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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
"For the Confederate Day celebration, the Darling Dahlias are ready to plant Confederate roses along the fence of the town cemetery. Miss Dorothy Rogers, club member and town librarian, would be quick to point out the plant is in fact a hibiscus. The Confederate rose is not the only thing that is not what it first appears to be in this small Southern town. Earle Scroggins, the county treasurer, has got the sheriff thinking that Scroggins' employee...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"'I am not a consulting detective,' Gemma Doyle reluctantly tells 10-year-old Lauren Tierney, when the little girl comes to the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium to beg Gemma to find her missing cat, Snowball. Gemma might not be able to follow the clues to find the cat, but her dog Violet follows her nose to locate the missing kitten in a neighbor's garden shed. Gemma and Violet proudly return Snowball to her grateful owner, and Gemma basks in...
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When the Texas Star herself--aviatrix Miss Lily Dare, the fastest woman in the world--is threatened and her plane sabotaged, the Darling Dahlias must weed through the rumors to find the truth to take down a saboteur who may be propelled by revenge.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias--the garden club in little Darling, Alabama--are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn't easy, though, since there's a firebug on the loose in Darling. He--or she!--strikes without apparent rhyme or reason, and things have gotten to the point where nobody feels safe. What's more, a dangerous hurricane is poised to hurl itself in Darling's direction, while...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"It's Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of Christmas puzzles. Mildred Kilgore and Earlynne Biddle are planning to open a bakery on the square--if they can come up with the right recipes. Charlie Dickens faces two of the biggest puzzles of his career as an investigative reporter, and one of them involves his wife. Cute little Cupcake's talent as a singer and dancer makes her a tempting target for an...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Spring, 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR. But there are problems brewing at the newspaper, where a trio of new hires causes headaches for editor Charlie Dickens. That's not the worst of it, though, as the Dahlias discover when the newest resident at Bessie Bloodworth's Magnolia Manor is found dead. She had overindulged in a large and very rich chocolate cake--but was something else baked...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
It looks like the music has ended for Darling's favorite barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers - just days before the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition. Another unlucky break: a serious foul-up in Darling's telephone system - and not a penny for repairs. And while liquor is legal again, moonshine isn't. Sheriff Buddy Norris needs a little luck when he goes into Briar Swamp to confront Cypress County's most notorious bootlegger. What he finds...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Dahlias become suspicious of the newest visitors to Depression-era Darling, Alabama, rumored to be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked, and dig for the truth when one of the pair denies the association.
Author
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kaylee Bleu and the Petal Pushers garden club need permission from a landowner to take a field trip on his property. The landowner's neighbor suddenly turns up missing and Kaylee runs across an old friend, Phil Haynes. In trying to find out what happened to the neighbor, Kaylee admits she had a crush on Phil years ago. Will it be Phil or the handsome handyman, Reese Holt, who wins Kaylee's heart?
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Little Miss Begonia Pageant for little girls has decided to hold their event in a Roanoke, Virginia, park. Camellia Harris is called in to help deal with the botanical details, the cute contestants, and their catty mothers. Soon the drama onstage is nothing compared to the judges row. There's jealousy, betrayal, and a love triangle -- which turns deadly when local newsman Telly Stevens is found dead, poisoned by some sort of plant.
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, A part of gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
441 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Camellia Harris is planning a gala for a local candidate -- a murder mystery-themed silent auction. Coordinating a beautiful display of fall flowers and planning the perfect fake crime is hard enough, but with a guest list that is a "who's who" of the Roanoke, Virginia, elite, Cam has her hands full. Then financial tycoon Derrick Windermere's body is found next to a shattered pot of chrysanthemums, and the night of fun and games turns deadly serious....