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Susan Wittig Albert

Susan Wittig Albert is the American mystery writer behind the China Bayles herbal-mystery series (more than thirty entries, set in Pecan Springs, Texas) and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, a series of cozy historical mysteries imagining Potter as detective.

Reviews

8

Books on file

9

Avg rating

4.0

Years active

2005-2012

Reviewed

Our reviews of Susan Wittig Albert's work

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What we have said about Susan Wittig Albert

  • Cat's Claw by Susan Wittig Albert review. The 20th China Bayles mystery. A Pecan Springs cybercrime case, McQuaid as PI, and Albert's late-series form at its most confident.

  • A mid-series China Bayles mystery. Herb mysteries are a niche and Susan Wittig Albert is the queen of it.

  • The 14th China Bayles. A house fire, a missing manuscript, and a community college English department at its most cozy and its most poisonous.

  • The 15th China Bayles. China's sister returns to Pecan Springs and the family history thread Susan Wittig Albert has been quietly setting up for years pays off.

  • The 16th China Bayles. China's family history collides with a cold-case murder in Pecan Springs. Sue Wittig Albert in her late prime.

  • The 17th China Bayles. Susan Wittig Albert taking her herbalist sleuth into the Kentucky Shaker community at Pleasant Hill. Quietly fascinating.

  • The 18th China Bayles. Holiday-themed and unusually serious. McQuaid's ex-wife is back in town and the investigation hits closer to home than the series usually allows.

  • The 19th China Bayles. A car fire on a country road, a body that should not be there, and Susan Wittig Albert at her most quietly devastating.

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