Sarah is no stranger to drama. So when this talented actress and a P.I. hears that her best friend's husband is suddenly on his deathbed back home, she snaps into "action!" and gets right on the case… Turns out others in Zinnia, Mississippi, have fallen prey to the illness as well. The folks from the Centers for Disease Control are on the scene, but they can't find a cure for it…or for the boll weevils that are decimating Sunflower County's cotton crop. With patients in quarantine and the whole town in crisis, Sarah will go out on a limb to stop the outbreak―and try to save the only place she's been proud enough to call home. “The cast is in fine form (including the helpful ghost, Jitty), and it's good to be back in Mississippi…One of the more entertaining episodes in the series.” ― Booklist “Captivating--readers will enjoy Greedy Bones from cranium to phalanges.” ― Don Noble, Alabama Public Radio “Jitty, Dahlia House's wonderfully wise ‘haint,' [is] one of the best features of this light paranormal mystery series infused with Southern charm.” ― Publishers Weekly “Never undone by a ghostly spirit, a handsome movie star, or even the oddball small town Southern folks most of us will easily recognize, Delaney is at her best when unraveling multiple puzzles. Ramp up the excitement and tension, add the often chuckle-out-loud humor, and they add up to one of the best of the Sarah Booth Delaney mysteries.” ― Delta Magazine “As usual in Haines' ‘Bones' series, the latest entry is charming light entertainment; a few serious notes about biological terror and family ties add interesting depth.” ― Times-Picayune “An excellent 5-star read.” ― Armchair Reviews 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 talented actress and a P.I. hears that her best friend's husband is suddenly on his deathbed back home, she snaps into "action!" and gets right on the case… "The cast is in fine form…One of the more entertaining episodes in the series."― Booklist Turns out others in Zinnia, Mississippi, have fallen prey to the illness as well. The folks from the Centers for Disease Control are on the scene, but they can't find a cure for it…or for the boll weevils that are decimating Sunflower County's cotton crop. With patients in quarantine and the whole town in crisis, Sarah will go out on a limb to stop the outbreak―and try to save the only place she's been proud enough to call home. " Captivating―readers will enjoy Greedy Bones from cranium to phalanges."―Don Noble, Alabama Public Radio "Wonderfully wise…infused with Southern charm."― Publishers Weekly Carolyn Haines is the author of the Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries, including Bone Appetit and Bones of a Feather . She is the recipient of both the Harper Lee Distinguished Writing Award and the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence. Before writing fiction, she worked for several years as a journalist, and first visited the Delta, the setting for her mysteries, to do a newspaper story on Parchman State Prison. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Alabama on a farm with more dogs, cats, and horses than she can possibly keep track of.