The Darling Dahlias and the naked ladies

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The Darling Dahlias and the naked ladies

Title:

The Darling Dahlias and the naked ladies

Author:

Albert, Susan Wittig, author.

Series:

Darling Dahlias mysteries ;

Series Number:

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 p. ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Gardening -- Societies, etc. -- Fiction.

Women gardeners -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Alabama -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Berkley Prime Crime,

Publication Date:

2011

ISBN:

9780425241288

Publication Information:

New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2011.

Call Number:

ALBERT

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A brand-new mystery in the "exceptional" ( Booklist ) series by the national bestselling author.

Rumors are sprouting in Depression-era Darling, Alabama. The town's newest visitors, Nona Jean Jamison and Miss Lake, may be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked.

The Dahlias suspect more than modesty when Nona denies her association. They'll have to dig through clues to get to the root of the mystery...

Author Notes

Susan Wittig Albert was born in Illinois in 1940. In 1985, she changed careers from working as the vice president and an English professor at Texas State University to becoming a full-time writer.

During the mid- to late-1980s, Albert was a ghostwriter for the Nancy Drew mystery series. She wrote the acclaimed "Work of Her Own: How Women Create Success and Fulfillment off the Traditional Career Track" in 1992. Under the pseudonym of Robin Paige, Albert and her husband, Bill Albert, co-authored a twelve-volume mystery series set in late Victorian/Edwardian England.

Albert writes the bestselling China Bayles mystery series, which features as its main character a Texas herbalist who had been a criminal attorney in Houston. Albert also writes the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter historical fantasy series, which is set in England during the early twentieth century.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Two new people come to stay with elderly recluse Julia Hamer at the outset of Albert's delightful second mystery set in Depression-era Darling, Ala. (after 2010's The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree). Elizabeth Lacy and the other members of the garden club known as the Darling Dahlias are interested to learn that the visitors are Miss Hamer's niece, Nona Jean Jamison, and Nona's friend, Lily Lake, both former members of the Ziegfeld Frolics who danced nearly nude in their vaudeville days. When Nona (aka Lorelei LaMotte) denies her past and has her hair dyed brown at the local beauty parlor, residents become suspicious. And why does Lily always wear a veil? Meanwhile, a mysterious man from Chicago is going around town asking about Nona. While the plot evolves slowly, colorful characters and evocative period details will keep cozy fans absorbed. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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