A Plain Vanilla Murder (China Bayles mystery Book 27)

A Plain Vanilla Murder (China Bayles mystery Book 27)

China Bayles and Ruby Wilcox are offering their popular â€œNot Just Plain Vanillaâ€ workshop when, across town on the campus of Central Texas State University, a botany professor (an expert on the vanilla orchid) is found dead in his greenhouseâ€”an apparent suicide. Summoned to the scene, police chief Sheila Dawson (now in her last few months of pregnancy) wonders whether thereâ€™s something more to his death and opens an investigation into the many rivalries that have splintered CTSUâ€™s plant sciences faculty.

But the dead professor is also the ex-husband of Chinaâ€™s friend Maggie, owner of the local garden center and manager of an orchid-sitting business. When suicide becomes murder, suspicion falls on Maggie. But China learns that there are many more suspects in this complex, vanilla-flavored affair. Does this story begin with a passionate desire for an exotic flower and its costly, delectable fruit? Does it start in a corrosive desire for revenge? Or is the professorâ€™s death the result of a bizarre black-market orchid-smuggling scheme gone awry?

Once again, prize-winning author, herbalist, and amateur naturalist Susan Wittig Albert draws on history, legend, science, and the culinary arts to craft a botanical mystery that will entertain and enlighten mystery fans, gardeners, and nature lovers alike.

Special features: an authorâ€™s note on the history and uses of both natural and synthetic vanilla, and recipes and crafting instructions for â€œwonderful things to do with the ice cream orchid.â€

"Engrossing...China continues to appeal with her herbal information and savvy sleuthing."--Booklist

"Albert handles the dual voices smoothly as the combined talents of China [Bayles] and Sheila [Dawson] blend to reveal multiple crimes hidden beneath the peaceful faÃ§ade of Pecan Springs." â€”Publisher's Weekly
Country USA
Manufacturer Persevero Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-06-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Persevero Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-06-04
Format	Kindle eBook

A Plain Vanilla Murder (China Bayles mystery Book 27)

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