The Darling Dahlias and the silver dollar bush

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Title:

The Darling Dahlias and the silver dollar bush

Author:

Albert, Susan Wittig, author.

Series:

Darling Dahlias mysteries ;

Series Number:

Summary:

When the first batch of Darling Dollars, a temporary currency approved by the town leaders to help the struggling town of Darling survive, disappears, the Darling Dahlias investigate.

General Note:

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery"--Spine.

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

Edition:

Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.

Physical Description:

xviii, 285 pages ; 18 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Subject Term:

Women gardeners -- Fiction.

Money -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Alabama -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Berkley Prime Crime,

Publication Date:

2015

2014

ISBN:

9780425260616

Publication Information:

New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2015.

Call Number:

ALBERT

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The New York Times bestselling author of the China Bayles Mysteries takes readers back to Darling, Alabama, in the spring of 1933-where the women of the Darling Dahlias' garden club are betting their bottom dollar there's going to be trouble...

When the local bank suddenly closes, the small town of Darling is caught short on cash. To avoid disaster, town leaders hatch a plan to print Darling Dollars. The "funny money" can serve as temporary currency so the town can function. But when the first printing of the scrip disappears, the Darling Dahlias set out to discover who made an unauthorized withdrawal.

Meanwhile, County Treasurer Verna Tidwell questions whether she can trust the bank's new vice president, Alvin Duffy-or the feelings he stirs up inside her. And Liz Lacy learns her longtime beau may be forced into a shotgun wedding. Seems other troubles don't just go away when there's a crisis. There'll be no pennies from heaven, but if anyone can balance things out, folks can bank on the Darling Dahlias...

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 (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Set in 1933, Albert's quietly paced fifth Darling Dahlias cozy (after 2013's The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star) works better as a portrait of a Depression-era Southern town than as a mystery. When the town's only bank temporarily closes, a few of the leading citizens of Darling, Ala., devise a plan to print scrip that will keep the local economy going. Some of the ladies of the Darling Dahlias garden club are appalled, but Verna Tidwell sees merit in the scheme and in the new bank vice-president, Alvin Duffy. Meanwhile, Liz Lacy and Fannie Champaign are distracted by romantic problems. Moonshine and a single-minded revenue agent add to Darling's woes, and a shooting and the disappearance of a satchel of scrip raise alarms. Solving these crimes falls to others, but the Dahlias might have a way to save the town. The authentic historic setting makes up for the lack of tension. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

The Great Depression is hitting the small town of Darling, AL. Desperate to avoid financial disaster, several upstanding citizens print their own money to help float the community. But when the scrip disappears, they are left wondering: Who made the unauthorized withdrawal? In the fifth series entry (after The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star), the ladies' garden club investigates. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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