Wormwood (China Bayles Mystery)
Susan Wittig AlbertEvil can worm its way into the purest of hearts... China Bayles needs rest, and a historic Shaker village in Kentucky seems the ideal place for it. There she can learn about the intriguing, dwindling Shaker culture and its medicinal h...
Death Come Quickly (China Bayles)
Susan Wittig AlbertHerbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is back in New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert's Death Come Quickly. This time a friend's murder may be the key to solving a nearly fifteen-year-old cold case… When China and...
The Tale of Briar Bank (The Cottage T...
Susan Wittig AlbertBeloved children's author Beatrix Potter, wearing the hat of amateur sleuth, returns in this delightful series "with legs—and tails."(Publishers Weekly) Near Sawrey, the seat of Miss Potter's country home, is abuzz—Mr. W...
The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottag...
Susan Wittig AlbertAfter purchasing a farm in the beautiful Lake District of England, the animal lover attempts to make friends among her fellow villagers, while her animal companions find themselves caught up in solving a baffling mystery, in the first...
Nightshade: China Bayles #16 (China B...
Susan Wittig AlbertChina's herb shop and catering business may be thriving, but she's still reeling from her father's death, and not even remotely interested in her half-brother Miles's investigation into that event. China's husband, on the other hand, ...
The Little House books, which chronicled the pioneer adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are among the most beloved books in the American literary canon. Lesser known is the secret, concealed for decades, of how they came to be. Now, ...
The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Do...
Susan Wittig AlbertThe New York Times bestselling author of the China Bayles Mysteries takes readers back to Darling, Alabama, in the spring of 1933—where the women of the Darling Dahlias' garden club are betting their bottom dollar there's going to b...
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 ...
The Little House books, which chronicled the pioneer adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are among the most beloved books in the American literary canon. Lesser known is the secret, concealed for decades, of how they came to be. Now, ...
When AP political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the wife of the 1932 Democratic presidential candidate, the two women become deeply, intimately involved. Their relationship begins wit...
Ruby Wilcox, owner of the Crystal Cave, Pecan Springs' only New Age shop, has always tried to downplay her psychic gift―until she experiences a horrifying nightmare that just won't stop. Again and again, she dreams that a woman is a...
It’s Halloween, and Ruby is looking forward to a party at China Bayles’ house and a busy holiday weekend at her New Age shop, the Crystal Cave. But her holiday plans are interrupted when Jessica Nelson, a crime reporter at the Pec...
Ruby Wilcox is looking forward to an entertaining and profitable weekend as a vendor at the annual Mystic Creek Harvest Festival, held at a Hill Country ranch. Her booth is full of all kinds of magical, mystical wares: crystals and ca...
Ruby Wilcox is looking forward to an entertaining and profitable weekend as a vendor at the annual Mystic Creek Harvest Festival, held at a Hill Country ranch. Her booth is full of all kinds of magical, mystical wares: crystals and ca...
The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky C...
Susan Wittig AlbertIt 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 comes when there's a serious foul-up in Darling's t...
The Tale of Hawthorn House: The Cotta...
Susan Wittig AlbertMiss Beatrix Potter finds the abandoned Baby Flora—and a scarab ring—on her doorstep. An investigation reveals that the ring was pawned and reclaimed by a resident of the vacant and supposedly haunted Hawthorn House. Now Beatrix a...
An Unthymely Death (China Bayles Myst...
Susan Wittig AlbertThe popular author of Indigo Dying presents an entertaining assortment of ten baffling mystery tales featuring the inimitable herbalist China Bayles, accompanied by a host of herbal lore, creative gardening crafts, and recipes for suc...
A companion volume to the best-selling China Bayles mystery novels featuring the herbalist sleuth presents a collection of facts, recipes, trivia, remedies, lore, and gardening tips for every day of the year, accompanied by essays by ...
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 ...
Ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles is investigating the mystery of a retired Texas Ranger shot dead with his wife's gun...while also trying to sort out some mysteries about her own relationship after she overhears a suspi...
Ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles is investigating the mystery of a retired Texas Ranger shot dead with his wife's gun...while also trying to sort out some mysteries about her own relationship after she overhears a suspi...
Ruby Wilcox, owner of the Crystal Cave, Pecan Springs' only New Age shop, has always tried to downplay her psychic gift―until she experiences a horrifying nightmare that just won't stop. Again and again, she dreams that a woman is a...
China Bayles's herb shop in Pecan Springs wasn't a big business, but it kept her busy. So she brought her taxes to Rosemary Robbins, an accountant who reminded China a bit of her former self, preoccupied, distracted, maybe a bit overs...
Something about the murder of an accountant just doesn't add up.
Herbalist China Bayles must solve a mother of a murder.
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 o...
The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsetti...
Susan Wittig AlbertIt's Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of Christmas puzzles. Mildred and Earlynne, members of the Dahlias Garden Club, are planning to open a bakery on the square—if they can come up...
The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsetti...
Susan Wittig AlbertMildred 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 i...
The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsetti...
Susan Wittig AlbertMildred 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 i...
The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot P...
Susan Wittig AlbertIt'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 i...