china Bayles Heads To The Tiny Town Of Indigo, Texas, To Teach A Colors To Dye For Workshop. But She Quickly Discovers That Indigo Is A Town With More Than Its Share Of Dark Secrets-secrets That Someone Thinks Are Worth Killing To Keep.
publishers Weekly this Latest Accomplished Entry In Albert's Detective Series Featuring Defense Attorney-cum-herbalist China Bayles Is Both A Smalltown Murder Mystery And A Portrait Of A Texas Community Whose Existence Is Threatened By A Dispute Over Mining Rights. Bayles, Who Was Also Featured In Albert's Bloodroot And Mistletoe Man, Has Recently Become Part-owner Of A Combination Herb Shop And Tea House Called Thyme For Tea In Tiny Indigo, Tex. But Her New Life-and The Lifestyle Of The Bohemian Entrepreneurs And Elderly Indigo Natives In The Community-is Put In Jeopardy When Casey Ford, A Reviled But Powerful Indigo Resident, Concocts A Plan To Sell The Coal-mining Rights To A National Conglomerate, A Scheme That Would Allow Him To Evict Most Of The Store Owners In Town Once The Deal Is Done. Ford Is Murdered Days Before He Signs The Agreement. Bayles And Her Husband, Another Former Attorney Named Mike Mcquaid, Find Themselves Stymied In Their Investigation Of The Murder By A Town Full Of Suspects Who Close Ranks As They Celebrate Ford's Sudden Death. Albert Does A Nice Job Of Placing Believable Red Herrings In Bayles's Way, And She Adds Colorful Details About Herbal Medicine And The Dye Business (another Of Bayles's Specialties). The Heart Of The Book Is The Detailed Depiction Of Smalltown Life In Indigo, Which Separates The Novel From Genre Fodder By Providing A Rich Context For The Mystery. The Satisfying Ending Is Icing On The Cake, And Albert's Impressions Of Indigo Are Likely To Stay In Readers' Minds Long After The Murder Has Faded. 9-city Author Tour. (jan.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

China Bayles: Indigo Dying--China Bayles--11

Indigo Dying (China Bayles Mystery)

Indigo Dying (China Bayles Book 11)

Albert, Susan Wittig

Susan Wittig Albert

Penguin Publishing Group

Berkley Publishing Group

Boulevard Books

Berkley Books

Berkley books, Berkley mass-market ed, New York, 2003

United States, United States of America

Penguin Random House LLC, [N.p.], 2004

Reprint, PS, 2004

January 6, 2004

New York, 2006

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Acknowledgments
2. (p2) A Note to the Reader
3. (p3) Chapter One
4. (p4) Chapter Two
5. (p5) Chapter Three
6. (p6) Chapter Four
7. (p7) Chapter Five
8. (p8) Chapter Six
9. (p9) Chapter Seven
10. (p10) Chapter Eight
11. (p11) Chapter Nine
12. (p12) Chapter Ten
13. (p13) Chapter Eleven
14. (p14) Chapter Twelve
15. (p15) Chapter Thirteen
16. (p16) Chapter Fourteen
17. (p17) Chapter Fifteen
18. (p18) Chapter Sixteen
19. (p19) Chapter Seventeen
20. (p20) Chapter Eighteen
21. (p21) Chapter Nineteen
22. (p22) Chapter Twenty
23. (p23) Chapter Twenty-one
24. (p24) Epilogue
25. (p25) The Mysteries of Indigo Dyeing
26. (p26) Resources

Times have been tough on Indigo, Texas. But now, as artists flock to the countryside in growing numbers, Indigo is experiencing a revival. In town to teach a workshop, herbalist China Bayles, like so many others, is committed to bringing Indigo back to life. Only one person stands in their way: longtime resident Casey Ford, who has decided to sell his profitable mining rights. Once the deal is done, Indigo will be dead and buried. But when Ford winds up dead himself, China, along with her best friend Ruby, quietly begin their own investigation to discover who is behind the murder. Before long, it becomes chillingly clear that this is a town with its share of dark secrets-secrets that someone thinks are worth killing to keep

The tiny town of Indigo, Texas, is the perfect setting for China Bayles to teach a Colors to Dye For workshop. With artists flocking to the countryside in growing numbers, Indigo is coming back to life. Only one person stands in the way of the towns revival: longtime resident Casey Ford, who has decided to sell his profitable mining rights. Once the deal is done, Indigo will be dead and buried. But when Ford winds up dead himselffrom a shotgun blastChina, along with her best friend Ruby, embark on their own investigation into the murder. Before long, it becomes chillingly clear that Indigo is a town with more than its share of dark secretssecrets that someone thinks are worth killing to keep.

In the small town of Indigo, Texas, to teach a workshop, herbalist China Bayles and her best friend Ruby help investigate the murder of resident Casey Ford, whose plans to sell his mining rights would have destroyed the town forever

Indigo, Texas, was founded in 1872 by Shelton Dobbs and named in honor of his daughter, Indigo Dobbs Crockett.

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