Author: Carolyn Haines
Publication Date: May 17, 2016
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Series: Sarah Booth Delaney # 16
Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are still
recovering from the attack on Scott Hampton's blues club in Zinnia, Missippia,
and Sarah Booth herself is still overcoming her grief at ending things with her
fiancé. One bitterly cold night at her family's ancestral home in Zinnia, Sarah
Booth hears what sounds like a kitten as she passes the front door. She opens
the door to find a newborn baby in a basket on her front porch - with bloody
footsteps leading up to the door and back down the driveway. As soon as she
steps outside, a loud engine guns and a dark colored vehicle takes off. It's
too far away for Sarah Booth to get a good look, and besides, the baby is now
her first priority.
After rushing the baby to the hospital and calling the police, Sarah Booth and Tinkie Richmond, her partner at the Delaney Detective Agency, 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 she tracks the baby's mother, Sarah Booth soon begins to suspect the woman might be in danger; in fact, she might be running for her own life. And following in the woman's footsteps, Sarah Booth might be next.
After rushing the baby to the hospital and calling the police, Sarah Booth and Tinkie Richmond, her partner at the Delaney Detective Agency, 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 she tracks the baby's mother, Sarah Booth soon begins to suspect the woman might be in danger; in fact, she might be running for her own life. And following in the woman's footsteps, Sarah Booth might be next.
I pushed that thought away and jumped in the
car. I had a human baby to care for. We’d need diapers and everything else on
the long list Doc had written.
“Motherhood is the most blessed of all
conditions,” she said in a light, pleasant voice. “I have been blessed with a
passel of children, all smart, all eager to journey into the world.”
“Just goes to show when you raise your boys to
be outlaws, you can’t expect ‘em to come when you call.”
Sarah Booth Delaney and her funny friends are
some of my favorite characters to rejoin every year when a new book is
released. I very much enjoyed this story because it leads us to believe that
Sarah Booth may be making some big life changes soon and because we are finding
out more and more information about the murder of her parents. Their story is a
subplot to the larger mystery at hand, but it is so intriguing and has me dying
to know exactly what happened. In the latest installment, Sarah Booth is trying
to find the mother of the infant that has just been left on her doorstop. Well,
of course, you can imagine that all types of chaos follows this – and you are
right! We have reappearances from all of the gang: Jitty, Tinkie, Sheriff
Coleman, and more! It is always so hard for me to put these books down – they are
laugh out loud hilarious and Sarah Booth has become almost like a friend to me.
There was so much going on in this story for me
not to love it: kidnapping, a mystery, jealously, physical and mental abuse,
temporary insanity, love, and so much more. What I love most about these books
is that even if you have not read another one, you are guaranteed to find it
entertaining and jump right in with the characters. They are by no means standalone
books, but they can be enjoyed without having read the others. I know I said
that these books are funny, but they are often equally emotional. There is
always a strong amount of love and friendship, and this book doesn’t disappoint
in that area. I am so connected to these characters and whenever this series
does end, I will hate to see them all go!
***A free copy of this book was provided to me
by the publishers at Minotaur Books in exchange for my honest review***
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