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Smarty Bones
Written by Carolyn Haines
Narrated by Kate Forbes
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Professor Olive Twist has come to Zinnia, Mississippi to study a mysterious grave wherein lies the Lady in Red, a perfectly preserved and stunningly beautiful but unnamed and unclaimed body. Olive claims she can not only identify the corpse, she can also prove the woman's scandalous role in the nation's history. Olive takes it a step too far, though, when she starts connecting elite Zinnia families with the same scandal. Dander up, Zinnia's society ladies know only one way to handle Olive: they call on the private investigative services of Sarah Booth Delaney. But Olive's real agenda is clear as Mississippi mud, and when Sarah Booth discovers a present-day dead body, she knows there's more than just family pride and Southern heritage at stake. If she can't find the murderer and fast, it might just be Sarah Booth's life on the line next. Carolyn Haines pulls out all the stops in Smarty Bones, the next charming, sassy, Southern-fried Sarah Booth Delaney mystery.
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Reviews for Smarty Bones
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book. One of the best in the series. Enjoyed the quirky characters and the southern setting. I love these books, but I really enjoyed this one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wow, this book was busy! It's like the author had three different novella-length stories she wanted to tell and compressed them all into the same plot line/book. But I don't mean that as a bad thing. It was just a very busy storyline - which I can see a lot of people not enjoying, but it kept me on the edge of my seat for the last half of the book. I love how Ms. Haines brought Sweetie and Pluto into the storyline and made them active characters - a true animal lover will appreciate it.
I really enjoyed the Lady in Red storyline. I was really intrigued by the role she played in the Civil War and the possible solution to the troubles that she hoped to forward. The modern day storyline revolving around her, however, I have to admit to finding hard to swallow - it felt a tiny bit over-the-top. But I still enjoyed the hell out of this book! ;)
Ms. Haines hints throughout the story that she might be shaking things up again in Sarah Booth's life. As I've always been a fan of Coleman's, I sort of hope that's true. I'm looking forward to the next book to find out what happens. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Olive Twist is just too much of a caricature to be believable. From the description given, I kept waiting for her to be outed as a trans. Sarah spends too much time running around and not enough thinking. Sweetie is beginning to be a wonder-dog.