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Set in the summer of 1963 in rural Mississippi, the story follows Bekkah Rich, who enjoys the freedom of exploring KaliOka Road. Her world shifts dramatically with the arrival of horse trainer Nadine, the unsettling presence of a mysterious religious group, and the disappearance of her best friend's infant sister, Maebelle. As Bekkah becomes captivated by horses and the enigmatic community, she is compelled to confront the complexities of trust and the harsh realities of adulthood, leading her to take perilous risks in search of the truth.

The concluding story of The Jexville Chronicles follows Dixon Sinclair as she returns to her hometown to manage the local newspaper and confront her father's murder. Settling into her ancestral McVay house, she investigates the mysterious disappearances of two teenage girls, whose grim fates suggest a deeper, sinister ritual linked to local traditions. As tensions rise, Dixon must navigate her distrust of Sheriff J.D. Horton while uncovering the truth behind the town's dark secrets, all while preventing a potential lynching of an innocent suspect.

Set in a repressive Southern town in 1926, the story unfolds as sixteen-year-old Mattie arrives as a mail-order bride. She encounters a community steeped in strict gender roles and faces challenges when Duncan, the daughter of a controversial figure, survives a lightning strike and gains prophetic abilities. As Mattie defends Duncan against town prejudice and navigates her own troubled marriage, friendships deepen amid rising tensions. A hurricane brings tragedy and a quest for revenge, shaping a powerful narrative of resilience and defiance.

As Sarah Booth sees it, Easter weekend is a time to celebrate life in all its many forms. So when the newly pregnant Tinkie invites her and Cece on a girls' trip to Lucedale, Mississippi, to celebrate that spring has officially sprung, Sarah Booth can't resist. Plans include facials, food, and a trip to the incredible Garden of Bones — a miniature Holy Land with recreations of all parts of the Middle East — for their Sunrise Easter Services led by biblical scholar, gardener, and creator of the Gardens Daniel Reynolds.

Sarah Booth and Tinkie, along with baby Maylin, are in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for Christmas this year, as judges for the annual library tree-decorating contest.

The next charming mystery from Carolyn Haines is Game of Bones, featuring spunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. Will her latest case leave Sarah barking at the moon? When a ritually murdered corpse is discovered at a Native American temple site smack in the middle of Sunflower County, Mississippi, the archeology crew on the dig is immediately under suspicion—with particular focus on its easy-on-the-eyes, charismatic leader, Dr. Frank Hafner. So when Sheriff Coleman Peters closes in on him, Hafner hires the Delaney Detective Agency to clear his name. “Appealing...distinctive...atmospheric...Fans and newcomers alike will be satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly Rumors swirl around the Mound Salla burial mound, where more dead bodies are turning up. Sarah Booth and her partner, Tinkie, have too many likely suspects to whittle down the list. It’s a race against time once Sarah Booth’s resident ghost, Jitty—in the guise of various Native American warrior women—points to the waxing of the coming Crow Moon as the time of maximum danger. As history and mystery cloak the site, Sarah Booth isn’t sure what to believe, or whom. Can she dig up the truth before she herself ends up six feet under? “A dark mystery, effectively framed by its well-drawn Mississippi Delta setting.”—Booklist

In this delightful cozy mystery, Sarah Booth Delaney follows a winding trail of murder and deception into a world where ghosts make fashion statements—and where one person’s miracle is another person’s mayhem. “Funny, ingenious, and down-home delightful.”—Dallas Morning News Doreen Mallory is beautiful, mysterious—and claims to have the gift of healing. But why couldn’t she save her own daughter, who died mysteriously at ten weeks? Convinced of Doreen’s guilt, local law is asking the same questions—and it’ll take a modern-day miracle for P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney to prove her innocence. Especially when Doreen refuses to talk about the men in her life. Like the shady televangelist . . . or the married politician with ties to the Mob. Either of them could be little Rebekah’s father; either of them could also be her killer. With Halloween approaching and her own personal life up for grabs, Sarah Booth could use a little faith healing herself. And she’d better be prepared for the fallout of her most unpopular case yet—especially when a decades-old secret explodes, unleashing a storm of fury on Sarah Booth and all those she loves.

She may be a Mississippi belle, but Sarah Booth Delaney is no pampered daddy's girl. Unwed and over thirty, Sarah has her own set of problems--like coping with regular hauntings by her great-great-grandmother's nanny, a busybody of a ghost who's set on marrying her off to the first suitor who comes calling. But when an old friend is in trouble, Sarah Booth doesn't hesitate to get involved. Splintered Bones Eulalee McBride has confessed to murdering her husband...and she wants Sarah to dig up the dirt on the violent scalawag to prove he got what he deserved. Sarah Booth suspects that her friend is lying through her pearly whites...but why? There ' s certainly no lack of suspects in Zinnia, Mississippi, including Bud Lynch, a horse trainer who arouses killer lust in the town's women. As Sarah Booth begins to put together the pieces of the case, a killer is preparing to strike again. And this time it could send one late-blooming southern sleuth into an early grave.

A Christmas Kiss by Caroline Burnes released on Oct 25, 1996 is available now for purchase.

BONEFIRE OF THE VANITIES Carolyn Haines A porn-star-turned-psychic has made a business of reuniting grieving relatives with their dearly departed and it's up to detective Sarah Booth to find out… why? Her claim to beyond-the-grave fame aside, there's something suspicious about medium Sherry Westin, since all of her clients happen to be Southern billionaires. Is she preying on the emotionally vulnerable for profit? Or is something far more sinister in store? Take Marjorie Littlefield. Sarah Booth is convinced that Sherry is scheming to steal away Marjorie's fortune from her sole heir: a cat. Soon Sarah Booth is on the case, posing as a maid at Marjorie's estate. Between chores, she searches for clues of psychic manipulation, mingles with the other staff, and, lo and behold, finds a few dead bodies. With spooks and charlatans around every corner, which guest or staff member might be the killer? Even Jitty, Sarah Booth's personal haint, won't tell until Sarah Booth has uncovered all of Sherry's well-kept secrets. Before it's too late…

In this latest installment featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney, controversy erupts when Dr. Alala Diakos, a visiting professor of Greek literature, arrives at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi. With her fervent feminist ideals, she quickly garners both admiration and ire. During a speech aimed at rallying women for equal pay, tensions rise as men heckle her. When Sarah Booth discovers a sniper rifle hidden in the bushes, she fears that the conflict may escalate beyond mere words. Although Sheriff Coleman Peters offers police protection, Alala dismisses his help, claiming she has no need for the law or men. The situation takes a dark turn when a notorious domestic abuser is found dead, and Alala becomes a prime suspect after boasting about taking him down. As connections emerge between Alala and two similar past deaths, Sarah Booth grapples with her belief in Alala's innocence. When Alala seeks Sarah Booth's help to uncover the real killer, the investigation leads Sarah Booth across the Delta. However, as she delves deeper, she can't shake the feeling that the true murderer may have been closer than she ever imagined.

Carolyn Haines's Tell-Tale Bones marks the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. Private Investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner Tinkie are in Sheriff Coleman Peters's office, asking Coleman about cold cases, when Elisa Redd storms in with a case her own. She wants Coleman to reopen the investigation of her missing daughter, Lydia Redd Maxell, the heiress to a large fortune who disappeared along with her friend Bethany 10 years ago, while the two of them were working as human rights organizers. Now Lydia’s husband, Tope, is set to inherit the fortune, and Elisa suspects he’s behind the disappearance. Armed with a pile of mysterious notes mailed to Elisa over the years, Sarah Booth and Tinkie follow an increasingly twisty trail all over Sunflower County, leading them to a tree and an empty grave in the county cemetery. A grave that’s said to be haunted...

People of Eternity are known to have far-reaching connections which Frankie worries may reach as high as law enforcement. Refusing to contact the authorities, she turns to Delaney Detective Agency as her only hope.

Sarah Booth Delaney, a unique Southern belle, possesses a talent for solving mysteries that positions her as Zinnia, Mississippi's most sought-after detective. However, her investigative pursuits come with significant risks, potentially leading her into perilous situations. As she navigates the challenges of her new role, the balance between her sharp instincts and the dangers of her profession becomes increasingly precarious.

Spunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney tackles a string of strange accidents while celebrating the holiday season in Carolyn Haines's cozy A Garland of Bones Sarah Booth has traded in hosting this Christmas season for a road trip with her besties. Each little Delta town has a special Christmas activity, and Sarah Booth’s bff and detective partner, Tinkie, has arranged to rent a limo for the gang and drive to Columbus, MS, to stay in a B&B. Visions of Christmas shopping, parade floats, and romantic rendezvous are already dancing in their heads. But Christmas cheer soon turns to Christmas fear when, at one event after another, people keep getting hurt. Christmas karaoke gets ugly when one singer’s microphone gives her an electric shock. A party during a historic home tour ends with a fall down the stairs for one of Columbus’s most disreputable “players.” And when the woman who hires Sarah Booth to find the villain behind the so-called accidents is nearly killed with an arrow during a holiday mumming, Sarah Booth knows something more sinister is at work. The Christmas bells are ringing hauntingly in Columbus this year, and Sarah Booth and Tinkie—with a little help from hunky Sheriff Coleman Peters, of course—are determined to catch the wrong-doers and ensure they receive nothing but coal in their stockings.

The latest novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. Delaney Detective Agency gets a taste of the spotlight when they are called to a case on a movie set in Greenville, MS, right on the Mississippi River. Marlon Brandon, heir to a wealthy and influential political family, has brought a film crew to town to film a drama about the 1927 flood that submerged a great deal of Greenville. Marlon wants the world to know the story of the flood—and the heroic role the Brandon ancestors played in rescuing dozens of local residents from drowning. Or at least that was the plan until he disappeared. If this weren't concerning enough, the situation appears even more dire when a severed foot is discovered in the Mississippi River, and clues indicate that Marlon may have fallen victim to a freak bull shark attack. But as rumors swirl around the Delta about Marlon's motives for making the film, Sarah Booth and Tinkie have to wonder whether a shark is to blame, or an equally ferocious human offender. The show must go on, and Sarah Booth and her crew will have to investigate all manner of creatures, over land and sea, in order to solve the mystery and save the day.

Jade Dupree is a beautician and an undertaker's assistant with a gift for smoothing the ravages of death from the faces of her clientele. But her strange talent isn't the only thing that sets her apart from the townspeople of tiny Drexel, Mississippi. Jade is half-black and the unacknowledged bastard daughter of Drexel's "first lady," the imperious Lucille Longier. Jade's half sister, the pale, fragile, and legitimate Marlena, is married to Lucas Bramlett, the wealthiest man in the region. While the entire town knows of the blood bond between the two women, no one dares speak the truth out loud. Though her talents as a hairdresser are highly sought after by Drexel's elite, Jade accepts that she'll never truly be part of the town and lives her life the best she can. But on one hot summer day in 1952, Jade's world is turned inside out when Marlena, on a tryst with her lover, is savagely beaten and her young daughter kidnapped. Determined to find her niece before it's too late, Jade accepts help from a white sheriff's deputy, Frank Kimble. The forbidden attraction that ignites between them threatens to add to the violence already brewing in town. Carolyn Haines has written several acclaimed mysteries, but here she mines much darker, more serious territory, resulting in a suspenseful, lyrical, passionate, and literary crime novel.

Anne Stuart - Přístav mojí lásky Po několika dnech v Hidden Harboru měla Molly Ferrellová chuť všechno vzdát. Všichni obyvatelé jí dávali jasně najevo, že v městečku není vítaná a že jí v pátrání po místním rodákovi, básníku Michaelu O’Flannerym, nijak nepomohou. Nejžárlivěji ale střeží tajemství tajemného umělce svérázný tesař Jake… Joanna Wayne - Diagnóza: láska Pacientka, která jednoho večera skončila na operačním stole doktora Nathana Duncana, mu připadala zvláštně povědomá. Jméno, vlasy ani brýle mu nic neříkaly, ale ty veliké a krásné oči už někde viděl… Naposledy před patnácti lety, kdy se rozešel se svou velkou láskou Laurou! Caroline Burnes - Vzácnější než poklad Když oceánoložka a odbornice na chování žraloků Libby dorazila do Pirate Harboru v Mexickém zálivu, myslela, že ji čeká jen výzkum mořských predátorů. Ani ve snu by ji nenapadlo, že bude muset čelit mnohem nebezpečnějším protivníkům, přičichne k dobrodružnému životu hledačů pokladů a že nakonec objeví něco daleko cennějšího než truhlu zlaťáků.

Sarah Booth Delaney und ihre Partnerin Tinkie haben einen neuen Fall, der es in sich hat. Die junge Quentin McGee wurde brutal in einem Baumwollfeld ermordet. Kurz zuvor hatte sie ein Enthüllungsbuch veröffentlicht, das viele Leichen vieler angesehener Familien aus dem Keller holte. Irgendjemand musste die Kritik an seiner Familie ziemlich persönlich genommen haben. Doch genau das ist das Problem: Die lange Liste der Verdächtigen, die Quentin Übles wollten, macht es Sarah Booth nicht gerade leicht, den Mörder zu entlarven. Zu allem Überfluss befindet sich auch noch Harold Erkwell auf dieser Liste, ein beinahe Verflossener von Sarah ...

Für eine echte Südstaatendame schickt es sich natürlich nicht, als Privatdetektivin zu arbeiten, aber es hat Sarah Booth Delaney geholfen, Dahlia House, den angestammten Familienbesitz, zu retten - mitsamt des hauseigenen Geistes Jitty. Und es verschafft ihr eine Einladung zu einem großen gesellschaftlichen Ereignis. Lawrence Ambrose, einst ein bekannter Schriftsteller und Künstler, plant mit der Veröffentlichung seiner Memoiren ein Comeback und lädt zu einer großen Dinnerparty.Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass jeder der geladenen Gäste ein dunkles Gehimnis zu verbergen hat - und Lawrence droht mit skandalösen Enthüllungen in seinem Buch. Als Sarah am Morgen nach der Party Lawrence Leiche findet, mangelt es nicht an Verdächtigen. Die Spur führt Sarah weit in die Vergangenheit zurück, zu einem See namens Moon Lake und Ereignissen, die bis heute ihre dunklen Schatten werfen, Schatten, in denen noch immer das Böse lauert.

Für eine echte Südstaatendame schickt es sich natürlich nicht, als Privatdetektivin zu arbeiten, aber es hat Sarah Booth Delaney geholfen, Dahlia House, den angestammten Familienbesitz, zu retten - mitsamt des hauseigenen Geistes Jitty. Und es verschafft ihr eine Einladung zu einem großen gesellschaftlichen Ereignis. Lawrence Ambrose, einst ein bekannter Schriftsteller und Künstler, plant mit der Veröffentlichung seiner Memoiren ein Comeback und lädt zu einer großen Dinnerparty. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass jeder der geladenen Gäste ein dunkles Gehimnis zu verbergen hat - und Lawrence droht mit skandalösen Enthüllungen in seinem Buch. Als Sarah am Morgen nach der Party Lawrence Leiche findet, mangelt es nicht an Verdächtigen. Die Spur führt Sarah weit in die Vergangenheit zurück, zu einem See namens Moon Lake und Ereignissen, die bis heute ihre dunklen Schatten werfen, Schatten, in denen noch immer das Böse lauert ... Der zweite Roman um Sarah Booth Delaney

In einer südamerikanischen Kleinstadt wird die übel zugerichtete Leiche eines reichen Plantagenbesitzers gefunden. Über ihm kauert, offenbar geistig verwirrt, die junge Adele Herbert. Und sie glaubt fest daran, ein loup-garou zu sein, eine Art Werwolf. Ist Adele krank oder ist doch etwas dran an den Legenden der abergläubischen Cajuns? Nach dem brutalen Mord bricht Panik in der Bevölkerung aus und eine Hetzjagd auf Adele beginnt. Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux versucht mit allen Mitteln, die Ordnung aufrecht zu erhalten. Doch er ist anscheinend der Einzige, der an Adeles Unschuld glaubt. In diesem düsteren Südstaatenroman erzählt Carolyn Haines die Geschichte einer Kleinstadt, deren Bewohner den Mord für ihre Vorteile ausnutzen. Haines schafft es hervorragend, die knisternde Spannung des Ortes und die schwüle Atmosphäre der Sumpflandschaft beim Lesen spürbar zu machen.