Mistletoe Man - Hardcover

Albert, Susan Wittig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425176738 ISBN 13: 9780425176733

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2000

Synopsis

Herbalist and amateur sleuth China Bayles is up to her ears in trouble as she tires to support a disturbed friend and reconcile the demands of a new business with affairs of the heart, all the while tracking a killer in small-town Texas.

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Review:

China proves herself intelligent, independent, persistent, and compassionate This is a funny, human story that will give Albert s admirers a ringing jingle bell romp. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Colorful With her use of herbal lore in every chapter, the author is a brilliant teacher as well as an entertaining detective writer. The Dallas Morning News

Ms. Albert artfully uses Texas language patterns to bring the down-home town of Pecan Springs alive with eccentrics in abundance in this colorful Christmas story. The Dallas Morning News

Breezy The characters are an appealing bunch Albert also provides lots of interesting lore about mistletoe This is a nice book to curl up with on a blustery day, perhaps with a cup of Christmas tea. Chicago Tribune

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"China proves herself intelligent, independent, persistent, and compassionate...This is a funny, human story that will give Albert's admirers a ringing jingle bell romp."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Colorful... With her use of herbal lore in every chapter, the author is a brilliant teacher as well as an entertaining detective writer."--The Dallas Morning News

"Ms. Albert artfully uses Texas language patterns to bring the down-home town of Pecan Springs alive with eccentrics in abundance in this colorful Christmas story."--The Dallas Morning News

"Breezy...The characters are an appealing bunch...Albert also provides lots of interesting lore about mistletoe...This is a nice book to curl up with on a blustery day, perhaps with a cup of Christmas tea."--Chicago Tribune

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0425176738
• ISBN 13: 9780425176733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296