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Lavender Lies: A China Bayles Mystery
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Manufacturer: Berkley
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
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Lavender Lies: A China Bayles Mystery Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425177006
ISBN: 0425177009
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher: Berkley
Product Release Date: 2000-10-10
Studio: Berkley
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425177006
ISBN: 0425177009
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher: Berkley
Product Release Date: 2000-10-10
Studio: Berkley
Editorial Review of Lavender Lies: A China Bayles Mystery
Texas herbalist China Bayles must put her upcoming nuptials on the back burner when a murder investigation entangles her friends and neighbors.
Customer Reviews of Lavender Lies: A China Bayles Mystery
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: Big mouth China
Review: Don't waste your time. Boy, what a boring mystery. Got tired reading about China's shop and her wedding. Also, if I were McQuaid, the Acting Police Chief, I'd tape China's mouth with some duct tape. Good thing he's not going to stay in that position, for all his police business would be all over Pecan Springs. China is supposedly helping her husband-to-be, McQuaid, with the town's murder mysteries. But she blabs all she knows to all her friends. She surely doesn't know how to keep quiet about evidence or clues. Of course, she solves the mysteries, but the whole town could have done the same for all knew what she knew.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: This series is a must read
Review: The China Bayes series is great reading. I read the first one and had to get the rest. Susan Whitig Albert keeps the characters and plot moving at a fast pace and also gives time for humor and characters relationships.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: LAVENDER BLUES
Review: This 8th entry in the popular China Bayles series should please established fans and newcomers. China is preparing for her wedding (finally) to former police chief Michael McQuaid. She is getting assistance of course from best friend Ruby and her estranged mother, Leatha. But of course, a murder of a local real estate scumbag, might interfere with the wedding plans as China becomes embroiled in solving the case.
Albert has an easygoing affability in her stories, and once again gives readers information on the various herbs involved in the story, and even a few recipes. The mystery itself is rather interesting, with a few twists at the end you may not see coming. All in all, a good entry in this entertaining "cozy" series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China deals with murder and marriage
Review: China Bayles and her fiance Mike McQuaid have finally set the date for their wedding. McQuaid becomes embroiled in a murder case and China decides that she'd better help him solve it if he is to be at the wedding on time. The victim is Edgar Coleman, a local real estate developer who will stoop to any means to complete a deal. He needed approval from the city council for a new real estate deal to go through, so he methodically gathered incriminating information on each council member and threatened to reveal their secrets if they didn't give him a favorable vote. His other character flaw was a penchant for chasing women other than his wife. These two factors provide a slew of suspects for the murder. Author Albert skillfully weaves a lot of red herrings into the book, along with the frantic preparations for a wedding which is threatened by all sorts of catastrophes. Only China could go through a 2-week pre-wedding period such as the one in this book. This is Albert at her best!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China's back -- in more ways than one!
Review: LAVENDER LIES is about the eighth China Bayles novel. Albert is SUCH a good writer, her books are a true pleasure to read -- and hard to put down. This one may be the most fun so far, as the wacky women work together to solve the multi-layered mystery while China and McQuaid prepare for their possibly doomed wedding. I look forward to my visits to Pecan Springs, Texas. And I appreciate her little herb-related quotes, myths, and recipes. I've never actually made anything from a recipe in these books, but I must say Ruby's Lemonade with Lavender and Rosemary sounds like heaven on earth. And what my objection was in the last book was that McQuaid did all the work and called all the shots -- this time the very competent ladies -- with China back in charge -- do it all. And it's a lot of fun.
Review Summary: Big mouth China
Review: Don't waste your time. Boy, what a boring mystery. Got tired reading about China's shop and her wedding. Also, if I were McQuaid, the Acting Police Chief, I'd tape China's mouth with some duct tape. Good thing he's not going to stay in that position, for all his police business would be all over Pecan Springs. China is supposedly helping her husband-to-be, McQuaid, with the town's murder mysteries. But she blabs all she knows to all her friends. She surely doesn't know how to keep quiet about evidence or clues. Of course, she solves the mysteries, but the whole town could have done the same for all knew what she knew.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: This series is a must read
Review: The China Bayes series is great reading. I read the first one and had to get the rest. Susan Whitig Albert keeps the characters and plot moving at a fast pace and also gives time for humor and characters relationships.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: LAVENDER BLUES
Review: This 8th entry in the popular China Bayles series should please established fans and newcomers. China is preparing for her wedding (finally) to former police chief Michael McQuaid. She is getting assistance of course from best friend Ruby and her estranged mother, Leatha. But of course, a murder of a local real estate scumbag, might interfere with the wedding plans as China becomes embroiled in solving the case.
Albert has an easygoing affability in her stories, and once again gives readers information on the various herbs involved in the story, and even a few recipes. The mystery itself is rather interesting, with a few twists at the end you may not see coming. All in all, a good entry in this entertaining "cozy" series.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China deals with murder and marriage
Review: China Bayles and her fiance Mike McQuaid have finally set the date for their wedding. McQuaid becomes embroiled in a murder case and China decides that she'd better help him solve it if he is to be at the wedding on time. The victim is Edgar Coleman, a local real estate developer who will stoop to any means to complete a deal. He needed approval from the city council for a new real estate deal to go through, so he methodically gathered incriminating information on each council member and threatened to reveal their secrets if they didn't give him a favorable vote. His other character flaw was a penchant for chasing women other than his wife. These two factors provide a slew of suspects for the murder. Author Albert skillfully weaves a lot of red herrings into the book, along with the frantic preparations for a wedding which is threatened by all sorts of catastrophes. Only China could go through a 2-week pre-wedding period such as the one in this book. This is Albert at her best!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: China's back -- in more ways than one!
Review: LAVENDER LIES is about the eighth China Bayles novel. Albert is SUCH a good writer, her books are a true pleasure to read -- and hard to put down. This one may be the most fun so far, as the wacky women work together to solve the multi-layered mystery while China and McQuaid prepare for their possibly doomed wedding. I look forward to my visits to Pecan Springs, Texas. And I appreciate her little herb-related quotes, myths, and recipes. I've never actually made anything from a recipe in these books, but I must say Ruby's Lemonade with Lavender and Rosemary sounds like heaven on earth. And what my objection was in the last book was that McQuaid did all the work and called all the shots -- this time the very competent ladies -- with China back in charge -- do it all. And it's a lot of fun.