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Loading... Hangman's Root (China Bayles Mystery) (original 1994; edition 1995)by Susan Wittig Albert
Work InformationHangman's Root by Susan Wittig Albert (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Well, 2 and a half. Perfunctory mystery. But I love the hill country setting and protagonist's herb shop retreat. Competent prose, some humor, kept wishing for more. Unsurprisingly it made me hungry for texmex. ( ) The story centers around Dottie Riddle...a serious animal lover... who is accused of murdering her co-worker and neighbor, Miles Hartwick. I say good for Dottie for even thinking of killing him!!! China Bayless is quick to come to her friends defense. The only "crime" Dottie...the "cat lady....was guilty of was to provide a home for the homeless cats who found their way to her backyard. Meanwhile a series of nasty neighborhood incidents centering on the stray cats caused a number of people to believe that the kind hearted Dottie could have caused his death. Not a lot really happens after that except a lot of speculation. Cozy mystery people probably will, or already, love this series. I thought after the hanging that the book was just begging to end. Synopsis: Murder of a nasty professor on a college campus brings China to the aid of a cat-loving biologist and of a PETA organizer. China and Mike are house hunting. And Ruby meets a relative she has hot seen in a very long time. Review: Having been a professor at a research institute, this book is 'more truth than poetry'. Secretaries and the most undervalued people at universities, some researchers are prima donnas and many administrators are pompous asses if not outright jerks. Really fun to read particularly while substituting specific names for the characters in the book. no reviews | add a review
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When a prominent animal researcher is found hanged in the midst of angry protests against his experiments, suspicion falls on biology professor Dottie Riddle. Known as the Cat Lady of Pecan Springs, Dottie's sympathy for strays-and the victim's distaste for them-gives the police reason to think she may be capable of murder. But China Bayles doesn't think so. She hires a lawyer for Dottie and starts looking around for clues. But she soon discovers that digging up old evil is a dirty and dangerous business... No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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