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Title: A Dilly of a Death by Susan Wittig Albert ISBN: 0-425-19399-3 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Dilly of a Story
Comment: China Bayles is still adjusting to married life with former police detective and current university professor, Mike McQuaid. Teaching wasn't really challenging enough and he misses investigative work so he has decided to hang out his P.I. shingle. Mike's first client is Phoebe Morgan, Pecan Spring's Pickle Queen. There seems to be a case of embezzlement at Morgan's Premier Pickles, the local pickle factory. Phoebe disappears right before the annual pickle festival. She was in the process of selling her business. Some think she ran away with her much younger painter boyfriend until her body was found in the effluent tank at the plant. Her boyfriend is prime suspect until his body is found dead of an apparent suicide. It's not long before his death is classifed as a murder. In a parallel story, Ruby's daughter Amy is pregnant and is not disclosing the baby's father.
The China Bayles series has always been a bit uneven. Some of the books are really good and some are very boring. I thought this was one of the better books in the series. The story really flowed and kept a good pace. Set in Texas Hill Country, Albert gives you nice sense of the rural aspect of the countryside outside of Austin. One of the best parts of the China Bayles books are the herbal facts and recipes included with the actual story. I have almost as much fun reading these as trying to figure out whodunit.
Rating: 4
Summary: I really like S.W.A's work and this is no exception...
Comment: She's a good author, and writes substantial mysteries. While I'm not into regional work from that area of the country, I still get interested by her books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Who Killed the Pickle Queen?
Comment: China Bayles has a new roomer. Amy, the daughter of her best friend, Ruby, has arrived on her doorstep pregnant and in need of a place to stay. She won't tell anyone who the father is and that has Ruby steamed.
Then McQuaid, China's husband, announces he's bored with teaching and wants to start his own private detective agency. He even has his first client lined up. She is Phoebe the Pickle Queen, owner of Morgan's Pickles. She wants McQuaid to look into her plant manager's finances. She says that he is embezzling funds, and she doesn't want it made public until she is positive of all the facts.
Ruby and China are on the planning committee, Pretty Pickle Planners, with Phoebe for the annual Picklefest. During the last week of preparation, Phoebe disappears. Everyone thinks she has run off with her new young boyfriend, Todd Kellerman, because he is missing too. China suspects that Marsha, Phoebe's assistant, isn't too excited by that prospect. It appears Marsha may be interested in Todd herself! Later Phoebe is found dead at the Pickle plant.
This is just the beginning of the many twists and turns in this terrific book. And once again China and Ruby get themselves into some very interesting situations. You might say they find themselves in a pickle!
I really like China Bayles. She is such a likeable character. I am not an enthusiast of herbs, but I still find this series to be such an enjoyable and quick read! I can't wait for the next book!
Plus China is complimented by so many wonderful characters. McQuaid is a great asset to this series. And there aren't many books in this series where Ruby doesn't play an important role. Her take on life is quite different and she always brings a fresh approach to whatever adventure they're on.
Pecan Springs, TX, is a typical small town and I think that Ms. Albert has done a fabulous job in creating and describing it. I feel as if I've been there!
I highly recommend this book!
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Title: An Unthymely Death: And Other Garden Mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert ISBN: 0425190021 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Broken Dishes (FOWLER, EARLENE) by Earlene Fowler ISBN: 042519597X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Murder Walks the Plank : A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn Hart ISBN: 0060004746 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: High Country by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0399151443 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 05 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Indigo Dying by Susan Wittig Albert ISBN: 0425193772 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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