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Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles Mystery)
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Manufacturer: Berkley
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
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Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles Mystery) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425154052
ISBN: 042515405X
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1996-08-01
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780425154052
ISBN: 042515405X
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1996-08-01
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
Editorial Review of Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles Mystery)
When her accountant, Rosemary, is killed, ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles finds a host of suspects that includes an abusive ex-husband and several former clients. Reprint.
Customer Reviews of Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles Mystery)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
Review: This is the fourth China Bayles mystery I've read, since I'm reading them in the order published. These books keep getting better and better. While her first three books were great, this one, "Rosemary Remembered," is her best yet. I love her characters. China Bayles keeps growing on me and now I feel like I know her personally. I just love her best friend Ruby. What a great character! And I enjoy watching China's relationship with McQuaid and his son evolve. Susan Wittig Albert has done a marvelous job of creating an entire town and true-to-life characters to populate it. I highly recommend this book to all mystery lovers.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Too much of the occult
Review: Rosemary Robbins is China Bayles' hard-working accountant. When China runs an errand to Rosemary's house, she finds her dead from several bullet wounds. There are no lack of suspects, as Rosemary has an angry ex-husband and two women who are jealous of her new relationship with a man named Jeff. Then, there's a man that China's live-in boyfriend McQuaid helped put away, who is now out of jail. China and her friends do some investigating, despite the fact that McQuaid does not want her to become involved. Before it's over, her friend Ruby convinces her to consult with Ondine, who uses Ouiji boards and communicates with the dead. This book seemed to delve into the occult more than was necessary, but it did develop the relationship between China and McQuaid's son, Brian.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Definitely a great read!
Review: China finds her (and nearly everybody else's) accountant shot in McQuaid's blue truck, which they had borrowed to Rosemary. This happens shortly after a convicted killer, who McQuaid helped to put behind bars and who threatened to get even, was relased. Rosemary happens to resemble China at first glance and she was driving McQuaid's truck. Who shot Rosemary who was recently divorced from an abusive husband (who happens to manage a gunshop) and was involved with one of the local hotel co-owners? Did anybody really know Rosemary? Did she have a secret agenda? Why has the man she was involved with gone on a fishing trip shortly before Rosemary was killed? The hotel co-owner's brother-in-law (who owns the other half of the hotel) sends McQuaid after him to bring him back, but where did Jeff really go?
China, who in the meantime has moved in with McQuaid, Brian and all his animals, is not only busy preparing a conventionof herbalists in Pecan Springs but also busy to find out about the motif for Rosemary's murder as well as her killer.
Even though Pecan Springs is fictional, everyone who knows the Texas Hill County will immediately feel familiar with places and people. Susan Wittig Albert gets better and better! I think it is a good idea to make references to previous novels, because readers not familiar with them will know what has happened before and can start with any book of this series. Read this book and you will get hooked
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An improvement over the first three.
Review: As with the first three books in this series, I still ask myself how come somebody who owns a store seems to have so much time to run around doing other things. But, getting beyond that, this has definitely been my favorite to date. In this one, after finding the body of Rosemary Robbins (who ran the store a few doors down from China), China seems to feel she owes it to Rosemary to find out who killed her. So once again, instead of letting the police do their job, she throws herself into the thick of things. So, you've got one dead body, one person missing, McQuaid out of the country trying to track down said missing person, an ex-con McQuaid helped put away recently released and threatening to come after McQuaid's son Brian (who has been left in China's care while McQuaid is out of the country), and McQuaid's ex-wife suing for custody of Brian. All in all, a big improvement over her previous books, and a lot of stuff happening. Of course, let's not forget the never-ending tidbits of knowledge regarding various herbs, which I think adds a pleasant side to each of these stories.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: More Ruby please
Review: I figured out who the killer was early on but it didnt spoil the story. I really like China Bayles. She is cool. However if I could talk to Ms Albert I would ask her to please include more of the Ruby character and ease back on the Sheila!! I think Ruby rocks!! But I liked this book and I like this series. The herb info is cool too. I am reading these in order so I have a few more to go. I have enjoyed them all.
Review Summary: Murder, Mystery and Mayhem
Review: This is the fourth China Bayles mystery I've read, since I'm reading them in the order published. These books keep getting better and better. While her first three books were great, this one, "Rosemary Remembered," is her best yet. I love her characters. China Bayles keeps growing on me and now I feel like I know her personally. I just love her best friend Ruby. What a great character! And I enjoy watching China's relationship with McQuaid and his son evolve. Susan Wittig Albert has done a marvelous job of creating an entire town and true-to-life characters to populate it. I highly recommend this book to all mystery lovers.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Too much of the occult
Review: Rosemary Robbins is China Bayles' hard-working accountant. When China runs an errand to Rosemary's house, she finds her dead from several bullet wounds. There are no lack of suspects, as Rosemary has an angry ex-husband and two women who are jealous of her new relationship with a man named Jeff. Then, there's a man that China's live-in boyfriend McQuaid helped put away, who is now out of jail. China and her friends do some investigating, despite the fact that McQuaid does not want her to become involved. Before it's over, her friend Ruby convinces her to consult with Ondine, who uses Ouiji boards and communicates with the dead. This book seemed to delve into the occult more than was necessary, but it did develop the relationship between China and McQuaid's son, Brian.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Definitely a great read!
Review: China finds her (and nearly everybody else's) accountant shot in McQuaid's blue truck, which they had borrowed to Rosemary. This happens shortly after a convicted killer, who McQuaid helped to put behind bars and who threatened to get even, was relased. Rosemary happens to resemble China at first glance and she was driving McQuaid's truck. Who shot Rosemary who was recently divorced from an abusive husband (who happens to manage a gunshop) and was involved with one of the local hotel co-owners? Did anybody really know Rosemary? Did she have a secret agenda? Why has the man she was involved with gone on a fishing trip shortly before Rosemary was killed? The hotel co-owner's brother-in-law (who owns the other half of the hotel) sends McQuaid after him to bring him back, but where did Jeff really go?
China, who in the meantime has moved in with McQuaid, Brian and all his animals, is not only busy preparing a conventionof herbalists in Pecan Springs but also busy to find out about the motif for Rosemary's murder as well as her killer.
Even though Pecan Springs is fictional, everyone who knows the Texas Hill County will immediately feel familiar with places and people. Susan Wittig Albert gets better and better! I think it is a good idea to make references to previous novels, because readers not familiar with them will know what has happened before and can start with any book of this series. Read this book and you will get hooked
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An improvement over the first three.
Review: As with the first three books in this series, I still ask myself how come somebody who owns a store seems to have so much time to run around doing other things. But, getting beyond that, this has definitely been my favorite to date. In this one, after finding the body of Rosemary Robbins (who ran the store a few doors down from China), China seems to feel she owes it to Rosemary to find out who killed her. So once again, instead of letting the police do their job, she throws herself into the thick of things. So, you've got one dead body, one person missing, McQuaid out of the country trying to track down said missing person, an ex-con McQuaid helped put away recently released and threatening to come after McQuaid's son Brian (who has been left in China's care while McQuaid is out of the country), and McQuaid's ex-wife suing for custody of Brian. All in all, a big improvement over her previous books, and a lot of stuff happening. Of course, let's not forget the never-ending tidbits of knowledge regarding various herbs, which I think adds a pleasant side to each of these stories.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: More Ruby please
Review: I figured out who the killer was early on but it didnt spoil the story. I really like China Bayles. She is cool. However if I could talk to Ms Albert I would ask her to please include more of the Ruby character and ease back on the Sheila!! I think Ruby rocks!! But I liked this book and I like this series. The herb info is cool too. I am reading these in order so I have a few more to go. I have enjoyed them all.