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Mistletoe Man
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Murder Most Crafty, | "The Collage to Kill For"
Bleeding Hearts!!! | With her tea and herbal business expanding faster than she could have imagined, China Bayles is short on time--all the time. But even she can't refuse when her stepson's principal approaches her to conduct a sensitive investigation of one of Pecan Springs's most prominent citizens.
China Bayles Book of Days
| 365 celebrations of of the mystery, myth and magic of herbs from the world of Pecan Springs
Spanish Dagger, 2007
| China's pleasant routines are first disrupted by the travails of her business partner, Ruby, who's apparently been stood up by her unreliable boyfriend, an ex-narc. Then China's recently discovered half brother, Miles Danforth, an attorney, insists on reopening the ice-cold case of their father's death in a car accident 16 years earlier. Miles has uncovered correspondence that their father feared for his life before he died, and recruits the help of China's husband, Mike McQuaid, a former Houston homicide detective turned PI. But China faces a much warmer corpse when she and her friend Carole discover a bloody body by the railroad tracks where they go to gather yucca.
Nightshade, 2008
| When China's half-brother, Miles, hires China's husband, Mike McQuaid, a former homicide officer struggling to establish himself as a PI, to investigate the fatal crash, China isn't sure this is a good idea. Her reservations prove well founded after the secretive Miles turns out to have his own agenda. Fans will be pleased that by supplementing China's usual first-person narration with McQuaid's third-person perspective, Albert casts fresh light on his character and his relationship with China.
Wormwood, 2009
| China’s friends and family are urging her to get some rest—and a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal place for it. At Mount Zion, China can assist with some herbal workshops—while absorbing all things Shaker, from their furniture to their peaceful ways. But the restored modern version of the village, striving to become a popular tourist attraction, is plagued with misfortune and strife— some of it the likely result of sabotage. China and her friend Martha are hoping to get to the bottom of it.
However, much like Shaker history itself, the case appears simpler at
first than it is. There is tension behind the serene exterior. And
after a shocking death occurs during her stay, China will plunge into
the archives of another time to connect the sins of the past with a
modern-day murder.
Holly Blues, 2010
| When McQuaid's ex comes to town looking for help, will her past as a total nightmare in Mike & Brian's lives be overcome by China's curiousity and basic goodness? Will it be enough?
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Mourning Gloria, 2011
| China's coping with "mother"hood while Ruby has to deal with a rambunctious granddaughter which complicates matters when China happens on a burning trailer home just in time to hear a girl burn to death -- and find out it's MURDER. Enter Jessica Nelson, cub reporter. Jessica's entire family, including her twin sister, burned alive in a housefire when she was a teen -- and Jessica's taking this personally. Then she disappears. China has to work a concerted search for the likeable young lady into her schedule -- will she be in time or is anything really wrong? -- In this book Brian is a mention and McQuade's a phone-in. Miss them, but still enjoyed the book. The recipes included blends of essential oils for aromatherapy.
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm, 2004
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The Tale of Holly How, 2005
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The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood, 2006
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The Tale of Hawthorne House, 2007
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The Tale of Briar Bank, 2008
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The Tale Applebeck Orchard, 2009
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The Tale of Oat Cake Crag, SEPTEMBER 2010
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| The Darling Dahlias & the Cucumber Tree |
| The Darling Dahlias & the Naked Ladies |
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Death at Dartmoor, 2002
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Death at Epsom Downs, 2001
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Death at Whitechapel, 2000
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Death at Rottingdean, 1999
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