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Carolyn Haines

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in Hattiesburg, MS, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Horror

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Carolyn Haines is the USA Today bestselling author of over 70 books. In 2020, she was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alabama Library Association, the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, as well as the "Best Amateur Sleuth" award by Romantic Times. 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.
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Average rating: 4.01 · 76,993 ratings · 6,465 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors

	Them Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 6,258 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buried Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 3,450 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 2,900 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 2,851 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hallowed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 2,698 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bones To Pick (Sarah Booth Delaney, #6) 4.09 avg rating — 2,715 ratings — published 2006 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ham Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #7) 4.01 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greedy Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #9) 4.07 avg rating — 2,230 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wishbones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #8) 3.99 avg rating — 2,170 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Appetit (Sarah Booth Delaney, #10) 4.05 avg rating — 2,109 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I confess: August and February are my least favorite months. They both have crappy weather where I live. One is too hot and humid, the other is too cold and wet. But here we are, at the end of August, and keeping an eye out for hurricanes forming.

When I was a little girl, we didn’t worry about—or have—the monster storms we have now. Camille hit Biloxi in 1969. It eradicate

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“Forest Gump had it wrong. Life is not a box of chocolate; it's a kaleidoscope. In the flip of a wrist, realities are shredded and the world takes on a totally new shape.”
― Carolyn Haines, Them Bones

tags: life

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“If I could have been a cowgirl, I might have never written a word.”
― Carolyn Haines

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“Everyone who loves risks losing their heart every minute of every day.”
― Carolyn Haines, Bones To Pick

tags: heartbreak, love, risks

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Which of the following Themed BoM from the previous year is your favorite?

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The Missing by Chris Mooney

4 votes, 16.7%

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

4 votes, 16.7%

Them Bones by Carolyn Haines

4 votes, 16.7%

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

3 votes, 12.5%

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

3 votes, 12.5%

I did not read any of the Themed BoM.

2 votes, 8.3%

The Last Victim by Karen Robards

2 votes, 8.3%

Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle

1 vote, 4.2%

Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline

1 vote, 4.2%

The First Prophet by Kay Hooper

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Ice by Linda Howard

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Kill and Tell by Linda Howard

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Cruel Justice by M.A. Comley

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“If I could have been a cowgirl, I might have never written a word.”
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“Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
Eddie DeChooch”
― Janet Evanovich, Seven Up

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