About this Event
Join us on October 24, 2026 at The Haunted Book Shop as we celebrate the last of Carolyn Haines' hit Sarah Boothe Delaney Series. The Joy To The Bones party will kick off at 5pm with an in-conversation with special guest, romance author Manda Collins. Chat with Carolyn and Manda, enjoy refreshments, and hop in the signing line to have your copy of the last SARAH BOOTH DELANEY book signed. We will also have copies of Manda's Ghost Me, Maybe available for the signing line. Two book launches in one event! Now, that's reason to celebrate!
Carolyn Haines, renowned for her witty narratives and deep Southern settings, adds another mysterious installment to the SBD series with Joy to the Bones. Expect complex characters, a riveting plot that keeps readers on the edge of their seats, and Carolyn's signature humor. The event will provide fans and new readers alike a unique opportunity to discover Haines' latest adventures in writing, engage in discussions, and get their copies signed by the author herself.
About Joy to the Bones:
In this final installment of the series, sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney is up against her biggest—and most personal—mystery yet.
Still reeling from the discovery that her parents’ deaths, decades ago, might not have been an accident, Private Investigator Sarah Booth Delaney doesn’t know who to believe anymore. Her best friend and business partner, Tinkie, purposefully kept her in the dark; her lover, Coleman, intentionally lied to her; and her meddlesome ghost-turned-spiritual-guide, Jitty, kept more secrets than she can count. Now, even the people Sarah Booth once trusted more than anything are suspect.
Armed with new knowledge about her parents’ car crash, Sarah Booth sets out to solve her biggest case yet: her parents’ M**der. And she’s prepared to do it alone if she has to.
But the Mississippi Delta doesn’t pause for anyone, not even Sarah Booth. While trying to untangle the truth about her parents’ fate, Sarah Booth gets roped into investigating the DeLonge Mansion, a magnificent old house with seemingly no one left alive to claim it. With the return of her nemesis, Gertrude Stromm, looming over her head—and the pieces of her failed relationships still scattered around her—Sarah Booth has her work cut out for her this holiday season.
About Ghost Me, Maybe:
Librarian Callie Jameson is floored when she learns she’s to inherit the historic library on Petite Bois Island. All she knows about the barrier island off the coast of Louisiana is what her benefactor and beloved patron, Khaki Boudreaux, has told her about it and the beautiful life—and love—she once had there.
Seeing this opportunity as a chance to start over, Callie packs up her tortoiseshell cat, Stella, and heads south. But the moment she sets foot in the beautiful old building, she encounters an all-too-handsome tenant who claims the library belongs to him. So much for southern hospitality . . .
Trey LeBlanc spent his happiest summers with his Aunt Khaki on Petite Bois Island and has been living at the library while he renovates the old building. After all the effort he’s put into this place, he can’t understand why his aunt cut him out of the will. Now he’ll have to convince Callie and her very opinionated cat to sell him the cherished property.
But then strange things start to happen around the library, and Trey hopes Callie will just get scared off by the “ghosts” haunting the place. When he realizes these aren’t just neighborhood kids pulling pranks, however, but rather a dangerous scheme to get rid of the woman he’s beginning to fall for, he’ll do anything to keep her safe in his arms forever.
Reserve your spot today as we celebrate the Sarah Booth Delaney series with Carolyn and Ghost Me, Maybe with Manda Collins. This is sure to be an event for the record books!
Book purchase from The Haunted Book Shop is required to enter the signing line. Books may be purchased through Eventbrite ticket link.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Haunted Book Shop, 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile, United States
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