Susan Wittig Albert
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
While Pecan Springs bustles back to life in the warmth of spring, one woman's life is tragically brought to an end. China Bayles happens upon a burning house trailer and hears a woman screaming for help. The evidence leaves no doubt that it's arson homicide. Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. When Jessica gets herself too deeply involved and disappears, China is determined to find her before she...
2) Holly blues
Author
Language
English
Description
China Bayles is fit to spit when her husband's troubled ex-wife, Sally, shows up at her herb shop, claiming to be broke with nowhere else to turn. When she invites Sally to stay, China starts receiving menacing calls from an "ex" of Sally's, who seems to have a connection to the murder of her parents nearly a decade ago.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Rumors are sprouting in Depression-era Darling, Alabama. The town's newest visitors, Nona Jean Jamison and Miss Lake, may be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked. The Dahlias suspect more than modesty when Nona denies her association.
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Depression-era women of a Darling, Alabama, garden club get to the bottom of a mysterious buried treasure and a young woman's murder.
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 8
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beatrix and William's impending nuptials are delayed when the remodeling of their future home, Castle Cottage, causes more problems than anticipated in the latest installment of a series that incorporates events from the life of Beatrix Potter and her beloved characters.
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 7
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miss Beatrix Potter has returned to Near Sawrey, where her friend Grace has been receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry. Beatrix must investigate quietly so as not to arouse village gossip. There is also the matter of Beatrix's own romantic future-as she's been offered a second chance at love.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now readers can join China Bayles in ten puzzling cases—and get a taste of her world. This delightful collection features loads of wonderful herbal tidbits on everything from rosemary to feverfew to catnip; recipes for such to-die-for dishes as a Deadly Chocolate Valentine, Ruby's Applesauce Mint Bread, China's Five-Spice Chicken and Veggie Stir-Fry, and McQuaid's Tex Mex-and a host of creative ideas for garden and home. It's a one-of-a-kind...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale
Pub. Date
2021, c2020
Language
English
Description
"If you're a fan of China Bayles, Ruby Wilcox, and Pecan Springs, Texas, you'll love Susan Wittig Albert's three new novellas, together in a single edition! Prime crime on deadline. DEADLINES: When Pecan Springs Enterprise crime reporter Jessica Nelson gets an anonymous tip about a year-old death that might be murder, she's already facing too many deadlines, so the story is low on her to-investigate list. Until Jessica and her friend China Bayles...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press/Gale
Pub. Date
2020, c2019
Language
English
Description
"The omnibus edition of the Crystal Cave Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert compiles three novellas into one volume. NoBODY: Ruby Wilcox has always known that she has a rare gift for seeing things that others can't. But she repeatedly dreams that a woman is abducted on the hike-and-bike trail and she knows that the victim is in deadly danger. SomeBODY Else: When Ruby begins to suspect that she knows more than she's...
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Sleuth and herbalist China Bayles of Pecan Springs, Texas, joins Mike McQuaid, the town's police chief to investigate the murder of a land developer. They have to hurry if they don't want the case to clash with their honeymoon. They are getting married.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Berkeley Pub
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
On a retreat in St. Theresa's, a convent in Texas, sleuth China Bayles observes nuns fighting over a legacy worth millions of dollars. One lot wants the money for more contemplation, the other for commerce. When fires break out and people die, China steps in.
13) Bloodroot
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
China Bayles returns to her family's Mississippi plantation, where she comes face to face with dangerous family secrets as she discovers that an ancient property deed has suddenly resurfaced.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
In Texas, lawyer and herbalist China Bayles opens a probe into the death of a former Texas Ranger, believed to have been involved in drug smuggling. The probe puts China's life in danger.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
An annual chili cookoff, a womanizing judge, and a crisis in China Bayle's personal life add up to a novel that will delight fans of this fast-rising author, a nominee for both the Anthony and Agatha Awards.
17) Bleeding hearts
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
When an anonymous source makes shocking allegations of improper behavior on the part of local high school football coach Tim Duffy, China Bayles is called in to conduct a discreet investigation into the charges, but her probe uncovers more than she had ever expected about a case involving betrayal, forbidden desire, and the mystery surrounding a young woman's death.
18) Dead man's bones
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former attorney-turned-herbalist China Bayles finds her busy life further complicated when her teenage son discovers the skeletal remains of the victim of a not-so-accidental death during a dig in a cave and a local gathering is interrupted by murder.
19) Cat's claw
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Berkley Hardcover
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a killer on the prowl ... Larry Kirk, Pecan Springs' computer guru, has been shot dead in his kitchen. At first Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes it to...
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Former lawyer China Boyles' life becomes more complicated than usual when one of the main suppliers for her tea shop is found murdered.