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Title: Splintered Bones by Carolyn Haines ISBN: 0-440-23721-1 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Entry
Comment: I enjoyed this third entry in the Mississippi Delta mystery series. I was happy to see that Jitty played a smaller role in this episode as I find the main character, Sarah Booth Delaney, and her cohorts interesting enough without the added benefit of the ghost (that trick also works better, I think, in the Nancy Atherton series, Aunt Dimity, and in the Mignon F. Ballard series with angel Augusta Goodnight). And in this book, I found Jitty especially irritating as she was basically a one-note song, continually harping on her desire for Sarah Booth to get married and have children.
In this book, a friend of Sarah Booth's, Lee, confesses to the murder of her husband, a particularly loathsome man with quite a few enemies. She asks Sarah to dig up evidence that the man deserved to die, intending to play on the jury's sympathy in order to escape punishment. Sarah Booth quickly realizes that Lee is lying and she sets out to solve the crime.
There are plenty of laughs and some excitement along the way to make the book enjoyable. The one complaint I do have is that she sort of stumbled onto solving the mystery and I usually find that somewhat disappointing.
Will definitely pick up the next book in the series, Crossed Bones.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not too good
Comment: I know that this opinion is different than the one of many other people. Most people actually seem to like this book...I didnt though. It was pretty boring and -in a certain way- annoying to me. I disliked the main character, Sarah Booth Delaney. Shes simply too much of a wise guy for my taste. Another thing that other people might find charming is the ghost Jitty, who talks to Sarah Booth...for me, this was just stupid.
"Splintered Bones" is not a bad book...its well-written and the story is okay too, but all in all, its not a masterpiece.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sarah Booth and the DG's of the horsey set.
Comment: Sarah Booth gets a phone call from her old friend Lee. She is in jail after confessing to the murder of her husband. Apparently, he needed killing. She doesn't want a lawyer, but she does want Sarah to take care of her wild 14 year old daughter Kip. Lee owns a very successful horse farm, and her husband was gambling away all the horses and profits. He's even sold her best stallion to the hated Carol Beth, even though Lee owned all the horses outright. Shortly before, he sold Kip's beloved horse, Mrs. Peel out from under her. Clearly he deserved to die, but Sarah Booth knows that Lee did not kill him. Who is she covering for?
Sarah Booth and Aunt Jitty( the ghostly nurse of her ggggrandmother) are hysterical as are Sarah's best friends Tink and CeCe. Together, and with the help of the other Daddy's girls the mystery developes quickly. I couldn't put this book down and didn't until I finished the last page.
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Title: Buried Bones by Carolyn Haines ISBN: 0553581724 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Them Bones : A Mystery from the Mississippi Delta by Carolyn Haines ISBN: 0553581716 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Crossed Bones by Carolyn Haines ISBN: 044024093X Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Hallowed Bones by CAROLYN HAINES ISBN: 0385337787 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Top O' the Mournin' : A Passport to Peril Mystery by Maddy Hunter ISBN: 0743458125 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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