2 A to Z authors
May. 22nd, 2009 08:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eviltammyWormwood by Susan Wittig Albert - Newest China Bayles. China heads to a Kentucky Shaker village for some rest, relaxation, and herbal classes. But she's soon drawn into a case of escalating vandalism, possible embezzlement, and murder - in a mystery that has its roots back in the Shaker village and the not-so-quiet passions there-in. Nice background setting, but all the back story was very different than the usual China Bayles mysteries - could have done with less then and more now. And was weird not having all the usual side characters. Still interesting, but less so than the others in the series.
Danger in a Red Dress by Christina Dodd - Dodd winds up two series here - Lost Texas Hearts with the Prescotts and the Fortune Hunters with the Manly brothers - Gabriel, adopted by the Prescotts, finds his biological brother (the legitimate one) is Carrick Manly, whose father was accused of making off with millions stolen from stockholders and employees and disappeared. Now Carrick's mother is being pressured by the government to divulge what she knows. Carrick hires a nurse to look after his mother - and to spy on her. But Hannah Grey has no intention of doing that. But she and the older woman become close and Mrs. Manly confides in her shortly before she dies - a death that Hannah is accused of causing. Now Gabriel is intent on finding her, finding the money, and helping his half-brother - if only he wasn't starting to believe in her innocence. Fun fluff.
Danger in a Red Dress by Christina Dodd - Dodd winds up two series here - Lost Texas Hearts with the Prescotts and the Fortune Hunters with the Manly brothers - Gabriel, adopted by the Prescotts, finds his biological brother (the legitimate one) is Carrick Manly, whose father was accused of making off with millions stolen from stockholders and employees and disappeared. Now Carrick's mother is being pressured by the government to divulge what she knows. Carrick hires a nurse to look after his mother - and to spy on her. But Hannah Grey has no intention of doing that. But she and the older woman become close and Mrs. Manly confides in her shortly before she dies - a death that Hannah is accused of causing. Now Gabriel is intent on finding her, finding the money, and helping his half-brother - if only he wasn't starting to believe in her innocence. Fun fluff.
