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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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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...
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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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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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"In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, the author of Paradise Under Glass gives us a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today's extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab"-- Publisher.
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Darling Dahlias mysteries volume 1
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English
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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.
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Nina Quinn mysteries volume 3
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English
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Digging Her Own Grave
Landscaper Nina Quinn makes her living from surprise garden makeovers. It's not her fault that someone duped her into digging up the wrong yard. And she certainly can't be blamed when her handiwork turns the unsuspecting real owner apoplectic and he drops dead from a heart attack . . . can she? Nina's got enough trouble already, with her divorce from faithless hubby Kevin nearing completion and her unruly stepson up to his teenage...
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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, while...
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Dutton Books
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English
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Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha's Vineyard with her best friends--one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria's parents exile her to California to stay with her grandmother, artist Joan West. Aria expects boredom, but what she finds is Steph Nichols, her grandmother's gardener. Soon, Aria is second-guessing who she is and what she wants to be, and a summer that once seemed lost...
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