Buried Bones

Carolyn Haines has a mystery series set in the Mississippi Delta. It is saturated with the essence of the South. Old money, old houses and a small town where everyone knows what everybody is up to. Buried Bones is her second book in the Sarah Booth Delaney series.

Sarah has just saved her family home from being sold by solving a case. Now it looks like she is going to be an investigator. But her investigations come very close to home, when several friends are suspected of murder. The victim, a writer, knew a lot of secrets about everyone. And he was going to put the truth in his biography. Sarah gets to sort out whose secret is whose and who was willing to kill to keep those secrets quiet.

This may sound similar to other mysteries but Haines livens things up with her wild eccentric cast of characters, and her willingness to let Sarah not take things too seriously. Humorously written and very dense - a huge cast of characters- Haines creates a winner. I read in a review that they called this series is a mix of the Ya- Ya Sisterhood meets Nancy Drew - and I think they are right. A fun read. Looking forward to more in the series.