My Mother’s Witness: The Peggy Morgan Story
AS R. B. CHESTERTON
The Darkling
The Seeker
About the Author
CAROLYN HAINES is the USA Today bestselling author of the Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries, the Pluto’s Snitch historical mystery series, and Trouble, the Black Cat Detective mystery series. She is the recipient of both the Harper Lee Distinguished Writing Award and the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Semmes, Alabama, on a farm with more dogs, cats, and horses than she can possibly keep track of. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Also by Carolyn Haines
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
CHARMED BONES. Copyright © 2018 by Carolyn Haines. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Cover illustration by Hiro Kimura
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Haines, Carolyn, author.
Title: Charmed bones / Carolyn Haines.
Description: First edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2018. | Series: A Sarah Booth Delaney mystery
Identifiers: LCCN 2017061025 | ISBN 9781250154132 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250154149 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PS3558.A329 C53 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017061025
eISBN 9781250154149
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First Edition: May 2018