Wormwood
Susan Wittig Albert

"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.

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(A China Bayles Mystery #17)
Berkley, April 2009
ISBN #9780425226094
320 pages Hardcover
$24.95

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
The Tale of Briar Bank, October 2008
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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