{"product_id":"widows-tears-paperback","title":"Widow's Tears - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Wittig Albert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is \"in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eWidow's Tears\u003c\/i\u003e, a haunted house may hold the key to solving the murder of one of China's friends... \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter losing her family and home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her house a hundred miles inland and later died there, still wrapped in her grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn present-day Texas, Claire, the grandniece of Rachel's caretaker, has inherited the house and wants to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast. But she is concerned that it's haunted, so she calls in her friend Ruby--who has the gift of extrasensory perception--to check it out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Ruby is ghost hunting, China Bayles walks into a storm of trouble in nearby Pecan Springs. A half hour before she is to make her nightly deposit, the Pecan Springs bank is robbed and a teller is shot and killed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore she can discover the identity of the killers, China follows Ruby to the Blackwood house to discuss urgent business. As she is drawn into the mystery of the haunted house, China opens the door on some very real danger...\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 0.84 x 6.8 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687248171071,"sku":"9780425254646","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ac444af83b7f6ebe6e84612db9fc03e3.webp?v=1764977983","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/widows-tears-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}