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Overview

Evil can worm its way into the purest of hearts...

China Bayles needs rest, and a historic Shaker village in Kentucky seems the ideal place for it. There she can learn about the intriguing, dwindling Shaker culture and its medicinal herbs. Unfortunately, the village is plagued with misfortune and strife. China wonders if, with the help of some age-old journals full of scandal, she can get to the bottom of it. But after a shocking death occurs during her stay, China will plunge into the archives of another time to connect the sins of the past with a modern-day murder.

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Murders past and present with a Shaker link intersect in alarming ways in Albert's engaging 17th China Bayles puzzler (after 2008's Nightshade). Recent painful events help prompt China, who runs an herb shop and tearoom in Pecan Springs, Tex., to visit her herbalist friend Martha Edmond at Kentucky's Mount Zion Shaker Village, whose board president, Rachel Hart, wants to turn the quaint Shaker museum center into an upscale spa, contrary to the spirit of the original believers. Martha asks China to investigate recent disturbing events, including vandalism, the suicide of a thieving gift shop manager and, according to financial director Allie Chatham, Rachel's embezzlement of funds. When Allie's later found dead in Zion's pool, where a Shaker woman drowned in 1912, Martha and China suspect murder. Shaker-inspired recipes, excerpts from a fictional Shaker journal, insights into the Shaker religion and plenty of herbal lore enhance another winner from this dependable veteran. Author tour. (Apr.)

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780425233863
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 4/6/2010
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 220,879
  • Series: China Bayles Series , #17
  • Product dimensions: 4.10 (w) x 6.70 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Susan Wittig Albert
Susan Wittig Albert

Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she now lives with her husband, Bill, in the country outside of Austin, Texas. In addition to the China Bayles mysteries, she writes a Victorian mystery series along with her husband under the pseudonym of Robin Paige.

Biography

Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she now lives with her husband, Bill, in the country outside of Austin, Texas. In addition to the China Bayles mysteries, she writes the Victorian Mysteries series, along with her husband, under the pseudonym of Robin Paige.

Author biography courtesy of Penguin Books, LTD.

Good To Know

In our exclusive interview with Albert, she revealed some fun facts about herself:

"My first job was selling ladies' undies at Woolworth's for 35 cents an hour in Danville, Illinois."

I learned to garden from my mother, who thought that the most important thing you did every spring was to plant the potatoes. I learned to read from my father, who never planted a potato in his life. Somehow, I managed to create a life and make a living between these two extremes. Happily, I haven't had to go back to selling undies. Not yet, anyway."

"I love living in the country with Bill, two black Labs, and a black cat. I'd rather read a book or write one than do just about anything else in the world, except maybe for gardening and sitting in a bathtub full of hot, hot water and bubbles. Or knitting, spinning, weaving, dyeing -- I'm a fiber-arts fanatic."

"You can find out what I'm doing today (or what I did yesterday) by checking out my web log, at susanalbert.typepad.com/lifescapes (but there's no web cam, so don't look for me in the bathtub)."

    1. Also Known As:
      Robin Paige
    1. Date of Birth:
      1940
    2. Place of Birth:
      Danville, Illinois
    1. Education:
      Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

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  • Posted July 11, 2009

    Chica Bayles

    This book was quite different than the regular China Bayle's mysteries.This book included letters from a church group long ago.After a chapter of two you adjusted to this change in format.It was good and in the end it helped to explain the story.Was a very enjoyable book to read.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 9, 2009

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    Shakers and Truth

    Albert is a favorite because of her writing style and her documenting research on the subjects she chooses plus the time period. The Shaker story is fascinating and a departure from her usual murder mystery with a touch of herbal lore. This story about the Shakers is one that surprised me, but then again, truth is always a revelation. They were just as human as the rest of us.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 11, 2012

    High hopes dashed!

    I was looking forward to this book with its Shaker background, but I was so disappointed! It was so predictable. From the moment you meet the victim and the killer, you just know what will happen. Again, I think Ms. Albert is dumbing down her stories and I don't know why. I have one left loaded in my NOOK and I don't know if I will even read it. It is too bad because I have bought all of the China books. It is like looking at an old friend who had changed and not for the better. You have to wonder why...

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  • Posted May 15, 2010

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    Good Read

    A change in style for Albert by using flashbacks to link the present day story with events from the past in a fictional Shaker village. I liked learnig some of the history, etc of the Shakers. The story held my intrest all the way through and I read it in one day. As usual recipes for some of the dishes mentioned in the book are included in the back. Do wish Albert would quit having the main character China Bayles agonize over whether or not she can be a good mother. It is getting tiresome. Other than that the characters were interesting and fit the story well.

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  • Posted May 8, 2010

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    What a disappointment

    I have loved China Bayles and Susan Wittig Albert since day one, however this book just lost me. It takes palce at a Shaker Village in Kentucky. The first chapter is written as though China is talking to you and then every other chapter is from the viewpoint of a Shaker many years past. The plot was boring and the characters were as well. I missed the folks in Pecan Springs. It was a hard book to read, normally I can read this series in a day because it keeps my attention. This book in the series was one I forced myself to finish just to be able to say I read it. It was a major disappointment and I am glad I bought the paperback instead of wasting money on the hardcover. I'm sorry Mrs. Albert, but, this book wasn't your finest.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 5, 2010

    Wormwood

    Wormwood is an entertaining story and history about Shaker life and a little bit of China Bayles solving a mystery in between. I did find Wormwood a little confusing since there are two stories in two different time periods going simultaneously but I somehow didn't pick that up right away.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 31, 2009

    Dependable read

    I've read this entire series; I like the characters and the setting. This one (Wormwood) was well researched. The added historical information, as well as the herb lore and recipes are bonuses. The series is well-crafted and dependable.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2009

    China Bayles

    Another in the series. Good enough, but not my favorite.

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  • Posted May 23, 2009

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    New location

    I've read all her books and this one is placed in a new location with a group seldom written about today (Shakers).

    Really enjoyable and I am looking forward to her next book.

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  • Posted April 29, 2009

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    Another Winning China Bayles mystery

    The last couple of books that the author wrote involving China Bayles were not up to the bar she had previously set. I was afraid that she had decidedly gotten bored with the character. But with "WormWood" she made a come back. The unusual way she tells the story, weaving the past and present events brings the current mystery to an impressive end. Not to mention the excellent herbal history and tips that are always a huge part and trademark of any China Bayles mystery. It is worth reading and re-reading. A real keeper.

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  • Posted February 13, 2009

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    usual great Bayles whodunit

    In Pecan Springs, Texas, herbalist and entrepreneur China Bayles is emotionally exhausted after discovering she had a half-brother Miles who wanted to get to know her; only, Miles was murdered leaving behind an orphaned daughter Caitlin to be raised by her Aunts Marcia and China. They want to make the tweener comfortable as China plans to be the best guardian she can be.

    China and her friend Martha Edmond go on vacation to the Mt Zion Shaker village, a tourist attraction in Kentucky. Martha tells China about a series of ¿accidents¿ in the village culminating with an arson fire that left several horses dead. She asks China to investigate, which the sleuth does. They learn from the accounting officer Allie that some stocks are missing form the endowment trust. Soon afterward the two women find Allie murdered. They know that someone will kill especially meddling investigators to keep the truth concealed.

    This is the usual great Bayles whodunit, but enhanced with a strong look at the history of the Shaker movement as Martha¿s grandmother lived in Mt Zion; her story rotates with the modern day mystery. Obviously Susan Wittig Albert has done a lot of meticulous research into the Shaker culture especially the belief system as the lifestyle comes across as if the audience is visiting a late nineteenth century village. Fans will enjoy China¿s latest tale as ironically, the crimes of the present mirror that of the past.

    Harriet Klausner

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