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High-powered Houston attorney China Bayles has forsaken big bucks in the big city to become a good ol' gal in tiny Pecan Springs, Texas. She's opened an herb store and now dabbles in New Age arts and crafts, hangs out with the local "single and loving it" ladies, and solves crimes in her spare time. And it's a good thing she does--Pecan Springs is in the throes of a witch hunt. First it was the appearance of sacrificial artifacts. Then it was a Wiccan...
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Ex-lawyer turned herbalist China Bayles must solve a hair-raising murder in this mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert. When a prominent animal researcher is found hanged in the midst of angry protests against his experiments, suspicion falls on biology professor Dottie Riddle. Known as the Cat Lady of Pecan Springs, Dottie's sympathy for strays—and the victim's distaste for them—gives the police reason to think she...
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Ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles is investigating the mystery of retired Texas Ranger shot dead with his wife's gun...and at the same time trying to sort out some mysteries about her own relationship after she overhears a suspicious phone conversation...
6) Rueful death
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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 pursuit: catching a killer... -- Back...
7) Chile death
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China Bayles mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
1998
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306 p. ; 22 cm.
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Herbalist and sleuth China Bayles investigates the death of a Texas chili cook-off judge.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
2000, ©1999
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306 pages ; 18 cm
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Sleuth and herbalist China Bayles of Pecan Springs, Texas, joins Mike McQuaid, the town's police chief to investigate the murder of a land developer. They have to hurry if they don't want the case to clash with their honeymoon. They are getting married.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2000
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296 p. ; 22 cm.
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As the Christmas decorating season approaches, Thyme & Seasons propietor China Bayles is feeling overwealmed. While she tries to balance her new roles of wife and step-mom with the demands of her thriving herbal shop, her business partner--and best friend--Ruby mysteriously disappears. Soon China's cantankerous mistletoe supplier Carl turns up dead. With Ruby missing and her friends suspected of murder, China must investigate before tragedy occurs....
10) Bloodroot
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China Bayles mysteries volume 10
Pub. Date
2001
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ix, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
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Herbalist 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, and the man who found it has vanished.
11) Indigo dying
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China Bayles mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2003
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x, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
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In the small town of Indigo, Texas, to teach a workshop, herbalist China Bayles and her best friend Ruby help investigate the murder of resident Casey Ford, whose plans to sell his mining rights would have destroyed the town forever.
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2003
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xiii, 254 p. ; 20 cm.
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The 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 such delectable treats as Deadl Chocolate Valentine and McQuaid's Tex Mex.
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China Bayles mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2004
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323 p. ; 24 cm.
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China Bayles and her husband, Mike McQuaid, become involved in the tangled affaire of Phoebe the Pickle Queen, owner of the largest pickle business in Texas, but things take a dangerous turn when Phoebe mysteriously vanishes.
14) Dead man's bones
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China Bayles mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
2005
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329 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
15) Bleeding hearts
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China Bayles mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2006
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298 p. ; 24 cm.
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When an anonymous source makes shocking allegations of improper behavior on the part of local high school football coach Tim Duffy, China Bayles is called in to conduct a discreet investigation into the charges, but her probe uncovers more than she had ever expected about a case involving betrayal, forbidden desire, and the mystery surrounding a young woman's death.
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c2006
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viii, 384 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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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 the author, clues from China's mysteries, and more.
17) Spanish dagger
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China Bayles mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
2007
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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.
18) Nightshade
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China Bayles mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2008
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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 and McQuaid discover that Miles may have...
19) Wormwood
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China Bayles mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2009
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vi, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
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While getting some much needed rest and assisting with some herbal workshops, China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Kentucky Shaker village after a shocking death occurs during her stay.
20) Holly blues
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China Bayles mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
2010
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x, 288 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
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