Book Review: ‘Independent Bones’ Is The Next Fun Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery By Carolyn Haines

Sarah Booth Delaney (and her dog Sweetie Pie and cat Pluto) and her very pregnant friend Tinkie are once again in the middle of another murder in Zinnia, Missisisspi. Curtis Miller (who abused his wife many times but never convicted) has been murdered and a visiting professor and woman’s right advocate Alala Diakos has been accued of doing the crime. It doesn’t help that in her past two other men were murdered and she was suspected but never found guilty of either. Now Sarah’s boyfriend and police chief Coleman is on the case and Alala has hired the Sarah Booth detective agency to prove her innocence. Sarah is soon checking out every lead, going to places she shouldn’t and worrying about Tinkie going into labor at any moment. All in a day’s work for the Woman they call Sarah Booth.

This is novel number 23 in the series and they’re still a lot of fun to read. The small town setting works great in these novels with quirky characters and animals that are a part of the story and who doesn’t love smart animals!

You can pick up Independent Bones in stores on Tuesday, May 18th from Minotaur Books.