I bought this at a second hand bookshop in Antwerp that was closing down a couple of years ago. Sounds like a nice cozy mystery.

Description back of cover:
Nominated for both an Agatha and an Anthony Award, Susan Wittig Albert's novels featuring ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles have won acclaim for their rich characterization and witty, suspenseful stories of crime and passion in small-town Texas. Now, in her most intriguing case yet, China discovers that business can be murder when her accountant, Rosemary Robbins, is killed. With an abusive ex-husband and plenty of former clients in the picture, there's no shortage of suspects. And China must trace a crooked trail of passion and greed to discover who would profit most from murder...


Edit October 1st 2013: A nice light and relaxing read. It's the fourth book, I think, in the China Bayles series. I haven't read any of them before, but that doesn't matter, as her history and the relationships between the characters are explained/described well. I also like the information on herbs. The mystery was rather easy I think, and I already guessed who the murderer was early on.

Mailed today to my birthday buddy Carelaisa (together with Across the Nightingale Floor). Happy birthday! Hope you like your presents ;) (and that the parcel arrives in time :p)

thanks for this book, along with the other and the teas and stamps!

It got here the day before my birthday but I only got around today to registered it. Thanks for everything :)

Another cozy mystery, set in a small American southern town, who’s the main character used to have another job, here being once a lawyer. It looked fun when I started reading it but it soon felt more average and less funny. There’s the overprotective boyfriend, the weird friend who believes in everything. It also had a slow pace even if there’s a murder right from the start. Some of the characters were a bit over stereotyped. Even the ending was somehow a bit predictable. Don’t get me wrong, I like cozy mysteries but even in this subgenre, some are better than others, and this one falls into the average category. Not sure if I’ll read more books from this series.

Sent as part of a birthday's gift - hope it will be liked!

Thank you carelaisa for helping to make my birthday extra special. I enjoyed another book from this series and am looking forward to this one!

I had this mystery figured out almost from the beginning, but I kept reading just to see if I was right. I still like the author but will stick to her other series in the future. Thanks again to carelaisa for sending this to me!

The Little Free Library is inside the bird observation hut at Jeffers Bend Environmental Center. Just take the lake trail then make a right at the Y. You'll find the hut above the lake. Take a book, leave a book, or read one then return it. You can follow its journey here to find out what other readers think about it.

I swapped this out of the LFL to make room for some new books. It will go back into the wild soon.

A new Little Free Library will be installed in Little River Park in the next few weeks. I'm happy to be the steward. This will be one of the first books to go in.

This book was placed in one of the newest Little Free Libraries in town. I hope it finds a new reader soon. The LFL is near the fountain.