In the midst of a cook-off at a posh spa, southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney gets embroiled in a juicy murder in the latest mystery from Carolyn Hain...
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Dec 14, 2011
Janet
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Now I'm sure I've overdosed on Sarah Booth mysteries, because I was rolling my eyes so much I thought they were going to get stuck in the upward position and I'd spend the rest of my life looking at my eyebrows.
The series has gotten more and more preposterous-I'm game to suspend my disbelief to a point, but with these books you have to stretch your disbelief like a rubber band. Eventually it'll snap, and mine did. I can buy that Sarah and Tinkie weren't looking for a case, but one fe More...
The series has gotten more and more preposterous-I'm game to suspend my disbelief to a point, but with these books you have to stretch your disbelief like a rubber band. Eventually it'll snap, and mine did. I can buy that Sarah and Tinkie weren't looking for a case, but one fe More...
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Jun 19, 2011
Laura
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One of my favorite things about this series is the fact that they revolve around places that I know and love. From the Alluvian Hotel and the Viking Cooking School to New Orleans and Memphis and everywhere in between, Carolyn Haines brings the charm of the Mississippi Delta and the surrounding areas to life. It reminds me a lot of Anne George's "Murder" series set in Birmingham. George even did one set in Destin, which was so much fun.
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Jul 16, 2010
Darcy
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Most of the time when I read these books I love the absurdness, but this time it seemed to cross the line from fun to just plain too much. I find it hard to believe that the whole town would stop what they were doing to find a missing dog off on a romantic romp with another strange dog all the while stealing shoes. I also thought the ending was so over the top I almost threw the book across the room all the while groaning, "You have got to be kidding me!!" and not in a good way.
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Jul 09, 2011
Tonya
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Fast paced mystery at its best! I loved how you couldn't guess who it was.. I had no idea!
This is the first book for me in the Sarah Booth Delaney mysteries, won't be the last though. I enjoyed Sarah, her best friend Tinkie, her "ghost" Jitty and all the other appearances. I loved in this one how Jitty would appear as different cooking show hosts -- very cute and different! All the talk of yummy recipes made me super hungry! I wish there was a section of them...
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This is the first book for me in the Sarah Booth Delaney mysteries, won't be the last though. I enjoyed Sarah, her best friend Tinkie, her "ghost" Jitty and all the other appearances. I loved in this one how Jitty would appear as different cooking show hosts -- very cute and different! All the talk of yummy recipes made me super hungry! I wish there was a section of them...
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Jul 03, 2010
Jeannie
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Sarah Booth Delaney and Tinkie have outdone themselves in this current book written by the estimable Carolyn Haines.
On what is to be a recovery vacation the ladies find themselves immersed within a beauty pagent and of course, murder!
I will not tell you about the plot but the person who did it might just surprise you. The level of the crime, although shielded within the famous Southern manners, will astound you.
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On what is to be a recovery vacation the ladies find themselves immersed within a beauty pagent and of course, murder!
I will not tell you about the plot but the person who did it might just surprise you. The level of the crime, although shielded within the famous Southern manners, will astound you.
This author just continues to improve in each bo More...
May 20, 2011
Tyson
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What can happen at a cooking competition, apparently a lot of things. This is a great book with well written dynamics between characters. At one point I was yelling at the book (in a good way) becuase of the plot twists. The dynamic lead and supporting characters are great and help to make the Southern roots of the book come alive.
Jun 19, 2011
Wendy
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This series had started to disappoint me when the author introduced the whole "Hollywood" thing, but this one seemed to get back to the series that I loved. I like the friendship of Sarah Booth and Tinkie and I like the fact that this book focused on their investigation again. Now if she can just separate herself from Graf...
Mar 03, 2011
Melissa
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First Sarah Booth Delaney book that I've read. I might have enjoyed it more if I had the background referred to through out the novel. I felt the wrap up was really quick after investing so much energy with the pageant contestants. Fun to read something set in Mississippi. I might try the first one and see what I think.
Dec 15, 2010
Katie
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Jan 27, 2011
Kathleen
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This is the latest in a series of books about a female private investigator who has returned to her ancestral home in the deep South. Although not a book that calls for deep introspection, I enjoyed meeting some of the town's "characters" again, including a "haint" from the Civil War era.
Jul 04, 2010
Laura
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Another winner for author Carolyn Haines! I am torn between Sarah Booth's love interests-Graf + Coleman, I like them both but prefer Coleman who truly understands the woman-her ancestry and the lay-of-land and how important these are to Sarah Booth. Ah well....
Jun 19, 2011
Jennifer E.
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I think I liked this one the least of all the books in the series. The plot was good, but I missed Zinnia and the ending was a bit of a stretch - even for a series with a ghost in it. Still, this series is a favorite and I'm looking forward to future books.
Feb 28, 2011
Jan
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3.5 stars. Sarah Booth is still trying to recover from her last adventure. Tinkie decides that a trip out of town and some cooking classes would be just the thing. And it would be if a there was not a beauty/cooking contest going on and the the contestants would just stop dropping dead.
Still loving Sarah Booth and all her cast, but there was just too much going on in this book. Cooking classes and beauty queens who cook. There is all the stuff with boyfriends and dogs. I think so muc More...
Still loving Sarah Booth and all her cast, but there was just too much going on in this book. Cooking classes and beauty queens who cook. There is all the stuff with boyfriends and dogs. I think so muc More...
Aug 17, 2010
Kitty
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A delicious little light mystery involving a beauty contest in the Mississippi Delta. Who wouldn't want to be Miss Viking Range of Greenwood, MS? Two old friends dabble in sleuthing to the concern of their significant others. A good vacation read.
Jul 07, 2010
Tina
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What an enjoyable story! This was a fun and very clever mystery where the beauty pageant contestants kept getting killed off or injured, one by one. I had to keep reading to find out "who dunnit."
Sep 06, 2010
Mary
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Funny, funny, funny! As the insert says inside, it is a Stephanie Plum meets Murder She Wrote. This book is part of a series, so I am starting the series from #1. Good author!
Mar 11, 2011
Janae
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I love Chick lit - but this just didn't cut it. I didn't care about the characters. I didn't FEEL anything. I would have quick reading half way through, but I felt obligated to finish so I could post here!
Jul 20, 2010
Denise
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Another great installment in the Mississippi Delta girls series. I love the way Carolyn Haines keeps you guessing in the stories, and the way she continues to develop and grow her characters. Nothing stale, nothing rote, a good mystery with fun/interesting characters with some really interesting history of the Mississippi Delta region.
Oct 10, 2011
Tammy
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Great read with Sarah Booth Delaney= love it I hope there will be more.
Aug 15, 2010
Deborah
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THe author has made Jitty a much less central character in the series...I don't like it anymore :-(
Dec 20, 2010
Dawnie
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A nice new story about Sarah Booth and Tinkie. I think what always entertains me about these books is that its set in the south and that the culture seems 40 millions miles away from here. The mystery is light, there is usually some humor and unlike some of the series I read, it actually does seem like Tinkie and Sarah Booth are evolving as characters.
Jun 07, 2011
Sara
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Wow, this one and the last, Greedy Bones I really enjoyed, a little more than the others. It was really cool for a change to read about places/locations I had actually been to in real life, like the Alluvian Hotel and Viking Range(toured in a Interior Design field trip) and of course the fabulous Ground Zero blues club.
Oct 13, 2010
Anna
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Another entry in the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series, and perhaps one of the best. It had me a little teary eyed with the insights into Sarah Booth's depression after she was hurt so bad in the previous book. We got to see just how strong Sarah Booth is, and Tinkie too.
Aug 19, 2011
Joanna
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Meh. The central mystery was okay but the "character development" was glacially slow and boring. Also, the ending was sudden and unconvincing. I do love Tinkie and Jitty still, and Oscar has really grown on me. Everyone else was just flat and unamusing.
Dec 21, 2011
Biblophile
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Not as enjoyable as others in this series. Just didn't really care what happened to anybody in this one.
