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 herself to end up in Sarah Boothâs situation. Unwed, unemployed, and over thirty, sheâs flat broke and about to lose the family plantation. Not to mention being haunted by the ghost of her great-great-grandmotherâs nanny, who never misses an opportunity to remind her of her sorry stateâor to suggest a plan of action, like ransoming her friendâs prize pooch to raise some cash.
But soon Sarah Boothâs walk on the criminal side leads her deeper into unladylike territory, and sheâs hired to solve a murder. Did gorgeous, landed Hamilton Garrett V really kill his mother twenty years ago? And if so, what is Sarah Booth doing falling for this possible murderer? When she asks one too many questions and a new corpse turns up, she is suddenly a suspect herself . . . and Sarah Booth finds that digging up the bones of the past could leave her rolling over in her grave.