| Dead Man's Bones Contributor(s): Albert, Susan Wittig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425204251 ISBN-13: 9780425204252 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Texas lawyer-turned-herbalist China Bayles digs into murders past and present after her son uncovers some skeletal remains and a community gathering is interrupted by murder. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: China Bayles Mysteries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 4.2" W x 6.76" (0.32 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Susan Wittig Albert's exciting mysteries have been praised as "unique" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and "fascinating" (Booklist). Now, a dead man's bones are uncovered--and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive... When China's teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig--remains that show a not-so-accidental death--it's a disturbing development. But China doesn't let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater donated by the elderly Obermann sisters. Unfortunately, the haughty, bullying Jane Obermann--and her frail, frightened younger sister--made the donation with a condition: that the first production be a play written by Jane about their aristocratic family history. The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne'er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave--a clue from the past that could help China solve a mystery in the present... |