The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star

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Title:

The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star

Author:

Albert, Susan Wittig, author.

Series:

Darling Dahlias mysteries ;

Series Number:

Summary:

When the Texas Star herself--aviatrix Miss Lily Dare, the fastest woman in the world--is threatened and her plane sabotaged, the Darling Dahlias investigate in order to take down a saboteur who may be motivated by revenge.

General Note:

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery"--Spine.

"Includes South-style Depression-era recipes!"--Page 4 of cover.

Edition:

Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.

Physical Description:

xvi, 304 pages ; 18 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Subject Term:

Women gardeners -- Fiction.

Gardening -- Societies, etc. -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Alabama -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Berkley Prime Crime,

Publication Date:

2014

2013

ISBN:

9780425260593

Publication Information:

2014

New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2014.

Call Number:

ALBERT

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert returns to the small town of Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s-where the ladies of the Darling Dahlias garden club are anything but shrinking violets when it comes to rooting out criminals...

The Texas Star herself-Miss Lily Dare, the "fastest woman in the world"-is bringing her Dare Devils Flying Circus to Darling. Unfortunately, she's also bringing a whole lot of trouble. As the Dahlias prepare for the annual Watermelon Festival-where they will present the famous female aviatrix with her own Texas Star hibiscus-rumors are flying.

Dahlias president Liz Lacy learns that Miss Dare has been threatened and her plane sabotaged. Apparently the bold and beautiful barnstormer has made plenty of enemies. And is it possible she may be involved with the husband of one of Darling's local ladies?

As the Texas Star barnstorms into town, Liz and Verna Tidwell offer to help bring down a saboteur who may be propelled by revenge. Before it's all over, there will be plenty of black eyes and dark secrets revealed...

INCLUDES SOUTHERN-STYLE DEPRESSION-ERA RECIPES!

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)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Aviation provides the theme for Albert's charming fourth Depression-era mystery set in Darling, Ala. (after 2012's The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose). As the members of the Darling Dahlias garden club prepare to host the annual Watermelon Festival, they are excited that they have persuaded barnstormer Lily Dare (aka the Texas Star), who has been compared to Amelia Earhart, to perform with her flying group, the Dare Devils, at the festival. Mildred and Roger Kilgore, Darling's leading citizens, are hosting a black-tie gala, at which the Dahlias plan to present Lily with a Texas Star hibiscus. Alas, as the festival opening day draws near, reports of sabotage to Lily's plane and her possible involvement with a local lady's husband spell trouble for the air show. Lizzy Lacy, the Dahlias' president, soon finds herself and her committee dealing with more than just event planning in this winning cozy. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.