Mighty Old Bones
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Jane Thistle and Phoebe Twigg are as different as two best friends can be. Phoebe has never seen any reason to leave her small Southern hometown, while Jane, the urbane widow of a career military officer, has traveled all over, only recently putting down roots in Tullulah, Alabama.
At times, Tullulah can be a sleepy little town, but no one sleeps through the thunderstorm that knocks down a tree on Jane's property and uncovers a pile of skeletal remains buried underneath. Jane has some archaeological experience, thanks to all her travels, and knows a few experts. She invites an old friend to come down to Tullulah to have a look and catch up on old times. When tests discount their best theories and point to a far more recent death, Jane and Phoebe find themselves in the midst of some strange happenings.
Mary Saums's Mighty Old Bones, the second in this delightful series, rattles Alabama with two of the newest and unlikeliest sleuths throughout the southlands.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A most unlikely twosome, worldly Jane Thistle and her stay-at-home friend, Phoebe Twigg, once again find murder and mayhem in the sleepy Alabama village of Tullulah in Saums's appealing second Thistle and Twigg mystery (after 2007's Thistle and Twigg). The two friends are preparing for the annual Halloween party at the town's library when a severe thunderstorm fells a tree on Jane's property, unearthing the remains of a human body. Jane and the local officials suspect that the bones may be part of an Indian burial site, and there's some paper evidence for their assumption. As the site is secured and experts are called in, Jane draws on her archeological experience to help out on the dig while puzzling over the disappearance of one of the town's beloved old citizens and other strange happenings. The author's portrayal of the book's charming small town activities and people, plus some lovable canines and a little touch of the supernatural, make this a most enjoyable Southern cozy.
