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Scrumptious Mysteries and Tasty Tid-Bits...Double Your Reading Pleasure,,
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This review is from: An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysteries (Hardcover)
"An Unthymely Death, and other Garden Mysteries" by Susan Wittig Albert has ten of the China Bayles scrumptious mysteries to have fun with. The short stories have China and pal Ruby Wilcox sleuthing mysterious happenings in their little town of Pecan Springs, Texas. All cleverly involve some sort of herb, flower or food, as China an ex lawyer,and Ruby run the specialty shops "Thyme and Season Herbs" and "The Crystal Cave"( a new age shop) respectively, along with a joint venture, "Thyme for Tea", a lovely little tea room. These gals get sidetracked by all kinds of strange goings-on. They solve the crimes and save the day for many of the town's residents, filled with specialty gardeners and wonderful cooks.
Finding the answers to murders, thefts, missing people, and sinister plots, are all part of a day's work for these two. Even the local police turn to them for help. The stories are deliciously fun and always have spicy, quirky, and well named characters. The theme of each story always stars some herb or spice, flower or food as the main character, and often have a seasonal twist. These tasty little stories include: "An Unthymely Death", "The Khat Who Became a Hero"(China's cat is missing, and has left it's trail through the town gardens), The Rosemary Caper", "Ivy's wild, Wonderful Weeds", "Death of a Rustler", "Mustard Madness"(this was a fun story of 2 old geezers who competed every year for the best made mustard", "The Pennyroyal Plot", "A Violet Death" , "A Deadly Chocolate Valentine", and "Bloom Where You Are Planted". Each a great way to pass the time, and try to follow the clues along with China and Ruby. There is more to this book though, then these fun, light mystery stories. The fabulous gems to be found within these pages are all the flavorful side bars and tid-bits sprinkled through the stories that Ms. Albert has included. Tantalizing recipes, used by the characters in the stories; Curry and Cardamom Cookies, Genevieve Shultz's Grilled Chicken with Rosemary-Mustard Marinade, Myra Merryweather's Rosemary and Ripe Olive Pesto and Cordially Yours: Ruby's Cranberry-Orange Cordial are just a few among them that may make your mouth water, and get you all kinds of kudos for your cooking, all using home-grown herbs, seeds, fruits, etc. You'll also find many many gardening tips, craft ideas, lore and history relating to healing herbs and dozens of other sweet ideas and natural remedies! 10 delicious stories with bonus tips on page after page....solve the crimes along with China and then enjoy some of the tasty tid-bits inside!....Enjoy.....Laurie
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