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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 1

  Thyme of Death

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  INTRODUCING CHINA BAYLESCHINA'S herb shop in Pecan Springs, Texas, is a long way from the law firm in Houston. But China wanted to get away from it all: the power plays, the scheming, the backstabbing. Still, wherever there are people, there are problems--and even in a small town, passions can be murderous...China's friend Jo is dead, an apparent suicide. But with the help of Ruby, a flamboyant... (more)
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  Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter: Book 2

  The Tale of Holly How

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  By now, Beatrix Potter, the beloved children's author, has won over human and animal hearts alike in her new home, the sleepy village of Sawrey. In this new novel, animal lover Miss Potter sets out to solve a case that will affect all creatures, great and small, when a gentle shepherd is found murdered.
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 2

  Witches' Bane

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  Halloween is supposed to be scary--but someone's pulling pranks in Pecan Springs that go way beyond holiday hijinks. The creepiness culminates in a brutal murder--and China's friend Ruby becomes a prime suspect when a mudslinging minister accuses her of New-Age witchcraft. Now it's up to China to unmask the real killer...China's herb shop in Pecan Springs, Texas, is a long way from the law firm in... (more)
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  Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb

  The most famous scientist of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein was also one of the century's most outspoken political activists. Deeply engaged with the events of his tumultuous times, from the two world wars and the Holocaust, to the atomic bomb and the Cold War, to the effort to establish a Jewish homeland, Einstein was a remarkably prolific political writer, someone who took courageous and often unpopular... (more)
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  Victorian Mystery: Book 8

  Death at Dartmoor

  by Robin Paige

  At Britain's most notorious prison, Lord Charles Sheridan, his clever American wife Kate, and his acquaintance Arthur Conan Doyle, must determine why one of its most infamous inmates confessed to a crime he clearly didn't commit.
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  Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter: Book 1

  The Tale of Hill Top Farm

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  The author of Peter Rabbit and other tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults worldwide. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover and Good Samaritan with a knack for solving mysteries. With help from her entourage of talking animal friends, Beatrix sets out to win over the human hearts of Sawrey, where she's just bought an old farm--and plans to... (more)
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  Bretta Solomon: Book 6

  Bindweed

  A Gardening Mystery

  by Janis Harrison

  Missouri florist Bretta Solomon is happy to spend her day off with the florist helper, Toby, a slow-witted man whose mother died from a terminal illness, leaving him to live on his own. Everyone in town, including Bretta, takes extra care to make sure Toby is doing okay. However, before she can relax, she must fulfill another promise: her father+s new-younger-girlfriend wants to redecorate Bretta+s home. Bretta is... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 16

  Nightshade

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  China'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, has no such qualms. And when fate forces her to get involved as well, China realizes it's time to bring the past to light-or else it will haunt her the rest of her life. But China... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 3

  Hangman's Root

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  A prominent animal researcher has been hanged. And suspicion has fallen on the Cat Lady--a local biology professor whose obsession with rescuing strays makes her, in some people's minds, capable of murder in defense of animals. But China is a friend of the Cat Lady, and she doesn't agree. This may have been an act of pure human aggression...
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  The Hathaways: Book 5

  Love in the Afternoon

  by Lisa Kleypas

  Captain Christopher Phelan has been corresponding with the beautiful golden-haired Prudence Mercer while he was away fighting in the Crimean War. What he doesn't know, however, is that the woman who wrote to him is actually Prudence's best friend, Beatrix Hathaway. Upon his return home to Hampshire, it becomes clear that Christopher's experiences in war have changed him.
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  Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter: Book 3

  The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  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 fairies of Cuckoo Brow Wood. Now, with her signature tact, Beatrix must work with her friends-human and animal-to set things right.
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 13

  Dead Man's Bones

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  Now, a dead man's bones are uncovered--and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive ...When China's teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig--remains that show a not-so-accidental death--it's a disturbing development. But China doesn't let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 8

  Lavender Lies

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  In the eighth book in Susan Wittig Albert's award-nominated series, ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must put her upcoming nuptials on the back burner when a murder investigation entangles her friends and neighbors..."Good riddance," is the response of every Pecan Springs resident to the murder of local real estate shark Edgar Coleman. It doesn't take long for China to learn that Coleman was having... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 6

  Love Lies Bleeding

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  As a Texas Ranger, Roy Adcock outwitted plenty of dangerous characters. But now the retired Ranger has been shot dead--with his wife's gun. The case hits close to home for China, since Dolores Adcock had been at the herb shop just that morning. But what hits closer to home is the way Chinas longtime boyfriend starts behaving after hearing the news...and the secret phone call she overhears between him and another... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery

  An Unthymely Death

  and Other Garden Mysteries

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  Now readers can join China Bayles in ten puzzling cases-and get a taste of her world. This delightful collection features loads of wonderful herbal tidbits on everything from rosemary to feverfew to catnip; recipes for such to-die-for dishes as a Deadly Chocolate Valentine, Ruby's Applesauce Mint Bread, China's Five-Spice Chicken and Veggie Stir-Fry, and McQuaid's Tex Mex-and a host of creative ideas for garden... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 15

  Spanish Dagger

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  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. To put the unsavory business out of her mind, she's gathering supplies for making paper.... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 7

  Chile Death

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  China Bayles is looking forward to the annual chili cook-off in Pecan Springs. And when the event arrives, she takes along her fiance, giving both of them a nice break from China's visiting (i.e., meddling) mother. But then cook-off judge Jerry Jeff Cody dies of an allergic reaction--to a peanut. Everyone knows peanuts don't belong in a bowl of Texas chili ... and China knows something suspicious is afoot. Now,... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 9

  Mistletoe Man

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  Former big-city lawyer China Bayles worked hard to make her Texas herb shop, Thyme and Seasons, a success. Now business is booming at her charming new tea room, Thyme for Tea--but China is too distracted to revel in her latest entrepreneurial triumph. When she's not trying to spend more time with her new husband and stepson, she's worrying about her best friend, Ruby, who just hasn't been herself lately. To... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 5

  Rueful Death

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  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 over the future of St. Theresa's suggests that her sudden demise might not have been accidental. Now, China's quest for a replenished spirit takes second place to a more earthbound... (more)
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  China Bayles Mystery: Book 10

  Bloodroot

  by Susan Wittig Albert

  Herbalist China Bayles returns to the Deep South, where her family's legacy of silence is at last broken-and the past finally, unforgettably, speaks the truth.