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    Rock-a-Bye Bones
    Rock-a-Bye Bones
    Rock-a-Bye Bones
    Audiobook10 hours

    Rock-a-Bye Bones

    Written by Carolyn Haines

    Narrated by Kate Forbes

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    About this audiobook

    Sarah Booth Delaney knows the perfect way to begin recovering from both the recent attack on Scott Hampton's blues club and her broken heart. She's going to host a Thanksgiving feast for all of her friends at her ancestral home in Zinnia, Mississippi. But one bitterly cold night with the holiday just around the corner, Sarah Booth awakens to the insistent ring of her doorbell. She opens the door to find a newborn baby in a basket sitting on her front porch.and a pool of blood slowly seeping out from the basket. Before she can respond, an engine guns and a dark vehicle takes off. After the police and a doctor ensure the baby is otherwise safe and healthy, Sarah Booth calls Tinkie Richmond, her partner at the Delaney Detective Agency. They know they need to do everything they can to find the baby's mother...even if they are starting to fall in love with the baby themselves. But as they track the baby's mother, Sarah Booth soon begins to suspect the woman might have been in danger; in fact, she might have been running for her life. And following in the woman's footsteps, Sarah Booth might find her own life on the line next.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 24, 2016
    ISBN9781501926174
    Rock-a-Bye Bones
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    Carolyn Haines

    Carolyn Haines is the USA Today bestselling author of the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series and a number of other books in mystery and crime, including the Pluto's Snitch paranormal-historical mystery series, and Trouble, the black cat detective romantic suspense books. She is the recipient of the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, and the Mississippi Writers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a former journalist, bartender, photographer, farmhand, and college professor and lives on a farm where she works with rescue cats, dogs, and horses.

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    • 5/5
      It was great! The concept was original and the characters we're believable. I truly enjoy this series. The narrator brings each character to life. Thank you for continuing the quality and standards of this series.
    • 4/5
      Sarah Booth Delaney has moved back to her family home in Dahlia, Mississippi. She has established Delaney Detective Agency and is planning a big Thanksgiving dinner for her friends. A way for her to give back for all their support.Complications are announced by the incessant ringing of her doorbell wakes her up in the wee hours of the morning. She finds a newborn baby in a basket on her front porch. What is scary is the pool of blood under the basket.Who left the baby? Who is the mother? Whose blood was left on the porch? Why was the baby left on Sarah Booth’s porch?Sarah Booth’s business partner, Tinkie, and Tinkie’s husband Oscar Richmond volunteer to take care of the baby while a hunt is done to find the mother. But things get a little sticky when Tinkie and Oscar fall in love with the baby. The Richmonds are so taken that the thought of giving the baby back to its mother is a thought they try to ignore.While searching for the mother, Sarah Booth feels the girls may be in a dangerous situation. It is also discovered the baby isn’t the only thing taken from the young mother.Another bit is the presence of Jitty, the resident ghost of Dahlia House. Jitty can be a motivator, a comfort and a pain-in-the-neck, but it is all in the name of love. Her big focus is getting Sarah Booth married and producing an heir before Sarah Booth is too old. Since there are at least two men interested in Sarah Booth, Jitty frequently nudges Sarah Booth to choose one. What makes Sarah Booth hesitant is the broken engagement she went through a short while back.This is a fun cozy with action, danger, humour and a touch of romance…Southern style.
    • 4/5
      Loved this book, as I do all the books in the series. Great characters, lots of plot twists and turns, lovable animals, and southern charm. A very good book!
    • 3/5
      Still interesting, that baby in her life is probably getting closer. But the animals, they are preternaturally intelligent. Are they supernaturals in disguise?
    • 4/5
      I love this series, it's always been a consistently strong one with a touch of paranormal (guardian ghost), incredibly strong female characters, and great mystery plots that avoid a lot of irritating potholes because Sarah Booth is a licensed PI so people expect her to be nosy. But as good as Rock-a-Bye Bones is, it did get on my nerves a bit. Sarah Booth is at a cross-roads in her love life and she has an embarrassment of options going forward, but from the start of this series there has only ever been one romantic interest that I've cheered for and I am tired of waiting for it to happen. Get on with it already! Sarah Booth's BF and partner, Tinky, has a crisis of her own too, and it's not a happy one; anyone who has read this series would see it coming, but I loved the climatic conversation between Tinky and Sarah Booth: SB spoke the truth and didn't pussy-foot around it. I love that the author isn't afraid to let her characters be rational, even as they're being emotional. The main plot was really, really good, but the sub-plot that continues a story from a previous book was unnecessary and diminished my enjoyment. It's just a little too hollywood for my taste. I love this series enough to work on upgrading the early paperbacks I have to hardcovers; this is one of those I just don't think I'm ever going to outgrow.
    • 2/5
      Rock-a-Bye Bones by Carolyn Haines is the sixteenth Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery novel. Sarah Booth Delaney is awakened during the night to knocking (and Jetty, her resident ghost) at her door. She discovers a baby on her doorstep (and a lot of blood). After Sarah Booth opens the door a pick-up truck takes off down her driveway. Whoever left the baby on her doorstep was bleeding badly, but they waited to make sure that someone found the baby. Sarah Booth contacts Sheriff Coleman Peters (who is attracted to Sarah Booth) and her business partner (and friend) Tinkie Richmond (bad idea). Tinkie loves children, but she is unable to have them (you can guess that she is going to fall in love with this baby). Who would leave a baby on Sarah Booth’s doorstep? Sarah Booth figures the person had to know her or her reputation (for investigating). Sarah Booth sets out to find the mother of the baby (she could be in serious trouble). Sarah Booth has another problem. Gertrude Strom (from previous book) has escaped (she’s on the lamb) and is wanting to kill Sarah Booth. Gertrude always seems to be a step ahead (someone is helping her). Sarah Booth refuses to stay home, but she will have to extra vigilant to avoid Gertrude. Of course, who wants to stay home with Jetty. She is trying to convince Sarah Booth that it is time to settle down (marry and have kids). Things are never dull in Zinnia, Mississippi.I have not read a Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery novel is a few years (I read the earlier books). I was hoping to see that Sarah Booth had developed more as a character (grown up). I was disappointed. I found Rock-a-Bye Bones to be just plain silly (inane). The book started off with a good pace, but then it slowed down. There is too much going on in the book (the baby, Tinkie, Jetty, Gertrude, her new haircut, the dogs). Sarah Booth also seems to have three men after her and she is only interested in two of them (her man issues seem to dominate the book). Another thing that seemed to be mentioned quite a few times is Sarah Booth’s new haircut. Her hair suffered from a fire in a previous book and Sarah Booth had to get a new hair style. She evidently likes it (and we get to hear about it). I felt that the book went on way too long. I give Rock-a-Bye Bones 2.5 out of 5 stars. One thing that made no sense is Sarah Booth taking her dogs with her to find the killer (risking their lives). Does that make sense to anyone else? The ghost seems useless. Her main goal seems to be getting Sarah Booth married and pregnant (I just thought Jetty could be more useful/helpful in the crime solving). Sorry to be so critical. I am just trying to explain why I did not enjoy this cozy mystery. Rock-a-Bye Bones is not a stand-alone book. You do have to have read some of the previous books (at least the first ones) in order to understand everything that is happening in Rock-a-Bye Bones. I received a complimentary copy of Rock-a-Bye Bones from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.