Bones to Pick

Hawt Dayum! This is such a good series. And I've only read two of them! Now there's a whole lot that's happened between book one, THEM BONES (my review), and book 6, so I will be going back to catch up. I meant to read the series in order, but this one popped up on my wishlist on RecordedBooks and I couldn't wait to spend time with Sarah Booth and her buddy Tinkie and the rest of the crowd.
I adore Sarah Booth. She calls it as she sees it, recognizes a bitch when she sees one and is ready to help a friend whether the friend realizes she needs help or not.
Sarah Booth and Tinkie are hired to find the killer of a local girl who wrote a scathing tell-all book about her community of wealthy high society folk. Everyone is a suspect and it's show more up to Sarah Booth and Tinkie to find the real killer. Things start to accelerate and my jaw dropped when the killer was revealed.
I do love Sarah Booth, but my favorite character in this book was Tinkie. She has some emotional turmoil of her own to get through and wants to get through it on her own, but she still is out there with Sarah Booth investigating. And she is so funny and I kept wanting to reach in the book and hug her. She and Sarah Booth are women I admire, tough and sweet and I always imagine them wearing a strand or two of pearls. And are willing to call a bitch a bitch.
Five Southern sweet tea diamonds.....and a big ol' string of pearls..... show less

Sarah Booth Delaney has barely had time to recover from her exciting
trip to New Orleans where she wowed them at the Black and Orange
Halloween Ball -- and solved a murder while she was at it -- when she
discovers the body of a young woman face down in the mud in a cold
cotton field while out for a run with her horse and hound. The murdered
girl is Quentin McGee, the author of a recently released tell-all
blockbuster book that strips the veils away from nearly every family in
the Delta and exposes their deepest and darkest secrets for public
titillation. Quentin's lover, Allison Tatum, has been arrested for the
murder and her playboy brother Humphrey has hired Sarah Booth and her
partner Tinkie Richmond to prove her innocence. But show more Humphrey has more
on his mind that just clearing his little sister's name and Sarah learns
pretty quickly that it's going to take all her grit and a good deal of
attention to keep him at bay. Nearly every family that Sarah Booth
knows has at least one member who have ample motive to kill Quentin
after her scathing book hits the streets, and just to add a bit of spice
to the mix, Quentin was set to inherit the family fortune the day AFTER
she was killed. From illicit lovers and outraged families to slandered
aristocrats, everyone is a suspect -- and no one is safe.

Another pleasant visit with Sarah Booth and Jitty, the resident ghost of
Dahlia House. The back story is brought to the forefront in a rather
chilling way in this episode, making me eager to get my hands on the
next one. Haines has created a very human heroine with wit and worries
in Sarah Booth Delaney. I really do enjoy getting to spend a bit of
time with her at Dahlia House. show less

Cute as always - only in the South is it conceivable to have a murderer preying on lapsed debutantes for social infractions. In any event, it's always a pleasure to go on a journey with Sarah Booth and Tinkie (and Jitty), though this was not my favorite - at a certain point in a series it's necessary to flesh out the characters a little more, which is what is really going on in this book, but what I've enjoyed most about this series is that they are decidedly fluffy.

This was a great read in the series we get to see more of Sarah’s relationships with her friends and men in her life. This mystery keeps you on your toes.

Two Southern women have their own PI agency,when then are dragged into murder investigation. The sexy brother of the women thought to be the killer hires them ti find the real killer. He has a lusty heart and a wicked gifting mind for one of the ladies. Some funny gift's and moments here, he is my favorite character. There are twists and turn everywhere, along with death and danger.

Private detective Sarah Booth Delaney tries to find the killer of a young author whose expose had recently rocked their small town. Light hearted.

Another great installment of the series.