Author: Susan Wittig Albert
Narrator: Susan Wittig Albert
Abridged: 2 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 11/01/1999
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of A Wilder Rose, about Rose Wilder Lane and the writing of the Little House books. Her award-winning fiction also includes mysteries in the China Bayles series, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries she has written with her husband, Bill Albert, under the pseudonym of Robin Paige. She is founder and current president of the Story Circle Network and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.
China Bayles, herb shop owner, is dealing with the recovery of her (soon to be fiancé) ex-cop’s live-in partner in life. He, Mike MacQuaid, is just trying to regain movement in his limbs. A set up left him a quadriplegic via a bullet to his spinal cord, and while thankful just to be alive, they are......more
It took me forever to get into this book. It starts off with a bang when McQuaid gets shot down on the job and may be paralyzed. Her mother, Leatha, comes in to save the day but China has a love/hate relationship with her mother so that adds stress. But when one of the judges dies at the chili conte......more
Just more of the same. This one read more like a Darling Dahlia story with China Bayles characters. Every book ends with the reader left hanging so you have to get to the next installment. I think there are 25 books in this series, not sure I’ll get through all of them.......more
4.5 Stars. China Bayles is back to continue her story. While her fiance Mike McQuaid is recovering from being shot and having to do physical therapy, there's still a chance that he might not ever walk again. China is standing by his side. Mike is asked to be a judge in the town's chili cook-off, he's......more
Meh. I read the first few books in this series quite a few years ago and thought I'd pick up where I stopped with an audiobook from the library. The story felt short and formulaic and didn't really keep my interest. I remember liking the idea of her herb shop and gardens and they really didn't figure......more