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In her witty, southern-fried suspense novels, Sarah Shankman delivers nonstop action with a hilarious bite. Now she sends her acclaimed, irreverent heroine -- New Orleans writer Samantha Adams -- to a southwestern New Age hot spot, to unearth a secret past that was supposed to be six feet under. My dearest Sugar. I must see you. It's urgent. I need your help. The letter that arrived from Sam's mother was postmarked Santa Fe, penned in her mother's handwriting, and disclosed details only show more Johanna Adams could know. There was just one catch: Johanna Adams had been dead for thirty-four years. The mind-blowing missive could have been an entry from Sam's latest book of bizarre anecdotes, American Weird -- or an elaborate hoax. Either way, it instantly rekindled Sam's impossible wish that her mother hadn't really died in a plane crash when Sam was a child. Fueled by her journalistic instincts -- and a daughter's need for closure -- Sam touches down among Santa Fe's tourists and crystal gazers, jewelry shops and fast-food stands. But only when she summons the courage to knock on the door of Room 409 at the La Fonda Hotel does her surreal, mother-seeking adventure take off with no turning back. show lessTags
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The whole thing seems kind of disjointed and the characters weren't developed enough or something because as I read I would occasionally get confused and have to think, "Now who is this person." Read up until the last three or four chapters and just skimmed the end. Even reading that far didn't make me want to finish. I never fell in love with the character Samantha, she just didn't pull me in at all.
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15+ Works 911 Members
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Digging Up Momma
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- Samantha Adams; Johanna Adams; Harry; Antonio Pomodoro; Lorraine (Lo) Ellen (Lo); Isabel (show all 9); Earl Wisdom; Victor Vigil; Jayvee Paris
- Important places
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Dedication
- For my brothers
Al Adams
Joel Bradley
Ben Boswell
Kent Kirkpatrick
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- Members
- 93
- Popularity
- 345,386
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.71)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
