All My Bones

On this second visit to The Old Juniper Bookshop in Enigma, Georgia, on a Sunday morning in April, shop owner Madeline and friend Gloria, an Episcopal priest, act on the notion to prep the bleak front lawn of the shop for planting roses. Unfortunately, they uncover the body of the town’s most difficult and wealthy citizen instead. Circumstances make Gloria the prime suspect and, of course, Madeline must save her friend. There is the influence of money, old family disputes, and a wonderful wealth of small-town gossip that also fuels the situation, a not-actually-haunted haunted opera house, not-for-sale rare books that actually are, and a very erudite gardener/poet. Maddie and her cohort work against the wisdom that says to leave things alone and of course solve the crime. In the end there is justice, and a bit of romance. Perhaps even the rosebushes will get planted. Will we make it back to Enigma, maybe in the Fall? I wouldn’t be surprised.