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Widow's Tears (China Bayles Mystery) by Albert, Susan Wittig (ISBN: 9780425255728)
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Widow's Tears (China Bayles Mystery) Hardcover - 2013
by Albert, Susan Wittig
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Berkley, 2013-04-02. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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Details
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Title
Widow's Tears (China Bayles Mystery)
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Author
Albert, Susan Wittig
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Binding
Hardcover
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Edition
1st Printing
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Condition
New
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Pages
304
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Berkley, New York
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Date
2013-04-02
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Bookseller's Inventory #
Q-0425255727
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ISBN
9780425255728 / 0425255727
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Weight
1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
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Dimensions
9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
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Ages
18 to UP years
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Grade levels
13 - UP
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Library of Congress subjects
Mystery fiction, Haunted houses
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2012049198
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Dewey Decimal Code
FIC
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Summary
Herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is “in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum.”* In Widow’s Tears, a haunted house may hold the key to solving the murder of one of China’s friends…
After losing her husband, five children, housekeeper, and beautiful home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her home, and later died there, having been driven mad with grief.
In present-day Texas, Claire, the grand niece of Rachel’s caretaker, has inherited the house and wants to turn it into a bed and breakfast. But she is concerned that it’s haunted, so she calls in her friend Ruby—who has the gift of extrasensory perception—to check it out.
While Ruby is ghost-hunting, China Bayles walks into a storm of trouble in nearby Pecan Springs. A half hour before she is to make her nightly deposit, the Pecan Springs bank is robbed and a teller is shot and killed.
Before she can discover the identity of the killers, China follows Ruby to the Blackwood house to discuss urgent business. As she is drawn into the mystery of the haunted house, China opens the door on some very real danger…
*Publishers Weekly
From the publisher
Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Some of her recent titles include Widow’s Tears, Cat’s Claw, The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, and The Tale of Castle Cottage. She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as Death at Glamis Castle and Death at Whitechapel.
Media reviews
“Mystery lovers… will be captivated by this unique series.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer “One of the most endearing and personable amateur sleuths.”—Midwest Book Review
About the author
Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Some of her recent titles include Widow's Tears, Cat's Claw, The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, and The Tale of Castle Cottage. She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as Death at Glamis Castle and Death at Whitechapel.
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