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Rueful Death: A China Bayles Mystery
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Author: Susan Wittig Albert
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Rueful Death: A China Bayles Mystery Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425159415
ISBN: 0425159418
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1997-08-01
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425159415
ISBN: 0425159418
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 304
Publication Date: 1997-08-01
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
Editorial Review of Rueful Death: A China Bayles Mystery
Customer Reviews of Rueful Death: A China Bayles Mystery
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Strange Storyline & Unbelievable Nun Characters
Review: I'm reading every book in the series & liked most of them, but this one is too strange. The storyline at the convent is extremely weird & unbelievable & so are the nun characters.
Also, there was one part in the book that made me almost want to stop reading the book & the rest of the series. It was disgusting. I won't mention the whole scene, but it had to do with a bathing suit hanging up on the cross.
After I read that, I thought there's something wrong with the author. Creepy! I wonder what she's like in real life??? That part really threw me, but I decided to continue on with the book & the rest of the series.
Fortunately, there's hasn't been something like that so far in the rest of her books.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: rueful death: a china bayles mystery
Review: very good almost as good as carvic and braun
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China goes on a retreat
Review: Herb-shop owner China Bayles is worn out after the Christmas season, and living with her boyfriend McQuaid and his son Brian has caused its own stress in her life. Because of this China eagerly agrees to accompany her ex-nun friend Maggie on a retreat to the monastary where Maggie used to be. She anticipates two weeks of quiet, solitude, and the opportunity to meditate on the course she wants her life to take. When she arrives, she finds things to be very different than she had pictured. The monastary had been heavily endowed by the wealthy woman who donated the land and she intended for it to be used to house the nuns and to grow a special kind of garlic. Recently the old convent had been merged with another group of nuns and the new group wants to build a large meeting center with all the amenities. The sisters are deadlocked over this issue and it is causing strife between the two factions. Soon, disturbing letters are being sent to the nuns and some fires wreak havoc in the convent. Also some items begin to disappear and two elderly nuns die mysteriously. If this isn't enough, China encounters an old boyfriend from the days when she was an attorney in Houston. She is sorely tempted to resume her relationship with him, despite her attachment to McQuaid. All of these things cause a tangled web of intrigue which China unravels, after a few false starts. In a long-running series like this, it's always refreshing to have the books move to another setting from time to time. This is another good read from Susan Wittig Albert.
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Review Summary: China Bayles on retreat?
Review: In Rueful Death, China finds herself involuntarily and unwittingly tricked into using her amateau detective skills. China has decided to take a two-week retreat at St. T's convent in order to wind down from the busy holidays. While there, she is asked to look into a series of fires. This book is different from Albert's others in such that you don't really want to choose a suspect, because who wants to think that a nun, or anybody working at a convent, is behind all the trouble? China also happens to run into a hunky ex-beau that she knew from her lawyer days. China doesn't get much rest on this retreat, but she does catch the firebug. Pretty much par for course in this series.
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Review Summary: Get thee to a nunnery!
Review: China has survived the Christmas rush at her herb shop but is sadly in need of some private time. So off she goes to a nunnery! Together with her friend Maggie, she heads off to a remote nunnery where the sisters grow amazing garlic. Instead of the peace and quiet she longs for, China finds herself embroiled in a contentious power struggle between two groups of nuns working to combine two disparate orders into one. As the sister's jockey for position, fires break out and several mysterious deaths occur. If that wasn't enough, China runs into an old beau and the heat is still there. As she works to solve the nunnery mystery she is making major life choices for herself. Once again, I enjoyed the ride and learned more about herbs and gardening.
Review Summary: Strange Storyline & Unbelievable Nun Characters
Review: I'm reading every book in the series & liked most of them, but this one is too strange. The storyline at the convent is extremely weird & unbelievable & so are the nun characters.
Also, there was one part in the book that made me almost want to stop reading the book & the rest of the series. It was disgusting. I won't mention the whole scene, but it had to do with a bathing suit hanging up on the cross.
After I read that, I thought there's something wrong with the author. Creepy! I wonder what she's like in real life??? That part really threw me, but I decided to continue on with the book & the rest of the series.
Fortunately, there's hasn't been something like that so far in the rest of her books.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: rueful death: a china bayles mystery
Review: very good almost as good as carvic and braun
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China goes on a retreat
Review: Herb-shop owner China Bayles is worn out after the Christmas season, and living with her boyfriend McQuaid and his son Brian has caused its own stress in her life. Because of this China eagerly agrees to accompany her ex-nun friend Maggie on a retreat to the monastary where Maggie used to be. She anticipates two weeks of quiet, solitude, and the opportunity to meditate on the course she wants her life to take. When she arrives, she finds things to be very different than she had pictured. The monastary had been heavily endowed by the wealthy woman who donated the land and she intended for it to be used to house the nuns and to grow a special kind of garlic. Recently the old convent had been merged with another group of nuns and the new group wants to build a large meeting center with all the amenities. The sisters are deadlocked over this issue and it is causing strife between the two factions. Soon, disturbing letters are being sent to the nuns and some fires wreak havoc in the convent. Also some items begin to disappear and two elderly nuns die mysteriously. If this isn't enough, China encounters an old boyfriend from the days when she was an attorney in Houston. She is sorely tempted to resume her relationship with him, despite her attachment to McQuaid. All of these things cause a tangled web of intrigue which China unravels, after a few false starts. In a long-running series like this, it's always refreshing to have the books move to another setting from time to time. This is another good read from Susan Wittig Albert.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China Bayles on retreat?
Review: In Rueful Death, China finds herself involuntarily and unwittingly tricked into using her amateau detective skills. China has decided to take a two-week retreat at St. T's convent in order to wind down from the busy holidays. While there, she is asked to look into a series of fires. This book is different from Albert's others in such that you don't really want to choose a suspect, because who wants to think that a nun, or anybody working at a convent, is behind all the trouble? China also happens to run into a hunky ex-beau that she knew from her lawyer days. China doesn't get much rest on this retreat, but she does catch the firebug. Pretty much par for course in this series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Get thee to a nunnery!
Review: China has survived the Christmas rush at her herb shop but is sadly in need of some private time. So off she goes to a nunnery! Together with her friend Maggie, she heads off to a remote nunnery where the sisters grow amazing garlic. Instead of the peace and quiet she longs for, China finds herself embroiled in a contentious power struggle between two groups of nuns working to combine two disparate orders into one. As the sister's jockey for position, fires break out and several mysterious deaths occur. If that wasn't enough, China runs into an old beau and the heat is still there. As she works to solve the nunnery mystery she is making major life choices for herself. Once again, I enjoyed the ride and learned more about herbs and gardening.