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Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 25
Pub. Date
2017.
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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...
2) Blood orange
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
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"In the newest China Bayles Mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, China comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in the hospital ... It's mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband, Rich. One nasty point of dispute is her part ownership of the Comanche Creek Brewing Company, which she is refusing...
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 303 p. : map ; 21 cm.
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
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
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 307 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
In 1910 Miss Beatrix Potter is able to get away from her parents and goes to her properties in the Land Between the Lakes, Hill Top Farm and Castle Farm, where trouble is brewing in the hamlet. When Mr. Harmsworth barricades the foot path running through his property, Applebeck Farm, claiming he did it because someone lit a fire to his hayloft, and another fire ruins a place of business, Miss Potter is on the case!
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 8
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
443 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
Beatrix and William's impending nuptials are delayed when the remodeling of their future home, Castle Cottage, causes more problems than anticipated. There have been thefts on other construction sites, and carpenter Adcock is fired. When his body is found, is there any way there can be a happy ending?
7) Cat's claw
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Hardcover
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xi, 305 p. ; 24 cm.
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
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
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xii, 322 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
When a baby arrives on her doorstep during Sawrey's annual summer fete, Beatrix Potter sets out to discover the truth about the abandoned baby, following her only clue, a scarab ring, to Hawthorn House, a legendary manor reputed to be haunted.
Author
Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xii, 305 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Description
Mr. Wickstead has died under a tree limb. The villagers are certain that his death had to do with a treasure he dug up last spring. But why was he in the wood on a frigid night? And what of the claw marks on the limb? And what was that treasure? As per usual, the town's animals know more than the Big Folk. And only Pickles, Wickstead's fox terrier, knows exactly what happened. It's up to amateur sleuth Beatrix Potter to help the denizens of Sawrey,...
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
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Description
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
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
290 p. : ill. map ; 21 cm.
Description
1912. The peace of the Lake District is interrupted by the noisy test flights of a new flying machine: the hydroplane-- and Beatrix's friend Grace is receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry.
13) Spanish dagger
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
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Description
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
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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
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 333 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
It is now 1907, and in her Lake Country village, Beatrix Potter is about to encounter both woodland magic and an intriguing mystery. As she helps some village children look for fairy folk, she stumbles upon evidence that a flame-haired stranger may have dangerous plans.
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...
Author
Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
"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...
18) Bleeding hearts
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
298 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
While conducting a discreet investigation into allegations of improper behavior on the part of high school football coach Tim Duffy, China Bayles uncovers a mystery surrounding a young woman's death.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm.
20) Holly blues
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
x, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
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