The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose (Darling Dahlias Mysteries) - Hardcover

Albert, Susan Wittig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425247767 ISBN 13: 9780425247761

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2012

Synopsis

National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s--and the Darling Dahlias, the ladies of a garden club who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty solving mysteries...

Just in time for the Confederate Day celebration, the Darling Dahlias are ready to plant Confederate roses along the fence of the town cemetery. Of course, Miss Dorothy Rogers, club member and town librarian, would be quick to point out the plant is in fact a hibiscus.

The Confederate rose is not the only thing that is not what it first appears to be in this small Southern town. Earle Scroggins, the county treasurer, has got the sheriff thinking that Scroggins' employee Verna Tidwell (also the Darling Dahlias' trusted treasurer) is behind a missing $15,000. But Darling Dahlias president Liz Lacy is determined to prove Verna is not a thief.

Meanwhile Miss Rogers has discovered her own mystery--what appears to be a secret code embroidered under the cover of a pillow, the only possession she has from her grandmother. She enlists the help of a local newspaperman, who begins to suspect the family heirloom may have larger significance.

With missing money, secret codes, and the very strange behavior of one resident, Darling, Alabama, on the eve of Confederate Day, is anything but a sleepy little town...

Includes Southern-Style Depression-Era Recipes

About this title

Product Description:

The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose Albert once again returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s. As the town readies itself for the annual Confederate Day festivities, the ladies of the Darling Dahlias gardening club have their hands full with three mysteries. Full description

Review:

Praise for the Darling Dahlias novels:

"[Albert] hits all the right notes...The plot's believable, the Southern color brims with authenticity, and the characters are charmingly and realistically drawn...Here's hoping the ladies have many more opportunities to dig into crime."

--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"As always in any Susan Wittig Albert's series including this one, the reader feels transplanted in time and place as the meticulous interwoven tidbits bring to life late 1930."

--The Mystery Gazette

"This sweet book captures the true tone of a small town."

--Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0425247767
• ISBN 13: 9780425247761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286