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1) Rueful death
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
Private investigator China Bayles was looking forward to her vacation retreat at a Texas convent, but the peace and quiet she anticipated is disrupted by undercurrents of tension engendered by the recent death--supposedly an accident--of the convent's mother superior.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 22
Language
English
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Description
"When China's and Ruby's friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later, China begins to suspect that her friend's death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named Christine Morris and the acquittal of the man accused of the crime. Is it possible that the same person who killed Christine Morris targeted Karen? Delving into the cold...
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
©1992
Language
English
Description
China Bayles has it all - a prestigious Houston law practice, money, power - but it's not enough. She's smart, she's tough, she's confident, and she knows she wants something more out of life than the fast track offers. Something like the Thyme and Seasons herb shop in Pecan Springs, Texas. Realizing that her career is turning her into somebody she doesn't like, China does what many people only dream of doing: She relocates to a small town to begin...
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Language
English
Description
When an animal researcher is found hanged, China Bayles discovers that her friend the Cat Lady is not the only one who wanted him dead, becomes involved in animal rights issues, and deals with a romantic ultimatum from Mike McQuaid.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
1998, c1997
Language
English
Description
Expecting a surprise in the from of a marriage proposal on Valentine's Day, China Bayles gets a shock instead when her lover, Mike McQuaid, is shot.
7) Blood orange
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 24
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the newest China Bayles Mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, China comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in the hospital... It's mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband, Rich. One nasty point of dispute is her part ownership of the Comanche Creek Brewing Company, which she is refusing...
10) Holly blues
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
China Bayles is fit to spit when her husband's troubled ex-wife, Sally, shows up at her herb shop, claiming to be broke with nowhere else to turn. When she invites Sally to stay, China starts receiving menacing calls from an "ex" of Sally's, who seems to have a connection to the murder of her parents nearly a decade ago.
11) Dead man's bones
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former attorney-turned-herbalist China Bayles finds her busy life further complicated when her teenage son discovers the skeletal remains of the victim of a not-so-accidental death during a dig in a cave and a local gathering is interrupted by murder.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 26
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender.
14) Bloodroot
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
China Bayles returns to her family's Mississippi plantation, where she comes face to face with dangerous family secrets as she discovers that an ancient property deed has suddenly resurfaced.
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 25
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this exciting new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him... Max Mantel, the killer McQuaid put away years ago, has busted out of Huntsville Prison and appears to be headed for Pecan Springs. McQuaid knows there's only one way to stop the vengeful convict--set a trap with himself as bait. China wants to stay by her husband's side and keep him...
18) Cat's claw
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a killer on the prowl... Larry Kirk, Pecan Springs' computer guru, has been shot dead in his kitchen. At first Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes it to...
19) Indigo dying
Author
Series
China Bayles mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
China Bayles, part owner of a combination herb shop and tea room, is drawn into a murder investigation when the widely disliked Casey Ford is killed just days before signing an agreement to sell his mining rights in the slowly reviving art community of Indigo, Texas, which would have resulted in store owners being evicted and the town's certain death.
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