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Zusatztext Praise for Susan Wittig Albert’s New York Times bestselling China Bayles Mysteries “[Albert] consistently turns out some of the best-plotted mysteries on the market.”— Houston Chronicle “Engrossing...China continues to appeal with her herbal information and savvy sleuthing.”— Booklist (starred review) “[China Bayles is] such a joy…An instant friend.”—Carolyn Hart! New York Times bestselling author “One of the best-written and [most] well-plotted mysteries I’ve read in a long time.”— Los Angeles Times “Albert’s dialogue and characterizations put her in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum.”— Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Susan Wittig Albert Klappentext In this thrilling mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles finds herself on the trail of a nearly fifteen-year-old cold case… When China and Ruby's friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later, China begins to suspect that her friend's death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the almost fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named Christine Morris and the acquittal of the man accused of the crime. Is it possible that the same person who killed Christine Morris targeted Karen? Delving into the cold case, China learns the motive for the first murder may be related to a valuable collection of Mexican art. Enlisting the help of her San Antonio lawyer friend Justine Wyzinski-aka the Whiz-China is determined to track down the murderer. But is she painting herself into a corner from which there's no escape? Zusammenfassung In this thrilling mystery in the New York Times bestselling series! herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles finds herself on the trail of a nearly fifteen-year-old cold case… When China and Ruby’s friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later! China begins to suspect that her friend’s death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the almost fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named Christine Morris and the acquittal of the man accused of the crime. Is it possible that the same person who killed Christine Morris targeted Karen? Delving into the cold case! China learns the motive for the first murder may be related to a valuable collection of Mexican art. Enlisting the help of her San Antonio lawyer friend Justine Wyzinski—aka the Whiz—China is determined to track down the murderer. But is she painting herself into a corner from which there’s no escape? ...
