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Summary: China Bayles - amateur slueth
Review: As much as I enjoy this series, I feel like something is lacking, I just can't figure out what it is. I like the closeness of the characters, but have a hard time looking at them realistically. China is off on another investigation, this time trying to free her friend and animal rights activist, Dr. Riddle, from a murder charge. China owns an herb shop, but can always seem to find someone to 'mind the store' anytime of day whenever she needs to go nosing around on a case. This is the third in the series, and I'm not seeing any character development at all. The storylines are fun and good for a quick read, and I'm hoping the author will bring China out of her shell a little bit in future books and make her more enthusiastic toward her relationship with McQuaid.
Rating:
Summary: China Bayles - amateur slueth
Review: As much as I enjoy this series, I feel like something is lacking, I just can't figure out what it is. I like the closeness of the characters, but have a hard time looking at them realistically. China is off on another investigation, this time trying to free her friend and animal rights activist, Dr. Riddle, from a murder charge. China owns an herb shop, but can always seem to find someone to 'mind the store' anytime of day whenever she needs to go nosing around on a case. This is the third in the series, and I'm not seeing any character development at all. The storylines are fun and good for a quick read, and I'm hoping the author will bring China out of her shell a little bit in future books and make her more enthusiastic toward her relationship with McQuaid.
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Summary: Texas Hill Country mystery
Review: China Bayles becomes disillusioned with her career as an attorney so she moves to the small town of Pecan Springs in the Texas Hill Country and opens an herb shop. In this third book of the series, China's good friend, Dottie Riddle, a biology professor at the university in Pecan Springs, is being accused of murdering one of the other faculty members, Miles Harwick. Harwick's animal experiments have galvanized opposition from animal rights groups, but Dottie has personal as well as professional problems with Harwick. A piece of physical evidence is all it takes for Dottie to be arrested. As China does some investigating, she discovers that other people have a motive to murder Harwick as well. Just as she thinks that she has the mystery solved, yet another possible suspect appears on the scene. The setting of the Texas Hill Country is a great place for a mystery and the characters surrounding China, especially her boyfriend Mike McQuaid just add to the fun.
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Summary: Texas Hill Country mystery
Review: China Bayles becomes disillusioned with her career as an attorney so she moves to the small town of Pecan Springs in the Texas Hill Country and opens an herb shop. In this third book of the series, China's good friend, Dottie Riddle, a biology professor at the university in Pecan Springs, is being accused of murdering one of the other faculty members, Miles Harwick. Harwick's animal experiments have galvanized opposition from animal rights groups, but Dottie has personal as well as professional problems with Harwick. A piece of physical evidence is all it takes for Dottie to be arrested. As China does some investigating, she discovers that other people have a motive to murder Harwick as well. Just as she thinks that she has the mystery solved, yet another possible suspect appears on the scene. The setting of the Texas Hill Country is a great place for a mystery and the characters surrounding China, especially her boyfriend Mike McQuaid just add to the fun.
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Summary: So So China Bayles mystery
Review: China is considering moving in with McQuaid, stressful enough, and then her friend, known as the cat lady is accused of the murder of a fellow professor. The professor has alot of skeletons in his closet, everything from abusing animals to children, but who killed him?This is a pretty good mystery, but others of the series are much better.
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Summary: So So China Bayles mystery
Review: China is considering moving in with McQuaid, stressful enough, and then her friend, known as the cat lady is accused of the murder of a fellow professor. The professor has alot of skeletons in his closet, everything from abusing animals to children, but who killed him? This is a pretty good mystery, but others of the series are much better.
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Summary: ready to give up on series
Review: I really like this series, and this, the third book in the series is just as good as the others. In this book China takes on a challenging case to try to absolve her friend of a murder that was staged to look like she had done it. China relies on her lawyer friend and her very eccentric friend Ruby to help her friend, the town eccentric called the "cat lady". We also see China take the big step of a committment with her boyfriend. There's enough murder and mayhem as well as gardening information to satisfy anyone who is of that bent.
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Summary: Continue on with China
Review: I really like this series, and this, the third book in the series is just as good as the others. In this book China takes on a challenging case to try to absolve her friend of a murder that was staged to look like she had done it. China relies on her lawyer friend and her very eccentric friend Ruby to help her friend, the town eccentric called the "cat lady". We also see China take the big step of a committment with her boyfriend. There's enough murder and mayhem as well as gardening information to satisfy anyone who is of that bent.
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Summary: Can Someone Give Me Directions to Pecan Springs, Texas?
Review: I was talking to a friend the other day who's read this series and we both agreed that we'd love to live in Pecan Springs, Texas and be one of China's quirky friends! The true test of a good mystery is that it keeps you guessing right up to the end, and this one more than fills the bill. The characters are as real as they come and some of the most interesting 'people' I know! LOL! Reading a new China Bayles mystery is like arriving at a party and discovering that all your favorite people are there. In this tale, China is appalled when she hears that her friend, Dottie (The Cat Lady), has been accused of murdering the mean old Professor Harwick (who's been known to threaten her cats) and sets out to find the real killer. Lots of intriguing twists and turns in this interesting, well-crafterd plot. Thanks, Ms. Albert, for creating such an entertaining, likeable character in China Bayles!
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Summary: Can Someone Give Me Directions to Pecan Springs, Texas?
Review: I was talking to a friend the other day who's read this series and we both agreed that we'd love to live in Pecan Springs, Texas and be one of China's quirky friends! The true test of a good mystery is that it keeps you guessing right up to the end, and this one more than fills the bill. The characters are as real as they come and some of the most interesting 'people' I know! LOL! Reading a new China Bayles mystery is like arriving at a party and discovering that all your favorite people are there. In this tale, China is appalled when she hears that her friend, Dottie (The Cat Lady), has been accused of murdering the mean old Professor Harwick (who's been known to threaten her cats) and sets out to find the real killer. Lots of intriguing twists and turns in this interesting, well-crafterd plot. Thanks, Ms. Albert, for creating such an entertaining, likeable character in China Bayles!
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