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1) Blood orange
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China Bayles mysteries volume 24
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English
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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 temporaryplace 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 to...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 25
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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 Prisonand 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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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 6
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English
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When a telephone switchboard operator with a wild reputation is murdered, the ladies of the Darling Dahlias garden club sort out rumors from fact to identify the killer.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 26
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English
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A present day ghost leads China Bayles to a secret from Pecan Springs's past in this haunting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert. While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender... Soon, strange happenings start to occur...
5) Cat's claw
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China Bayles mysteries volume 20
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English
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New York Times best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert is widely acclaimed for her cozy China Bayles mystery series. In Cat's Claw, China's friend, Police Chief Sheila Dawson, takes center stage. When local computer guru Larry Kirk is found dead, many are convinced it was suicide over his recent divorce. But Sheila has a hunch there's more to this case than meets the eye-especially when evidence surfaces that Larry was being stalked.
6) Holly blues
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China Bayles mysteries volume 18
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English
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Author Susan Wittig Albert turns up the suspense in her China Bayles mystery series. Just as the holiday season begins, so does the drama, when her husband's ex-wife Sally appears begging for help and a place to stay. 'Tis the season of giving, so China opens her home to Sally. But when troubling phone calls start, China knows she'll need to dig up the truth before Christmas turns deadly.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 22
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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...
8) Bittersweet
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China Bayles mysteries volume 23
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English
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"This Thanksgiving, be grateful for China Bayles who teams up with an old friend to solve a complex case of theft and murder in a South Texas ranching community. 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...
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Series
Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of the China Bayles mysteries - a brand-new series about some spunky lady sleuths in Depression-era Alabama, The Darling Dahlias. Print run 40,000.
10) Widow's tears
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Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 21
Language
English
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Herbalist ex-lawyer China Bales investigates the murder of a teller at the Pecan Springs bank and follows the clues to a haunted bed and breakfast.
11) Spanish dagger
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English
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In this 15th entry in the best-selling China Bayles series, our teashop owning heroine discovers a dead body while gathering herbs by the railroad tracks. On top of that, her brother unearths new evidence suggesting their father's death was no accident, and China is soon dragged into both mysteries.
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 5
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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 a plan...
13) Mourning Gloria
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English
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China Bayles searches for a missing intern reporter at the local Pecan Springs paper who had been covering the story of a suspicious house trailer fire that took the life of another woman.
14) Nightshade
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Series
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English
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With her half-brother Miles and her husband determined to investigate the circumstances of her father's death, herbalist China Bayles joins in to uncover the truth, but she and McQuaid discover that Miles may be hiding more secrets than he is willing to reveal.
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 4
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English
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In the midst of the Depression, folks need a lift. The Texas Star herself, Miss Lily Dare, is bringing her Dare Devils Flying Circus to Darling, Alabama. Unfortunately, she's also bringing a whole lot of trouble. As the Texas Star barnstorms into town, Liz Lacy and Verna Tidwell offer to help bring down a saboteur who may be propelled by revenge. Print run 30,000.
When the Texas Star herself--aviatrix Miss Lily Dare, the fastest woman in the world--is...
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China Bayles mysteries volume 27
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English
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China and Ruby Wilcox are presenting their annual "Not Just Plain Vanilla Workshop," always a huge hit with customers at Thyme & Seasons Herb Shop. But someone involved with the workshop is driven by a deadly motive, and China soon finds herself teaming up with the very pregnant Pecan Springs police chief Sheila Dawson to solve a vanilla-flavored murder. Sheila, happy to get out from behind the chief's desk, is investigating the death of a botany...
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Nationally best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert cleverly blends fact and fiction in this cozy mystery starring iconic author Beatrix Potter. The serenity of Hill Top Farm is shattered when a local shephard is murdered. Beatrix-when she's not busy making friends with her fellow villagers-lends her insights to the investigation.
18) Hemlock
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Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 28
Language
English
Description
Herbalist China Bayles's latest adventure takes her to the mountains of North Carolina, where her friend Dorothea Harper serves as the director and curator of the Hemlock House Library, a priceless collection of rare gardening books housed in a haunted mountainside mansion that once belonged to Sunny Carswell, a reclusive heiress. But the most valuable book - A Curious Herbal, created by Elizabeth Blackwell in the 1730s - is missing and Dorothea is...
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Series
Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Language
English
Description
Noisy test flights of the new hydroplane are disrupting life in the village of Near Sawrey. Miss Beatrix Potter can barely hear herself think - which she needs to do for the new case she's just taken up. Her friend Grace Lythecoe has been receiving some anonymous letters, threatening her good name. Now Beatrix must proceed quietly, so as not to arouse village gossip. Print run 35,000.
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