China Bayles left her legal career and came to Pecan Springs to get away from the hypercompetitive world of justice and the law. But her herb shop isn’t always the refuge she hopes–especially when the past comes calling.
The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker – Book 10
It’s Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias—the garden club in little Darling, Alabama—are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn’t easy, though, since there’s a firebug on the loose in Darling. He—or she!—strikes without apparent rhyme or reason, and things have gotten to the point where nobody feels safe. What’s more . . .
Hemlock – Book 28
China Bayles’ latest adventure takes her to the mountains of North Carolina, where her friend Dorothea Harper serves as the director and curator of the Hemlock House Library, a priceless collection of rare gardening books housed in a haunted mountainside mansion.
The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily – Book 9
Spring, 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR—and about what happened at the Magnolia Manor. And if that’s not enough to keep the tongues wagging, there’s more. Will the ladies at the new bakery ever learn to bake bread? What’s happening in Liz Lacy’s love life? And can Voodoo Lil’s special brand of magic keep Violet Sims from taking Cupcake off to Hollywood to become a Shirley Temple look-alike?
A Plain Vanilla Murder – Book 27
China Bayles and Pecan Springs police chief Sheila Dawson team up to solve a vanilla-flavored murder.
The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle – Book 8
It’s Christmas, 1934, and Darling, Alabama, is unwrapping a package of Christmas puzzles. Will the new bakery survive? Will Charlie Dickens learn his wife’s secret? Will the sheriff find out what’s brewing at the prison farm? But Darling folk have courage, respect for their neighbors, and dream of doing their best. There’s nothing puzzling about that!
The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O’Clock Lady – Book 6
The Eleven O’Clock Lady ain’t no lady—at least, that’s what Sheriff Buddy Norris and the Darling Dahlias suspect. When she’s found strangled with her own silk stocking, the roots of the murder seem to twist around everything else in Darling, threatening the uneasy relationship between the town and the new CCC camp.
The Tale of Castle Cottage – The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter – Book 8
It’s the heart of summer in 1913, and Beatrix is eager to marry her fiancé, solicitor William Heelis. But there are a few obstacles blocking the happy couple’s path to the altar, including (of course!) opposition from Mr. and Mrs. Potter and the death of a carpenter who is working on Castle Cottage. The final book in the series.
Death on the Lizard – A Robin Paige Victorian Mystery – Book 12
Guglielmo Marconi’s new wireless telegraph is making news and wreaking havoc in the telegraph industry, so it’s no wonder that someone is out to steal his secrets and put him out of business. Charles Sheridan is on the case, while Kate has another mystery to solve. The book features the young Marconi, Oliver Lodge, and the gorgeous landscape of Cornwall.