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Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2015.
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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--has been...
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
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As the members of the garden club in Darling, Alabama, prepare to plant roses for their annual Confederate Day celebration, they find themselves distracted by a series of mysteries involving stolen funds, a secret code, and a local resident's odd behavior.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
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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.
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Presevero Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xii, 260 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
It looks like the music has ended for Darling's favorite barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers - just days before the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition. Another unlucky break: a serious foul-up in Darling's telephone system - and not a penny for repairs. And while liquor is legal again, moonshine isn't. Sheriff Buddy Norris needs a little luck when he goes into Briar Swamp to confront Cypress County's most notorious bootlegger. What he finds...
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Vine mess volume 1
Description
Returning home to his family's California winery, Professor Julian Vos, on sabbatical from his Ivy League job, finds himself distracted from his plans to write a novel by eccentric, chronically late, unbelievably beautiful gardener Hallie Welch, who is aburst of color in his gray-scale life.
6) Slugfest
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When Paula Holliday agrees to act as exhibit manager for a reclusive artist she's expecting a laidback weekend picking up gardening tips. She doesn't expect to be knee-deep in horticultural sabotage, beheaded gnomes, homicide, and something called The Javits Curse.
7) Dead head
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
When one of Springfield, Connecticut's favorite ladies is discovered to be an escaped convict, Paula Holliday is hired to find out which of her neighbors is a fugitive from the law and why the long-kept secret has finally come out.
Author
Series
Gardening mysteries (Ann Ripley) volume 8
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
314 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Bad Girl Creek trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004, c2001
Physical Desc
381 p. ; 21 cm
Description
Phoebe Thomas has lived life as a spectator, confined to a wheelchair, in awe of her beloved aunt Sadie and overshadowed by her financial wizard brother James. But when her aunt dies, leaving her a flower farm, the world opens up to Phoebe in ways she could never have imagined. Taking in three roommates to help her get the farm running, she finds herself, for the first time in her life, part of a close circle of women friends. Each displaced from...
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Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Persevero Press
Physical Desc
xii, 268 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Spring, 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR. But there are problems brewing at the newspaper, where a trio of new hires causes headaches for editor Charlie Dickens. That’s not the worst of it, though, as the Dahlias discover when the newest resident at Bessie Bloodworth’s Magnolia Manor is found dead. She had overindulged in a large and very rich chocolate cake—but was something else...
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 1
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As the country struggles through the Great Depression, the Darling Dahlias of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up. Their garden club has a clubhouse, a garden, a flag, a weekly column in The Darling Dispatch, and members from across the social spectrum. But when a treasure trove of sterling silver is found buried under the town's famous Cucumber Tree, two of the Dahlias claim it - which leads to some very unladylike behavior.
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 pages ; 21 cm
Description
When the Texas Star herself--aviatrix Miss Lily Dare, the fastest woman in the world--is threatened and her plane sabotaged, the Darling Dahlias must weed through the rumors to find the truth to take down a saboteur who may be propelled by revenge.
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
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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 a plan...
Author
Series
Bad Girl Creek trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
641 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 8
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Description
"It's Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of Christmas puzzles. Mildred Kilgore and Earlynne Biddle are planning to open a bakery on the square--if they can come up with the right recipes. Charlie Dickens faces two of the biggest puzzles of his career as an investigative reporter, and one of them involves his wife. Cute little Cupcake's talent as a singer and dancer makes her a tempting target for an...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
ix, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands of...
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Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Persevero Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 262 pages ; 21 cm.
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It’s Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias―the garden club in little Darling, Alabama―are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn’t easy, though, since there’s a firebug on the loose in Darling. He―or she!―strikes without apparent rhyme or reason, and things have gotten to the point where nobody feels safe. What’s more, a dangerous hurricane is poised to hurl itself in Darling’s direction,...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
246 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"Something stinks to Paula Holliday, and it isn't just the corpse flower, titan arum, named for its off-putting fragrance. When Paula's friend Lucy asks her to tag along on an all-expense-paid junket to the Titans Hotel, it seems like a good idea. Paula even manages to squeeze a few bucks and a byline out of the local paper for writing an article on the titan arum, a rare flower that's just about to bloom and on display at the hotel. But when her...
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