Death Come Quickly (Chin Bayles Mystery: Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery) - Hardcover

Albert, Susan Wittig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410466981 ISBN 13: 9781410466983

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2014

Synopsis

"One of the most endearing and personable amateur sleuths" ("Midwest Book Review"), herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is back. In "Death Come Quickly," a friend's murder may be the key to solving a fifteen-year-old cold case...
When China's and Ruby's friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later, China begins to suspect that her friend's death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named Christine Morris and the acquittal of the man accused of the crime. Is it possible that the same person who killed Christine Morris targeted Karen?
Delving into the cold case, China learns the motive for the first murder may be related to a valuable collection of Mexican art. Enlisting the help of her San Antonio lawyer friend Justine Wyzinski--aka the Whiz--China is determined to track down the murderer. But is she painting herself into a corner from which there's no escape?

About this title

Review:

Praise for Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles Mysteries

"One of the best-written and [most] well-plotted mysteries I've read in a long time." --"Los Angeles Times"

"Such a joy...An instant friend."--Carolyn G. Hart, national bestselling author of "Dead, White, and Blue"

"Albert's dialogue and characterizations put her in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum."--"Publishers Weekly"

"[Albert] consistently turns out some of the best-plotted mysteries on the market." --"Houston Chronicle"

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: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1410466981
• ISBN 13: 9781410466983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 459