cozy mystery Sarah Booth Delaney, Private Investigator and ghost entertainer is trying to get over a personal disappointment by joining her best friend Tinkie to a spa weekend full of cooking and beauty competitions and, unfortunately but not surprising- murder. This Mississippi adventure is full of the humor and friendships this series encompasses and does not disappoint.
June 16, 2017
What I like about this series the most is how the author originally from Mississippi brings the South to life with such vivid descriptions of the environment, food, and the culture. The relationships between the characters and the tone of the book sound so intimate, possibly because the book is narrated by the main character. Honestly, I could take or leave the murder mystery in this book although I like this series a lot. The story didn’t have relatable characters and I didn’t know what to think about the ending. Three and a half stars.
November 20, 2017
In this story, Sarah Booth is depressed over the loss of her baby so Tinkie decides they should go to a spa and cooking school. The spa is located in Greenwood. After checking into their room, the two women discover there is a beauty pageant going on. Tinkie and Sarah Booth become involved with the contest when one of the young women hires them to help her. The girl , Hedy, who hires them has secrets but Tinkie and Sarah Booth don't believe she is guilty of what the sheriff is accusing her of. The book was a quick easy read.
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August 23, 2019I am working my way through the Sarah Booth Delaney series by Carolyn Haines and recently finished Greedy Bones, Bone Appetit, Bones of a Feather, Bonefire of the Vanities and Smarty Bones. I am really enjoying this series. The characters are fun with a few surprises, the plot keeps you guessing, and as you finish one book, you will want to pick up the next and start right in. I rarely read paranormal stories, but this one is so much fun. My library doesn’t have any of the novellas, so I have requested they get them, as I am sure they are as good as what I’ve read so far.
September 11, 2022
Depressed and hurting after her last case, Sarah Booth, finds herself on vacation with Tinkie, her partner and best friend at a cooking school not far from home. The town happens to be hosting a beauty pageant at the same time. Of course, mayhem happens and contestants start dying horrible deaths. There are a few back stories involving voodoo, secrets and ungentlemen. In the end, love wins and so does Sarah Booth. One of the better stories in the series. On to the next. I enjoy the author’s writing style very much.
November 22, 2022
I picked up this book randomly not knowing it was a series. I was a bit confused about some of the references made (ex: what happened to her in the case before, her and Coleman’s relation) but I figured it was just because I hadn’t read the previous books.
I found elements of the story very fun and intriguing while others had me questioning what this had to do with the plot (ex: sweetie pie running off with another dog); some of it seemed unnecessary.
I wish they would’ve gotten more into detail about how voncil payne was the serial killer
I found elements of the story very fun and intriguing while others had me questioning what this had to do with the plot (ex: sweetie pie running off with another dog); some of it seemed unnecessary.
I wish they would’ve gotten more into detail about how voncil payne was the serial killer
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2019
This one wasn't my favorite. Part of it is because I'm team Coleman and think that Sarah is waisting her time with Graf. I don't like that Graf thinks that just because he is now engaged to Sarah that he can somehow change who she is. The pagent was a little far fetched also.
July 14, 2019
Sarah Booth Delaney dosen't want to go with her friend Tinkie for a week at a fancy spa and attend a cooking school. She is depressed and wants to be left alone, but a beauty pageant and a murdered contestant get her interested in what is going on.
August 31, 2023
This is #10 in a series of light mysteries about a gal-pal murder-solving duo in Zinnia, Mississippi, a series I’ve read off and on for 20 years. This, as the others in the series, are totally entertaining and fun to read as a kick; they are not deep, nor relevant - just fun!
December 10, 2023
After reading some more mature subjects it was a bit fluffy to read, but it had action & suspense.
It had enough twists and turns in it to make it hard to figure out who is doing the killing, which is always challenging to a mystery buff like me, entertaining, but female oriented .
It had enough twists and turns in it to make it hard to figure out who is doing the killing, which is always challenging to a mystery buff like me, entertaining, but female oriented .
October 25, 2017
Just a fun, fast read mystery
December 28, 2017
love it!
January 2, 2019
I’m hooked on this series but as I read on the stories get even more outlandish and crazy. This installment had me missing my favorite home town cast of characters.
January 21, 2019
Enjoyable cosy, being tenth in the series there were a few references to past events but nothing that really spoiled the story. I would read more of her work
November 7, 2019
This installment in the Sarah Booth Delaney series certainly didn't disappoint. I love this series. And it just continues to get better with each installment.
July 29, 2020
It's the pageant mom of the reluctant contestant (should have seen that coming a mile off), but plenty of twists and turns to please
Tinkie almost dies
Tinkie almost dies
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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