PI Duo Hap & Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from her passing.
But did Minnie\'s foolish, cash-strapped family really have it in them to commit a crime this grisly? Or is there a larger, far more sinister scheme at work? Irreverent, wise-cracking, and full of atmosphere and bite, Sugar on the Bones is not to be missed..
The same was due to Minnie\'s estranged husband, Al, whose kryptonite (beautiful, money-grubbing women) had left him with only a run-down mobile home.
She\'d been hard up after her pet grooming business went under and was in line to collect a whopping insurance sum should anything happen to her mother.
As they look closer, they dredge up troublesome facts: for one, Minnie\'s daughter, Alice, has recently vanished.
Wracked with a guilty conscience, the two PIs--along with Hap\'s fleet-footed wife, Brett--tuck in to the case.
However, when she\'d solicited Hap & Leonard, all it took was one off color joke to turn her sour and she\'d called them off the investigation.
Minnie had a feeling she was being targeted, shaken down by some shadowy force.
Maybe.
The only thing worse is that Hap and Leonard could have prevented it.
Burned to a crisp in a fire so big and bad it had to be deliberate.
Minnie Polson is dead.
It\'s a holy mess of a case for the perpetual bad boy ( New York Times ) sleuths in this beloved series.
PI Duo Hap & Leonard investigate the untimely death of a woman whose family stood much to gain from her passing
