Them Bones
  • # of Books:
    33
  • First Book:
    November 1999
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
  • Genres:
    Cozy Mystery, Private Investigator
  • Setting:
    Zinnia, Mississippi
  • Characters:
    Sarah Booth Delaney, southern belle
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The Sarah Booth Delaney Series in Order (33 Books)

Order Book Date Rating
1 4.5
2 5
3 5
4 5
5 4.5
6 4.5
7 4.5
8 4.5
9 5


10 4.5
11 4.5
12 5
13 4
13.5 (e) 5
14 5
14.5 (e) 0
15 5
15.5 (e) 4
16 4
16.5 (e) 4
17 5
18 5
18.5 (e) 5
19 5
20 5
20.5 (e) 5
21 5
22 5
23 5


24 5
25 5
26 4
27 0

Book Descriptions for series: A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery


  • Book - 1

    Meet Sarah Booth Delaney... an unconventional southern belle whose knack for uncovering the truth is about to make her the hottest detective in Zinnia, Mississippi ... if it doesn't make her the deadest. No self-respecting lady would allow hersel...



  • Book - 2

    Private investigation isn't on the list of a southern belle's most desirable accomplishments--but it's saved Sarah Booth Delaney's Delta homestead. Now all she has to cope with is its bossy antebellum ghost who is determined to save Sarah--from spins...



  • Book - 3

    She may be a Mississippi belle, but Sarah Booth Delaney is no pampered daddy's girl. Unwed and over thirty, Sarah has her own set of problems--like coping with regular hauntings by her great-great-grandmother's nanny, a busybody of a ghost who's set ...



  • Book - 4

    Sarah Booth Delaney is no ordinary P.I. A born-and-bred Mississippi belle, she struggles to hold on to her family's plantation and keeps up a running conversation with the ghost of her great-great-grandmother's nanny, a busybody who decks herself out...



  • Book - 5

    A CASE OF MIRACLES, MAYHEM, AND MURDER Doreen Mallory is beautiful, mysterious -- and claims to have the gift of healing. But why couldn't she save her own daughter, who died mysteriously at ten weeks? Convinced of Doreen's guilt, local law is askin...



  • Book - 6

    Wickedly witty and full of more dirt than a debutante's diary, the mysteries of Carolyn Haines bring the southern Delta to roaring, rollicking life... Intrepid P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney has been known to single- handedly save her family's Mississip...



  • Book - 7

    Carolyn Haines's Southern Belle mysteries kick sleuthing up a notch with Sarah Booth Delaney, the sassiest heroine this side of the Mississippi... Displaced from its New Orleans venue, a red-hot touring production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is openi...



  • Book - 8

    Carolyn Haines's delightful Southern series heads out west when Sarah Booth Delaney lands a lead in a sultry Hollywood film and an even hotter mystery. It's time for Sarah Booth to pack up her hound dog and her P. . business and take a shot at stard...



  • Book - 9

    Hollywood actress Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her Southern hometown to perform some serious sleuthing in this often hilarious, occasionally steamy, and always charming novel from Carolyn Haines. Sarah is no stranger to drama. So when this talente...






  • Book - 10

    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 Haines For many years Jitty, Dahlia House's resident ghost, has dreamed that Sarah Booth Delaney would have ...



  • Book - 11

    When PI Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner and best friend, Tinkie, take on Monica and Eleanor Levert as clients, they don’t have much hope of solving the case. The wealthy heiresses of Briarcliff in Natchez, Mississippi, claim that a family neckl...



  • Book - 12

    Despite the wishes of her overprotective fiancé, Sarah Booth Delaney can’t give up her detective work, no matter how dangerous it becomes. It’s too much a part of her. On this case, avoiding danger might be impossible -- she’s on the trail of ...



  • Book - 13

    Professor Olive Twist has come to Zinnia, Mississippi to study a mysterious grave wherein lies the Lady in Red, a perfectly preserved and stunningly beautiful but unnamed and unclaimed body. Olive claims she can not only identify the corpse, she can ...



  • Book - 13.5

    From award-winning author Carolyn Haines comes a charming story starring feisty Southern belle and private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. Sarah Booth just wants to help her fiancé recover from a leg wound in peace...Until, that is, an ex-porn ...



  • Book - 14

    Sarah Booth Delaney’s fiancé, Graf Milieu, has become depressed while recovering from a severe leg injury, but Sarah Booth knows just how to help him heal. She’s arranged a romantic getaway for the two of them at a lovely beach cottage on Dauphi...



  • Book - 14.5

    Christmas is six days away -- and Sarah Booth Delaney has her hands full! To honor a group of international investors, Shaw, Mississippi, resurrects the old custom of drifting miniature, lighted Christmas floats down Silver Bayou. The Italian deleg...



  • Book - 15

    Sarah Booth Delaney is heartbroken: her fiancé Graf Milieu has decided to move to Hollywood permanently, leaving their relationship in shambles. Sarah Booth has a perfect distraction, however, in the form of the Black and Orange Halloween ball her b...



  • Book - 15.5

    Jingle Bones, an e-original Christmas story featuring Mississippi PI Sarah Booth Delaney, offers all the Southern charm and zany adventure Carolyn Haines's fans have come to expect--and more.

    Sarah Booth just wants the perfect Christmas ...



  • Book - 16

    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, Mississ...






  • Book - 16.5

    In GURU BONES, beloved author Carolyn Haines returns to Zinnia, Mississippi, in a short mystery that will delight fans and new readers alike.

    Southern-belle-turned-PI Sarah Booth Delaney is unenthusiastic at best when her friends rope her i...



  • Book - 17

    Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year’s Eve at the party of the year, a smashing Winter Garden party at the Prince Albert Hotel. It’s a dazzling success … until Frangelica “Sister” McFee walks thr...



  • Book - 18

    Zinnia, Mississippi is rife with quirky characters, but the arrival of three sister witches―and their intention to open a Wiccan boarding school―sets the small town on its ear. And bodies begin to accumulate as a result. Faith, Hope, and Charity ...



  • Book - 18.5

    EVEN THE DEAD WANT REVENGE! Cliburn Plantation is a ruin. Cursed by a voodoo priestess because of the cruelty of Ezekiel Cliburn, it’s home to the ghosts of Haitian mourners, slaves, river pirates, and tragedy. When Jitty, the resident ghost of Da...



  • Book - 19

    Christmas comes to Zinnia, Mississippi―Sarah Booth Delaney must solve a case as the holiday approaches, in this new cozy mystery from Carolyn Haines. Christmas is just around the corner and Sarah Booth and Tinkie are preparing for a festive holi...



  • Book - 20

    The next charming mystery from Carolyn Haines featuring spunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. Dr. Frank Hafner is an archeologist working on excavating a new-found Native American temple site in the Mississippi Delta. He's ...



  • Book - 20.5

    In Carolyn Haines's Enchanted Bones, PI Sarah Booth Delaney comes to the rescue in a short mystery set in Zinnia, Mississippi, that will delight fans and new readers alike.A lost little girl is just about the last thing Private Investigator Sarah Boo...



  • Book - 21

    In Carolyn Haines' The Devil's Bones, spunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney tackles a thorny murder while away on a girls' weekend. Sarah Booth and Cece are in Lucedale, Mississippi, where the newly-pregnant Tinkie i...



  • Book - 22

    Spunky southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney tackles solving a string of strange accidents in the midst of celebrating the holiday season, in Carolyn Haines's cozy A Garland of Bones Sarah Booth is all set for Christmas. She's ...



  • Book - 23

    Carolyn Haines's Independent Bones is the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.When Dr. Alala Diakos, a visitin...






  • Book - 24

    Carolyn Haines's Lady of Bones is the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.It’s Halloween season in Mississip...



  • Book - 25

    Bones of Holly is the next novel from Carolyn Haines in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.Sarah Booth and Tinkie, along wi...



  • Book - 26

    Carolyn Haines's Tell-Tale Bones marks the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.Private Investigator Sarah Boot...



  • Book - 27

    The latest novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as “Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney.Delaney Detective Agency gets a taste of the spotlight when ...


Awards

Bone Appetit
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Amateur Sleuth

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

There are 33 books in the Sarah Booth Delaney series.

The next book in the Sarah Booth Delaney series, Lights, Camera, Bones (Book 27), will be published in May 2024.

The first book in the Sarah Booth Delaney series, Them Bones, was published in November 1999.

The Sarah Booth Delaney series primarily falls into the Cozy Mystery and Private Investigator genres.
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