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4 out of 5 stars
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Great mixture of characters and plot
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Author Susan Wittig Albert turns up the suspense in her 18th China Bayles mystery. Just as the holiday season begins, so does the drama, when China's husband’s ex-wife, Sally, appears, begging for help and a place to stay. ’Tis the season of giving, so China opens her home to Sally. But when troubling phone calls start, China knows she’ll need to dig up the truth before Christmas turns deadly.
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1 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even on the 2nd and 3rd listen this is good.
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A Dilly of a Death
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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- A China Bayles Mystery
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
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- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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- A China Bayles Mystery
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4 out of 5 stars 31
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great mixture of characters and plot
- By Kathi on 05-21-14
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Wormwood
- A China Bayles Mystery
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not too bad
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- Narrated by: Julia Gibson, Linda Stephens, Ed Sala
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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1 out of 5 stars
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Blues, Indeed
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Dead Man's Bones (China Bayles #13)
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
When her teenage son discovers some skeletal remains of the suspicious kind, lawyer-turned-herbalist China Bayles finds herself hunting a killer from the past, who is about to strike in the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even on the 2nd and 3rd listen this is good.
- By Rio Delta Wild on 11-13-11
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A Dilly of a Death
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
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Indigo Dying
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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When Casey Ford threatens to sell his property to a strip mining company, the townsfolk fear that Indigo will be lost forever. Protecting the town is important - so important that someone is willing to kill Casey to keep their home from being ruined. Now, in addition to running the town's cultural crusade, China Bayles must find Casey's murderer.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, bad pronunciation
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Cat's Claw
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 59
New York Times best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert is widely acclaimed for her cozy China Bayles mystery series. In Cat’s Claw, China’s friend Police Chief Sheila Dawson takes center stage. When local computer guru Larry Kirk is found dead, many are convinced it was suicide over his recent divorce. But Sheila has a hunch there’s more to this case than meets the eye - especially when evidence surfaces that Larry was being stalked.
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4 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL AUTHOR, AND SUPERB STORY LINE
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Widow's Tears
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
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- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
Best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert is especially beloved for creating herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles, hailed by Publishers Weekly as “in a class with lady sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum.” In Widow’s Tears, China has urgent business to discuss with Ruby, a friend gifted with extrasensory perception. Meeting Ruby at a supposedly haunted house, China soon uncovers a mystery that may be linked to a deadly robbery that very night.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History and a Ghost Story Combined
- By Laura on 07-26-13
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A Plain Vanilla Murder
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
China and Ruby Wilcox are presenting their annual ''Not Just Plain Vanilla Workshop", always a huge hit with customers at Thyme & Seasons Herb Shop. But someone involved with the workshop is driven by a deadly motive, and China soon finds herself teaming up with the very pregnant Pecan Springs police chief Sheila Dawson to solve a vanilla-flavored murder.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed story but
- By Tracy Bryan on 07-05-19
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Blood Orange
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
It's mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband, Rich. One nasty point of dispute is her part ownership of the Comanche Creek Brewing Company, which she is refusing to sell. At the same time, as a nurse employed by a local hospice, Kelly has discovered instances of suspicious practices.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Annonying Voice !!
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Bittersweet
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- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
For more than 20 years, Susan Wittig Albert has been delivering "some of the best-plotted mysteries on the market" ( Houston Chronicle). In Bittersweet, China is hoping to spend a peaceful Thanksgiving in Pecan Springs. But the holiday turns treacherous after a deadly accident. And when a local vet is shot, China and game warden Mack Chambers suspect a connection to fawns stolen from a nearby ranch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good
- By Jody Shellen on 10-10-15
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Bloodroot
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 59
In Bloodroot, best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert transports listeners to a haunted house oozing with family secrets.
When a man dies soon after her Great Aunt Tullie bashes his head with her cane, China's estranged mother frantically calls for her daughter's help. Rushing to her family's Mississippi plantation, China must determine if Tullie is guilty of homicide. She must also face the possibility of developing the same terrifying disease that tortures Tullie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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THE BEST OF THE CHINA BAYLES SERIES
- By Sheryl on 07-02-13
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Queen Anne's Lace
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
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- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the discovery, she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender.... Soon, strange happenings start to occur in Thyme and Seasons: misplaced items, a ringing bell, and the appearance of lavender sprigs in odd places. When a customer mentions seeing a mysterious woman picking flowers nearby and then suddenly disappearing, China must finally admit what Ruby has always known - their building is haunted. But by whom?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and complex
- By nancejan on 04-13-18
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The Last Chance Olive Ranch
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
In the exciting new mystery from the New York Times best-selling author, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him. A killer McQuaid put away years ago has busted out of Huntsville Prison and appears to be headed for Pecan Springs. China wants to stay by her husband's side and keep him from harm, but McQuaid insists that she get out of town and go to the Last Chance Olive Ranch, where she's agreed to teach a workshop on herbs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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China Bayles - Never Disappoints
- By J. Byerly on 04-19-17
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Mistletoe Man
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Julia Gibson
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
As the Christmas decorating season approaches, Thyme & Seasons proprietor China Bayles feels overwhelmed. While she tries to balance her new roles of wife and step-mom with the demands of her thriving herbal shop, her business partner and best friend, Ruby, mysteriously disappears. Soon China's cantankerous mistletoe supplier Carl turns up dead. With Ruby missing and friends suspected of murder, China must investigate before tragedy strikes again.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Drab reading
- By Robin Nystrom on 10-17-07
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The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
- By: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrated by: Peggity Price
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4 out of 5 stars 121
Nominated for both the Agatha and Anthony awards, national best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert introduces a garden club of lady sleuths in Depression-era Alabama. The Darling Dahlias have just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees. But before long, these genteel ladies must unravel the mystery about what’s buried beneath one of these trees and the enigma of the dead body that soon turns up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reminiscent of a more simple way of life
- By J. Byerly on 05-23-11
Publisher's Summary
Luckily for her, "when China starts snooping, she finds several closets full of the kind of secrets that produce corpses." (Booklist).
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Katherine
- 06-16-12
Not her best
Would you try another book from Susan Wittig Albert and/or Julia Gibson?
Julia Gibson was great at setting the mood and bringing the characters to life. I fear I may not listen to another Susan Wittig Albert book, as I found this not as engaging as the others. I've listened to 3 or 4 in the past and found them light, but charming in their way. I became fond of the recurring characters and welcomed the new ones. But, perhaps for me that charm wears thin after a few books. Or something was missing in this one and I can't put my finger on what it was. The best parts were the drama of housesitting a Rottweiler and descriptions of yucca plants, which I don't consider a recommendation.
Any additional comments?
Other books in the series that I enjoyed more: Dead Man's Bones, Mourning Gloria, Cat's Claw, Wormwood