Carolyn Haines: Blue Christmas Bones

Sarah Booth Delaney #28

Carolyn Haines’ twenty eighth Sara Booth Delaney Mystery is Blue Christmas Bones. Sarah Booth and Tinkie are going on a well-deserved vacation from their business, The Delaney Detective Agency, to visit Tupelo, Mississippi, for a festival honoring the king of rock and roll. That’s right, book twenty eight is all about Elvis and those who love him still. Impersonators, singing competitions, king themed beverages, and plenty of gift buying opportunities. The Elvis impersonator competition is the main draw for the event, and Sarah Booth’s friends are competing as well. All in all it looks like they will finally get to really just relax and enjoy some crime-free fun. read more

Carolyn Haines: Lights, Camera, Bones

Sara Booth Delaney #27

Lights, Camera, Bones is impressively Carolyn Haines’ 27th book in her Sarah Booth Delaney series. Hollywood comes to take a bite out of Greenville, Mississippi, to film a dramatic movie about a great flood in 1927. It was a very controversial flood for the town as, while there were heroes, there were also some very unfortunate victims left to the mercy of the elements. The Director and lead actor, Marlon Brandon’s, goal is to share the heroic story of how his family saved many during the tragedy. However, not everyone believes that showing off his hero roots is the whole story. There are at least two who are convinced that the movie is there to paint Greenville in a negative light, and dig up old wounds caused by the state’s darker history involving slave labor. What starts as just a few arguments and clashes escalates when Marlon and another member of his crew, Jules, goes missing. read more