The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
Susan Wittig Albert

First Time in Paperback

From the national bestselling author of the China Bayles Mysteries—the second novel in a new series featuring the ladies of a garden club in Darling, Alabama, who also dabble in digging through clues—the Darling Dahlias.

As Darling’s town librarian is fond of saying: “Naked Ladies is not a respectable name for a plant.” A lily by any other name would certainly smell as sweet—and look just as beautiful as the Naked Ladies decorating Miss Hamer’s lawn...

It seems Miss Hamer’s house may also be home to naked ladies of a different sort. Rumors sprout that the elderly recluse’s visiting niece and her friend are actually the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfield Frolic, known for dancing nearly naked.

When a well-dressed man from Chicago arrives, asking about the mysterious ladies, the Dahlias begin to suspect it may be more than modesty that’s causing both women to lie low. Someone is covering up something sinister...

Includes Southern-Style Depression-Era Recipes!

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(The Darling Dahlias #2)
Berkley (Prime Crime), July 2012
ISBN-10: 0425251365
ISBN-13: 9780425251362
304 pages Paperback
$7.99

Also by Susan Wittig Albert:
Widow's Tears, April 2013
Cat's Claw, April 2013
The Tale of Castle Cottage, October 2012
The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, September 2012
Mourning Gloria, April 2012
Cat's Claw, March 2012
The Tale of Castle Cottage, September 2011
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag, September 2011
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree, July 2011
The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies, July 2011
Mourning Gloria, April 2011
Holly Blues, April 2011
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag, September 2010
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, September 2010
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree, July 2010
Wormwood, April 2010
Holly Blues, April 2010
The Tale of Briar Bank, September 2009
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, September 2009
Nightshade, April 2009
Wormwood, 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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