Buried bones Book

I love Carolyn Haines's living people, their town is very well brought to life, and my namesake is a fantastic authoress. It is a shame the only aspect that categorizes these novels as paranormal, is the sour note that forces serious, dark mysteries to occupy the "cozy" genre: bitchy Jitty. I hope Carolyn utilizes the umbrella to introduce spirits with the reverence and mysteriousness that are the point of paranormal mysteries. I grade well for loving this series, otherwise.

The introductory novel only took two chapters to surprise us with actual suspense that became gothic. "Buried Bones", 2000 remained a police case: who killed a returned local author and what was his wealthy young assistant's stake in his book? Sarah did a good job of investigating a lot of moving pieces, although a feeling persisted that a few people could tell her everything and it was a matter of twisting the correct arms. The plot only lent emotion pertaining to the author's love of cats. Nobody else was likeable and Sarah's former beau was puzzlingly catering to her nemesis. Brianna's lack of affection for her family was a disappointment and the only atmospheric scene, was Sarah's visit to Moon Lake at the end, where disturbing crimes originated in 1940.

There was a mistake I must keep vague. A baby born in the 1940s or 1950s did not match the age of involved parties. If the woman's nephew is Sarah's age, he could not have known her until age 10. I mainly disliked repetition of needless scenes: Jitty nagging Sarah to copulate and silly dog scenes, like culling objects. Four stars are not shabby and leave room for five stars again, for volumes I like better. I adore and respect Tinky, determined to excel in her detective job, salary be darned.