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Crossed Bones
Overview
Sarah Booth Delaney uncovers skeletons in closets--and elsewhere--as she attempts to solve a murder that threatens to tear her beloved town in half.
"This cozy read is the next best thing to curling up with a mint julep on the porch swing on a lazy afternoon."--Publishers WeeklyA born-and-bred Mississippi belle, Sarah Booth Delaney is no ordinary P.I. And this was no ordinary murder. The dead man was Ivory Keys, a gifted Black pianist--and his murder has sparked the kind of racial divide Zinnia, Mississippi, hasn't seen since the Civil War. After all, the prime suspect is Keys's protégé, Scott Hampton, a white rich boy turned racist--and Sarah Booth has been hired to prove he didn't do it by no less than the victim's widow. For a woman feeling a little heat of her own--navigating between a rich, available businessman, a married lawman with a waffling heart, and the sexy bluesman who is angling to become much more than her client--this case is taking some dangerous twists. A town's slumbering passions have been awakened with a jolt, a matchmaking ghost is eyeing some promising suitors, and Sarah Booth is caught between her need to know the truth and the consequences it will have on her town--and on her life. . . .
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780440240938
- ISBN-10: 044024093X
- Publisher: Dell
- Publish Date: February 2004
- Dimensions: 6.98 x 4.24 x 1.06 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.41 pounds
- Page Count: 353
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