"Beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, wearing the hat of amateur sleuth, returns in this delightful series "with legs—and tails." Publishers Weekly

The Tale of Briar Bank
Susan Wittig Albert

Near Sawrey, the seat of Miss Potter's country home, is abuzz—Mr. Wickstead has died under a tree limb. The villagers are certain that his death had to do with a treasure he dug up last spring. But why was he in the wood on a frigid night? And what of the claw marks on the limb? And what was that treasure? As per usual, the town's animals know more than the Big Folk. And only Pickles, Wickstead's fox terrier, knows exactly what happened.

Meanwhile, Miss Potter wonders: can she acknowledge her fondness for Mr. Heelis and remain loyal to the memory of her fiancé? She has no time to muse, what with helping the denizens of Sawrey, human and animal—and the little matter of murder.

(The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter #5)
Berkley, October 2008
ISBN #0425223612
320 pages Hardcover
$23.95

Also by Susan Wittig Albert:
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, September 2010
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag, September 2010
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree, July 2010
Holly Blues, April 2010
Wormwood, April 2010
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, September 2009
The Tale of Briar Bank, September 2009
Nightshade, April 2009
Wormwood, April 2009
The Tale of Hawthorn House, September 2008
Spanish Dagger, April 2008
Nightshade, April 2008
The Tale of Hawthorn House, September 2007
Spanish Dagger, April 2007
Bleeding Hearts, April 2007
The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood, February 2007
China Bayles' Book of Days, October 2006
The Tale Of Cuckoo Brow Wood, July 2006
The Tale Of Holly How, July 2006
Bleeding Hearts, April 2006
Murder Most Crafty, April 2006
Dead Man's Bones, April 2006
The Tale Of Hill Top Farm, October 2005
The Tale Of Holly How, July 2005
Murder Most Crafty, April 2005
A Dilly Of A Death, April 2005
Dead Man's Bones, April 2005
Thyme Of Death, January 2005
The Tale Of Hill Top Farm, October 2004
A Dilly Of A Death, January 2004
Indigo Dying, January 2004
Bloodroot, June 2003
An Unthymely Death, June 2003
Mistletoe Man, October 2001
Lavender Lies, October 2000
Chile Death, October 1999
Love Lies Bleeding, November 1998
Rueful Death, August 1997
Rosemary Remembered, August 1996
Hangman's Root, August 1995
Witches’ Bane, September 1994
Thyme Of Death, March 1994

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