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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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It’s the spring of 1933 and times are tough all over. The only businessman not struggling is moonshiner Mickey LeDoux, though he still has to steer clear of federal agents. But banks are closing all over the country, and the small town of Darling is no exception. Folks are suddenly caught short on cash and everyone is in a panic. Desperate to avoid disaster, several town leaders — including Alvin Duffy, the bank’s new vice president — hatch...
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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The Texas Star herself — Miss Lily Dare, the “fastest woman in the world” — is bringing her Dare Devils Flying Circus to Darling. Unfortunately, she’s also bringing a whole lot of trouble. As the Dahlias prepare for the annual Watermelon Festival — where they will present the famous female aviatrix with her own Texas Star hibiscus — rumors are flying. Dahlias president Liz Lacy learns from newspaperman Charlie Dickens that Miss Dare...
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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The eleven o’clock lady has always been one of garden club president Liz Lacy’s favorite spring wildflowers. The plant is so named because the white blossoms don’t open until the sun shines directly on them and wakes them up. But another Eleven O’Clock Lady is never going to wake up again. Rona Jean Hancock — a telephone switchboard operator who earned her nickname because her shift ended at eleven, when her nightlife was just beginning...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 15
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English
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Between the herb shop, the catering business, and a weekend paper-making class, China Bayles has her work cut out for her. And now China's half-brother is opening up old wounds, trying to investigate their father's supposedly accidental death, and her husband is taking on the case-meaning she's just bound to get involved. o put the unsavory business out of her mind, she's gathering supplies for making paper. But in a patch of yucca plants, she finds...
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 1
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English
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The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up. Their garden club -- The Darling Dahlias -- has a clubhouse, a garden, a flag, and a weekly column in The Darling Dispatch written by their own Miss Elizabeth Lacy. Unlike their snooty rivals -- Sisters of the Spade -- they welcome members from across the social spectrum. What better way to know everything there is...
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2017.
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English
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"In this exciting new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him... Max Mantel, the killer McQuaid put away years ago, has busted out of Huntsville Prison and appears to be headed for Pecan Springs. McQuaid knows there's only one way to stop the vengeful convict--set a trap with himself as bait. China wants to stay by her husband's side and keep him...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 26
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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When a series of strange occurrences happen in the building of Thyme and Seasons, China Bayles uncovers a story about a young, widowed lacemaker who died under suspicious circumstances.
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China Bayles volume 23
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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When China's and Ruby's friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later, China begins to suspect that her friend's death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named Christine Morris and the acquittal of the man accused of the crime. Is it possible that the same person who killed Christine Morris targeted Karen? Delving into the cold...
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Just in time for the Confederate Day celebration, the Darling Dahlias are ready to plant Confederate roses along the fence of the town cemetery. Of course, Miss Dorothy Rogers, club member and town librarian, would be quick to point out the plant is in fact a hibiscus. The Confederate rose is not the only thing that is not what it first appears to be in this small Southern town. Earle Scroggins, the county treasurer, has got the sheriff thinking that...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 18
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English
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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.
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 2
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English
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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. They'll have to dig through clues to get to the root of the mystery...
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China Bayles volume 21
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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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...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 7
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English
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Just as China Bayles begins to adjust to the idea that Mike, her fiance, is paralyzed, life becomes more complex. She faces up to her mother's interference, contemplates a business opportunity too good to miss, runs her own herbal-products business, writes a column for the local paper, and helps Mike through the initial steps of judging a local chili cook-off. When all seems to be going well, another of the chili judges drops dead of anaphylactic...
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China Bayles volume 24
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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It’s Thanksgiving in Pecan Springs, and China is planning to visit her mother, Leatha, and her mother’s husband, Sam, who are enthusiastically embarking on a new enterprise — turning their former game ranch into a vacation retreat for birders. She’s also looking forward to catching up with her friend, game warden Mackenzie “Mack” Chambers, who was recently transferred to the area. But Leatha calls with bad news: Sam has had a heart attack....
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China Bayles mysteries volume 5
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English
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Herbalist China Bayles must solve a mother of a murder in this mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert.
In search of respite, China takes off to St. Theresa's Monastery with her friend Maggie, a former nun. The goal is a brief, tranquil retreat—but there's a conflict at the convent. The mother superior has recently died, and a battle over the future of St. Theresa's suggests that her sudden demise...
In search of respite, China takes off to St. Theresa's Monastery with her friend Maggie, a former nun. The goal is a brief, tranquil retreat—but there's a conflict at the convent. The mother superior has recently died, and a battle over the future of St. Theresa's suggests that her sudden demise...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 9
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English
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Herbalist China Bayles searches for a killer, struggles to support a troubled friend, and desperately tries to reconcile the demands of her new business with the desires of her heart.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 4
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English
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McQuaid sets off for Mexico to track down the man he believes killed a friend who happened to be driving his truck, leaving China Bayles and McQuaid's son to deal with the real murderer, who is much closer to home.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 10
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English
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Herbalist China Bayles returns to the Deep South, where her family's legacy of silence is at last broken-and the past finally, unforgettably, speaks the truth.
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China Bayles volume 13
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English
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China's otherwise sensible husband is bored with teaching and ready for a career change...say hello to Mike McQuaid, P.I. His first client is Phoebe the Pickle Queen, owner of the biggest little pickle business in Texas. She says her plant manager is embezzling, and she wants McQuaid to follow the money. But just days before the annual Picklefest, Phoebe disappears. And now it's up to McQuaid and China to search for her-and for clues in a case that...
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China Bayles volume 14
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English
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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.
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