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Bloodroot (China Bayles Mystery) Mass Market Paperback – January 7, 2003

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Lawyer-turned-herbalist China Bayles returns to the Deep South, where her family’s legacy of silence is at last broken—and the past finally, unforgettably, speaks the truth…

 

A frantic phone call from her mother brings China back to her family’s Mississippi plantation—a place she’d forsaken long ago. But the late-spring air is thick with fear—and from the moment of her arrival, China knows that something has gone desperately wrong at Jordan’s Crossing. An ancient property deed has surfaced—and the man who uncovered it has mysteriously vanished. And as the fates and fortunes of two very different families collide in frightening, unpredictable ways, China must face disturbing new questions about her family’s past—and her own future…

 

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    China Bayles
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    January 7, 2003
  6. Dimensions
    4.22 x 0.89 x 6.71 inches
  7. ISBN-10
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“A wonderful reading experience.”—Midwest Book Review

 

“A unique series.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

 

“Albert has created captivating new characters and a setting dripping with atmosphere.”—Publishers Weekly

 

About the Author

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 is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Some of her recent titles include Widow’s Tears, Cat’s Claw, The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, and The Tale of Castle Cottage. She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as Death at Glamis Castle and Death at Whitechapel.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (January 7, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425188140
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425188149
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.22 x 0.89 x 6.71 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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As a writer, I work in three genres, mystery, historical fiction, and memoir. My mysteries include the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries and The Darling Dahlias, about a Southern garden club in the 1930s, as well as an eight-book series, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and the 12-book series that my husband Bill Albert and I coauthored under the pseudonym of Robin Paige.

My historical fiction includes THE GENERAL'S WOMEN, a wartime romance about Ike's love affair with Kay Summersby; LOVING ELEANOR, about the intimate friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok; and A WILDER ROSE, about the mother-daughter team that produced the Little House books. A WILDER ROSE is currently under option for film.

Bill and I live in the Hill Country of Central Texas, where I write, garden, raise chickens, and practice the fiber arts. You can find out more in my two memoirs: TOGETHER, ALONE: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND PLACE; and AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF ORDINARY DAYS.

www.susanalbert.com

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Michelle Boytim
5.0 out of 5 stars Southern skeletons and deadly genetics
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2010
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This is the tenth book in the China Bayles series and it takes a different turn with a change in location. China is asked by her mother to return to the ancestral home in Mississippi to help with her great aunt who raised China's mother when her grandmother died. There is a problem with a title to the land and her great aunt Tullie is suffering from Huntingdon's disease. When the foreman with the claim to the land turns up dead, Tullie blow to the head with her cane lands her in peril. China must make sense of several mysteries and skeletons in the family closet as well as deal with her own and her mother's worries that they may also carry the Huntingdon's mutation. This was a fantastic Southern mystery with just a touch of the supernatural to make things even more interesting. I really enjoyed China's foray into her past and I hope the series continues on this strong note.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down.
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I love the Darling Dahalies so I decided to check out the China Bay less series. Mrs. Albert is a fascinating author. The way she weaves in information about the herbs and flowers is wonderful. And I love the recipes. I must admit though I didn't much care for the tomato pie. 😀
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Virginia Hope
4.0 out of 5 stars Goood product
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019
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This was one of her best. I think. I loved the characters. I didn't figure out who committed the murder but I did correctly guess the other big mystery of the story.
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Laura N
5.0 out of 5 stars Good mystery
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2019
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One of a series of good mysteries set in a small Texas town with occasional out of state adventures. Most are stand alone stories but are also sequential so starting with the first book is more fun. I ordered from super fly books. Excellent service and communication.
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Sheila
5.0 out of 5 stars Family and more family
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2021
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Loved this book. Pure China thru and thru. I have been reading these books for years, never fails to entertain.
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3.0 out of 5 stars There were some twists, but the story itself seemed ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2016
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There were some twists, but the story itself seemed to be way over the weird edge and didn't at all fit into her storylines of the past.
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Maridith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018
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She is a wonderful writer and she is well versed in plants and probably in many other things
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Nestledown
4.0 out of 5 stars The true south
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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Besides the interesting tidbits about folk remedies using various herbs, the ugly truth about some southern behaviors was enlightening. An interesting and enjoyable book.
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daxie1968
5.0 out of 5 stars Geheimnisvoll und spannend!
Reviewed in Germany on September 14, 2006
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Viele Handlungsfaeden werden hier gesponnen und das Buch war nach meiner Ansicht eines der Besten der ganzen Serie. Wie China ihr kompliziertes Suedstaatenfamiliengeflecht entwirrt, alte Familiengeheimnisse aufdeckt und einen Mordfall loest war einfach genial geschrieben. Meiner Ansicht nach, hat auch der Schreibstil von Frau Wittig Albert, sieht man mal von ein paar uebersehenen Fehlern des Editors ab, ihren Hoehepunkt erreicht.

Ich habe es sehr genossen, China auf die Reise zu ihren Wurzeln zu begleiten.

Lesevergnuegen pur!
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Fuchs Joan
4.0 out of 5 stars Geister der Vergangenheit
Reviewed in Germany on July 1, 2004
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Diesmal stöbert China in ihrer Familiengeschichte herum, die überaus komplex ist. Dazu kommen mehrere weitere Fäden, die das Ganze etwas gar verwirrlich, fast überkonstruiert, erscheinen lassen. Dennoch hat man früh eine Ahnung vom Täter, wenngleich man auch etwas die üblich Frische der Beweisführung vermisst.
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