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Rueful Death : A China Bayles Mystery
by Albert, Susan Wittig
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0425154696
- ISBN 13
- 9780425154694
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Berkley Prime Crime, 1996. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is only a little rubbed. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. "First Edition: November 1996" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original white boards, with an orange spine lettered in bright blue. From the PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY review: "Early in this intelligent addition to herbalist China Bayles's adventures (Thyme of Death; Rosemary Remembered), one character laments that she has given up reading about women detectives because they are all 'Raymond Chandler in drag… Lotta guts, no soul.' Wittig takes up the challenge, showing how to do it right with quiet humor and only an occasional overload of introspection. Exhausted by the Christmas season and her new roommates, love interest Mike McQuaid and his 12-year-old son, China takes off for a retreat at St. Theresa's Monastery in Texas's remote and wild Yucca River country with friend Maggie Garrett, a former nun. In spite of its tranquil appearance, the religious order is in a state of turmoil. Having received a legacy worth millions, St. Theresa's has merged with another order which wants to use the money to open a high-powered retreat center. The two sides are hopelessly deadlocked when the Reverend Mother, the tie-breaking vote, dies mysteriously. China agrees to look into the death. Her investigation quickly takes on urgency when threatening events ensue: someone shoots at her, some small fires are set and she finds the deadly herb rue growing in the garden. Even when the stakes seem too high or unlikely for ordinary life, Wittig manages to make them mostly believable, mainly because China's character is credible (when she makes a mistake, she gets embarrassed). Albert gives readers a page-turner and soul to spare.". First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. Illus. by Burleson, Joe (jacket art). 8vo. (xii), 305pp..
Synopsis
During a supposedly relaxing retreat at a Texas convent, herbalist China Bayles and her friend Maggie, an ex-nun, investigate the seemingly accidental death of the Mother Superior and uncover a deadly conflict within the walls of the cloister. Reprint. PW. "
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006120
- Title
- Rueful Death : A China Bayles Mystery
- Author
- Albert, Susan Wittig
- Illustrator
- Burleson, Joe (jacket art)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0425154696
- ISBN 13
- 9780425154694
- Publisher
- Berkley Prime Crime
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Murder mystery.
- Size
- 8vo. (xii), 305pp.
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