{"product_id":"dead-mans-bones-paperback","title":"Dead Man's Bones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Wittig Albert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Wittig Albert's exciting mysteries have been praised as \"unique\" (\u003cb\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/b\u003e) and \"fascinating\" (\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e). Now, a dead man's bones are uncovered--and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen China's teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig--remains that show a not-so-accidental death--it's a disturbing development. But China doesn't let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater donated by the elderly Obermann sisters. Unfortunately, the haughty, bullying Jane Obermann--and her frail, frightened younger sister--made the donation with a condition: that the first production be a play written by Jane about their aristocratic family history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe premiere party ends with a bang when a ne'er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave--a clue from the past that could help China solve a mystery in the present...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Wittig Albert\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Some of her recent titles include\u003ci\u003e Widow's Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Cat's Claw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Castle Cottage\u003c\/i\u003e. She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as \u003ci\u003eDeath at Glamis Castle \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDeath at Whitechapel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 6.76 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694590922815,"sku":"9780425204252","price":9.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f16c2c4ee621fda27603ac3c8593ce3f.webp?v=1765001604","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dead-mans-bones-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}