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Susan Wittig Albert
Olivia Andrews is locally famous for her blog and podcast, "Forget Me Not: A Crime Victim's Storyboard," which is dedicated to telling the stories of victims of crime. Now, she…
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China Bayles comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in hospital in the latest book in a New York Times bestselling series.
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It’s Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of Christmas puzzles. NYT best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert takes us to a place where real…
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…
NYT bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert returns to Depression-era Darling, Alabama where the ladies of the Dahlias, the local garden club, are happy to dig a little dirt!
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A richly characterized, witty, and suspenseful story of crime and passion in small-town Texas.
Ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must put her impending nuptials on the back burner when an unpopular real estate shark is murdered. Turns out, Edgar was having numerous affairs and…
When AP political reporter Lorena Hickok is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of 1932 Democratic candidate FDR, the women become deeply, intimately involved. NYT bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert…
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It’s Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of puzzles. While Lizzy is confronted by a romantic puzzle, Sheriff Norris is forced to reopen…
Albert once again returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s. As the town readies itself for the annual Confederate Day festivities, the ladies of the Darling…
A haunted house may hold the key to solving the murder of one of China’s friends. In present-day Texas, Claire has inherited an old house hat has weathered many storms…
The intimate friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickock –Cover.
China is still reeling from her father’s death and has no interest in her half-brother Miles’s investigation. But when fate forces her to get involved, China realizes it’s time to…
In this thrilling mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles finds herself on the trail of a nearly fifteen-year-old cold case…
When China and…
Near Sawrey, the seat of Miss Beatrix Potter’s country home, has been abuzz since Mr. Wickstead had met his death under a tree limb. Many believe it had to do…
Miss Beatrix Potter has returned to Near Sawrey, where her friend Grace has been receiving anonymous letters that threaten her good name and her plans to marry. Beatrix must investigate…
Published in 2018 by arrangement with Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc. –Title page verso.
Expecting a surprise in the form of a marriage proposal on Valentine’s Day, China Bayles gets a shock instead when her lover, Mike McQuaid, is shot.
It’s the summer of 1913, and Beatrix is eager to marry her fianc, solicitor William Heelis. But there are a few obstacles blocking the happy couple’s path to the altar…
Originally published: Bertram, Texas: Persevero Press, 2013.
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…
Set during the chaotic years of World War II, tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of…
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… –
During a supposedly relaxing retreat at a Texas convent, herbalist China Bayles and her friend Maggie, an ex-nun, investigate the seemingly accidental death of the Mother Superior and uncover a…
Former lawyer China Bayles works hard to make her Texas herb shop a success. Business is booming, but China is too distracted to revel in her triumph. She’s trying to…
China Bayles heads to the tiny town of Indigo, Texas, to teach a Colors to Dye For workshop. But she quickly discovers that Indigo is a town with more than…
In this latest mystery, Miss Potter’s new hometown of Holly How is having its share of troubles, and three children, favorites of Beatrix, are counting on the help of the…
While harvesting yucca plants, China Bayles finds a dead body. Apparently the simple lives of many residents of Pecan Springs hide complex and dangerous pasts. And now, while also unraveling…
Evil can worm its way into the purest of hearts…
After his haystack is torched, Mr. Harmsworth barricades the common path through his orchard. But witnesses–both human and animal–claim a ghost perpetrated the deed. And the ghost has a message…
Featuring 365 days of recipes, crafts, gardening recipes, remedies, and more, this special volume is a companion treasury from the author of the China Bayles mysteries.
China Bayles is angered when her husband’s troubled ex-wife, Sally, shows up at her herb shop, claiming to be broke with nowhere else to turn. When China starts receiving menacing…
Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes the death of Pecan Spring’s computer guru, Larry Kirk, to be a suicide, perhaps triggered by his painful divorce. Further investigation reveals that Kirk’s death…
Now in paperback, the exciting new mystery from the New York Times bestselling author, in which China Bayles fears for her husband’s life as an escaped convict targets him…
A compelling story of love, betrayal, and ambition by New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert, The General’s Women tells the story of two women–Kay Summersby and Mamie Eisenhower-in…
From Susan Wittig Albert, the New York Times bestselling author of A Plain Vanilla Murder, comes a tightly crafted novel that juxtaposes the disappearance of a rare, remarkably illustrated 18th-century…
In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while…
In this first of the Cottage Tales, animal lover and all-around Good Samaritan Beatrix Potter, the creator of the Peter Rabbit tales, is ready to help solve local mysteries. With…
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.
In her second mystery, Miss Beatrix Potter has won over the inhabitants of her new home, the sleepy village of Sawrey, England. Here, everyone has a good word to say…
