Wormwood (China Bayles Series #17) by Susan Wittig Albert
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 320pp
- Sales Rank: 20,871
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 320pp
- Sales Rank: 20,871
- Series: China Bayles Series, #17
- ISBN-13: 9780425226094
- ISBN: 0425226093
Synopsis
"In a class with...sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum,"(Publishers Weekly) China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Shaker village.
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.
Publishers Weekly
Murders past and present with a Shaker link intersect in alarming ways in Albert's engaging 17th China Bayles puzzler (after 2008's Nightshade). Recent painful events help prompt China, who runs an herb shop and tearoom in Pecan Springs, Tex., to visit her herbalist friend Martha Edmond at Kentucky's Mount Zion Shaker Village, whose board president, Rachel Hart, wants to turn the quaint Shaker museum center into an upscale spa, contrary to the spirit of the original believers. Martha asks China to investigate recent disturbing events, including vandalism, the suicide of a thieving gift shop manager and, according to financial director Allie Chatham, Rachel's embezzlement of funds. When Allie's later found dead in Zion's pool, where a Shaker woman drowned in 1912, Martha and China suspect murder. Shaker-inspired recipes, excerpts from a fictional Shaker journal, insights into the Shaker religion and plenty of herbal lore enhance another winner from this dependable veteran. Author tour. (Apr.)
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One of the book world's most respected authorities on herbs and their uses, Susan Wittig Albert is beloved by fans the world over for her mystery series starring herb-growing sleuth China Bayles -- as well as the Victorian Mysteries series she coauthors with husband Bill, under the pen name Robin Paige.
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Chica Baylesby TRaceyCity
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July 11, 2009: This book was quite different than the regular China Bayle's mysteries.This book included letters from a church group long ago.After a chapter of two you adjusted to this change in format.It was good and in the end it helped to explain the story.Was a very enjoyable book to read.
Shakers and Truthby jj39
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June 09, 2009: Albert is a favorite because of her writing style and her documenting research on the subjects she chooses plus the time period. The Shaker story is fascinating and a departure from her usual murder mystery with a touch of herbal lore. This story about the Shakers is one that surprised me, but then again, truth is always a revelation. They were just as human as the rest of us.
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