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China Bayles #13
Dead Man's Bones
Susan Wittig Albert’s exciting mysteries have been praised as “unique” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and “fascinating” (Booklist). Now, a dead man’s bones are uncovered—and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive… When China’s teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig—remains that show a not-so-accidental death—it’s a disturbing development. But China doesn’t let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater donated by the elderly Obermann sisters. Unfortunately, the haughty, bullying Jane Obermann—and her frail, frightened younger sister—made the donation with a condition: that the first production be a play written by Jane about their aristocratic family history.
The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne’er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave—a clue from the past that could help China solve a mystery in the present…
The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne’er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave—a clue from the past that could help China solve a mystery in the present…
291 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 4, 2005
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About the author
Susan Wittig Albert
120 books2,376 followersSusan is the author/co-author of biographical/historical fiction, mysteries, and nonfiction. Now in her 80s and continuing to write, she says that retirement is not (yet) an option. She publishes under her own imprint. Here are her latest books.
A PLAIN VANILLA MURDER, #27 in the long-running China Bayles/Pecan Springs series.
Two Pecan Springs novella trilogies: The Crystal Cave Trilogy (featuring Ruby Wilcox): noBODY, SomeBODY Else, and Out of BODY; and The Enterprise Trilogy (featuring Jessica Nelson): DEADLINES, FAULTLINES, and FIRELINES.
THE DARLING DAHLIAS AND THE POINSETTIA PUZZLE #8 in the Darling Dahlias series, set in the early 1930s in fictional Darling AL
THE GENERAL'S WOMEN. Kay, Mamie, and Ike--the wartime romance that won a war but could have derailed a presidency.
LOVING ELEANOR: A novel about the intimate 30-year friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, based on their letters
A WILDER ROSE: the true story of Rose Wilder Lane, who transformed her mother from a farm wife and occasional writer to a literary icon
THE TALE OF CASTLE COTTAGE, #8 in the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
DEATH ON THE LIZARD, the 12th and last (2006) of the Robin Paige series, by Susan and Bill Albert
TOGETHER, ALONE: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND PLACE
AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF ORDINARY DAYS
WORK OF HER OWN: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
WRITING FROM LIFE: TELLING YOUR SOUL'S STORY
A PLAIN VANILLA MURDER, #27 in the long-running China Bayles/Pecan Springs series.
Two Pecan Springs novella trilogies: The Crystal Cave Trilogy (featuring Ruby Wilcox): noBODY, SomeBODY Else, and Out of BODY; and The Enterprise Trilogy (featuring Jessica Nelson): DEADLINES, FAULTLINES, and FIRELINES.
THE DARLING DAHLIAS AND THE POINSETTIA PUZZLE #8 in the Darling Dahlias series, set in the early 1930s in fictional Darling AL
THE GENERAL'S WOMEN. Kay, Mamie, and Ike--the wartime romance that won a war but could have derailed a presidency.
LOVING ELEANOR: A novel about the intimate 30-year friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, based on their letters
A WILDER ROSE: the true story of Rose Wilder Lane, who transformed her mother from a farm wife and occasional writer to a literary icon
THE TALE OF CASTLE COTTAGE, #8 in the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
DEATH ON THE LIZARD, the 12th and last (2006) of the Robin Paige series, by Susan and Bill Albert
TOGETHER, ALONE: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND PLACE
AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF ORDINARY DAYS
WORK OF HER OWN: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
WRITING FROM LIFE: TELLING YOUR SOUL'S STORY
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October 16, 2019
China Bayles is an ex-lawyer that runs an herbal gift shop in Pecan Springs. Ruby Wilcox is her BFF and partner in an upscale tea room, as well as owner of adjoined new age shop. Together, they help the local authorities solve crimes. Sometimes, they are even asked to.
The skeletal remains of a man are found during an archeological dig, but of a more recent era than anticipated. With nothing to go on, its back burner status.
As I have come to notice, even given my limited TV/movie viewing history, there seems to be a lot of re-charactering in this series. First, Minerva from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is reincarnated in “Bloodroot,” then the scene with Brad Wesley reimagined as uncle Clancy erratically driving & sideswiping China from “Roadhouse” appears in “Indigo Dying.” In this mystery, we have a bit of “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane” nodding in as (ironically) Jane Oberman and her sister, Florence. The two spinsters of old family wealth and secrets. When the sterner of the two shoots dead an “intruder” it opens up a fleur de lis of murders and interloping side stories to keep you guessing (often wrong) as to just who did what to whom and why.
The townspeople we’ve come to know are mostly here, with a few additions, so it’s always a reunion, of sorts.
As with all her books, there is the addition of herbal lore, uses and recipes.
January 7, 2011
China Bayles is at home in Pecan Springs, working with Ruby in their herbal shops. A new playhouse has been erected, and is putting on its first performance, starring Ruby in a play written by the rich donor of the playhouse itself. Meanwhile, China's stepson, Brian, discovers a set of bones in a remote cave near town.
Alas, while the premise of the plot promised awesomeness, the delivery fell flat. Much of the story was given over to daily life details, such as Ruby's mysterious new boyfriend, who seems to have some sort of history with both the police chief and with China's husband McQuaid, but naturally one won't say and the other can't remember. There's also the introduction of Cass as a potential replacement for Janet, the aging help in the shops. A lot of business talk goes on: China and Ruby are expanding their horizons, offering catering now, to make up for slow business in the shops. Cass steps up and says she'd like to work with them. They talk about it. They think about it. They talk some more. Sure, it's somewhat relevant to the protagonist's life, but in that much detail? It just watered down the mystery.
As far as that mystery went, what I saw seemed too transparent to be the actual truth, so I kept looking for other explanations. Alas, there were none: the killer was who I thought, and the bones belonged to who I thought. It seems, from reading just two of Ms. Albert's books, that the villains don't come anywhere near the level of complexity as the protagonist, making the books less interesting to read and the resolution almost boring. Ruby's new lover's past was never explained, so it feels he's a setup for the next book, yet he appeared in this book throughout, diluting this case as well.
Alas, while the premise of the plot promised awesomeness, the delivery fell flat. Much of the story was given over to daily life details, such as Ruby's mysterious new boyfriend, who seems to have some sort of history with both the police chief and with China's husband McQuaid, but naturally one won't say and the other can't remember. There's also the introduction of Cass as a potential replacement for Janet, the aging help in the shops. A lot of business talk goes on: China and Ruby are expanding their horizons, offering catering now, to make up for slow business in the shops. Cass steps up and says she'd like to work with them. They talk about it. They think about it. They talk some more. Sure, it's somewhat relevant to the protagonist's life, but in that much detail? It just watered down the mystery.
As far as that mystery went, what I saw seemed too transparent to be the actual truth, so I kept looking for other explanations. Alas, there were none: the killer was who I thought, and the bones belonged to who I thought. It seems, from reading just two of Ms. Albert's books, that the villains don't come anywhere near the level of complexity as the protagonist, making the books less interesting to read and the resolution almost boring. Ruby's new lover's past was never explained, so it feels he's a setup for the next book, yet he appeared in this book throughout, diluting this case as well.
May 25, 2018
I listened to this audiobook on 2x speed - it was a little slow, but cozy mysteries usually are. I do have a bone to pick (pun intended) with a couple of things:
1) Does HIPAA not exist in this universe? The charge nurse at the hospital has no qualms about telling the protagonist, China Bayles, about the medical conditions of one of the patients.
2) Unlike other cozy mysteries, where the local law enforcement usually has to ask the protagonist to stop playing Nancy Drew, the sheriff in this book is actually encouraging China or at least not discouraging her. Granted, the case in question is a cold case, but nonetheless.
3) The author includes comments like "if you're ever in Pecan Springs, be sure to stop by [insert name of store here]". I'm assuming Pecan Springs is a fictional town and those sentences just seem so trite. And the author likes to telegraph what's to come later. Like "'... there's no one left for [person] to kill.' I was wrong about that." or stuff like "if I had known what would happen on Saturday, I would have spent the time to talk to her tonight." These are not cliffhangers - they are essentially spoilers and completely pointless.
This is the first China Bayles book that I listened as an audiobook. This types of things wouldn't have bothered me much in a print book, mostly because you can just skim right over them, but they are really noticeable in an audiobook. Even at double-speed.
1) Does HIPAA not exist in this universe? The charge nurse at the hospital has no qualms about telling the protagonist, China Bayles, about the medical conditions of one of the patients.
2) Unlike other cozy mysteries, where the local law enforcement usually has to ask the protagonist to stop playing Nancy Drew, the sheriff in this book is actually encouraging China or at least not discouraging her. Granted, the case in question is a cold case, but nonetheless.
3) The author includes comments like "if you're ever in Pecan Springs, be sure to stop by [insert name of store here]". I'm assuming Pecan Springs is a fictional town and those sentences just seem so trite. And the author likes to telegraph what's to come later. Like "'... there's no one left for [person] to kill.' I was wrong about that." or stuff like "if I had known what would happen on Saturday, I would have spent the time to talk to her tonight." These are not cliffhangers - they are essentially spoilers and completely pointless.
This is the first China Bayles book that I listened as an audiobook. This types of things wouldn't have bothered me much in a print book, mostly because you can just skim right over them, but they are really noticeable in an audiobook. Even at double-speed.
March 21, 2011
Post Listen Review: Man what a bad book this was. This is the only mystery I can think of where I was hoping the amatuer detective would get shot before the mystery was solved so I didn't have to hear the ending. This book had the most bland and boring main character ever. She is happily married and seems to run an herb shop in her spare time but occasionally solves mysteries. The mystery itself wasn't very mysterious and I didn't really care who did it anyway. There never seemed to be a sense of fear or danger on the part of the main character. Rather than running away from bad guys or getting deep into the knitty gritty of forensic science or something the main character, China, says things like, "Growing lavendar in the the heat of a Texas summer can be dicey." She also continually says she is no Martha Stewart and then talks about making pasta with home grown pesto herbs. The writing grated on me at times too. Like when the author says the following-- She said "no," in a contradictory way. Just in case you didn't know that answering no is contradictory to begin with. I see that this is number 13 in a series and I am desperately hoping that the library does not have books 1-12.
Pre-Listen Guess: I am all for a good mystery and this seems like what this should be. I hope I will like it.
Pre-Listen Guess: I am all for a good mystery and this seems like what this should be. I hope I will like it.
February 16, 2020
Not quite a 4-star read, but still worth stepping back into the middle of this long series. Hadn't read it in years. This was a good change from other reading I've been doing, a nice cozy murder mystery, and for a change, I got all sorts of "ding-ding-ding" moments - Aha! A clue! A motive!
Some of the cast of dozens, and all the circumstantial details, were just a bit much, but still, this is a long way from being a bad book, as cozy mysteries go. I do wish that Sheriff Sheila was more often "Sheila" than "Smart Cookie." The cuteness of that is really limited.
And of course there are all the interesting herbal lore notes, and the recipes. I remember learning a lot about herbs and especially chiles, back in the 90s, starting from Ms Albert's books.
Some of the cast of dozens, and all the circumstantial details, were just a bit much, but still, this is a long way from being a bad book, as cozy mysteries go. I do wish that Sheriff Sheila was more often "Sheila" than "Smart Cookie." The cuteness of that is really limited.
And of course there are all the interesting herbal lore notes, and the recipes. I remember learning a lot about herbs and especially chiles, back in the 90s, starting from Ms Albert's books.
January 18, 2022
Make no bones about it, China once again is involved with murder, mystery and mayhem. The mayhem being a new theater in which Ruby has a star role, romances new, old, changing…..and of course all the little herbal tidbits and yummy recipes!
June 10, 2021
Più volte mi sono imbattuta in questa serie, che mi attirava molto, ma ero scoraggiata dal gran numero di libri che la compongono, poi ho voluto provarla. Ho scelto questo libro, che si colloca praticamente a metà serie, perché mi permetteva di adempiere ad alcune tasks particolarmente difficili in alcune delle tante challenge che faccio (dovrei darci un taglio...). Non me ne sono pentita! Il libro mi ha preso fin dalle prime righe, non ho avuto difficoltà a seguire i vari personaggi, nonostante, come detto, il libro si collochi a metà serie, e la storia mi è piaciuta, sebbene avessi capito ben presto quale fosse la soluzione. Morale della favola: mi procurerò gli altri libri con la speranza di leggerli, prima o poi, tutti. Beh... quasi tutti, perché i primi tre sono molto vecchi e non c'è il formato kindle, quindi la vedo dura che riesca a leggerli.
September 28, 2022
Well China and Ruby kept me entertained while Hurricane Ian threatened Sarasota, but it wasn’t one of the best in the series. The whole plot and inevitable conclusion were spelled out right off the bat. The whodunnit was so obvious from square one that I was expecting a big twist. Not!
Just two comments - The author has finally learned how to spell MiLLhone and, after 13 books, has given us the correct pronunciation of Bayles. It’s not Bay-less but Bayles, it rhymes with nails!!
Just two comments - The author has finally learned how to spell MiLLhone and, after 13 books, has given us the correct pronunciation of Bayles. It’s not Bay-less but Bayles, it rhymes with nails!!
March 22, 2008
I really love this cozy mystery series. One of the reasons it is a standout for me amongst all the cozies I have read is that the protagonist, China Bayles, is described as "short and stocky, with a preference for jeans, tees and anything wash-and-wear." How refreshing! I get a little tired of the tall, willowy heroines who never gain weight and are beautiful even without makeup! Additionally, Susan Albert is a skilled author who really knows how to hold the reader's interest right to the end of the story! My kind of book, and my kind of author!
April 20, 2022
It didn't take much to piece it all together.
Structurally this mystery is a lot like Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron (2020). Albert's mystery, though, is the more cynical of the two. It also plays on one of my least favorite tropes: the elderly spinster sisters who have their fingers in everything. At least here they are one time characters and won't be returning in later books.
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Structurally this mystery is a lot like Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron (2020). Albert's mystery, though, is the more cynical of the two. It also plays on one of my least favorite tropes: the elderly spinster sisters who have their fingers in everything. At least here they are one time characters and won't be returning in later books.
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January 15, 2015
This was good but not as exciting as earlier chapters of the saga have been. It promises to be good when Brian, China's stepson finds some mysterious bones in a cave and the bones tell their own story. But the narrative gets bogged down in the mundane and the whodunit part of the problem becomes evident without much thinking. I liked the characters, even Big Red Mama, the catering truck that Thyme and Seasons uses, but I felt that the story left me up in the air about several plot twists.
February 24, 2020
An okay China Bayles mystery set in Pecan Springs, Texas. These mysteries,with their focus on friends' romantic entanglements, are not nearly as good as the co-written Beatrix Potter mysteries. The theme of this mystery is bones, the discovery of recent ones, i. e. 1970s, in an archeology dig, and herbs for combating osteoporosis. Not much of a mystery. The detective is a bit dense. Recipes are included.
January 14, 2022
This book drove me up a wall. It's like China and Ruby had gone totally stupid. I had it figured out about halfway through and spent the rest of the book yelling "Seriously?" at them. I love the characters, but get you heads out of the romance air and put the pieces together. Lots of "real life" stuff not related to the mystery, which I can handle in small doses but it was too much. And Ruby should stop chasing love, cause all the men in her world are jerks!
December 7, 2011
The mystery was even easier to parse than usual, but it was still pleasant to spend a few hours of reading time in Pecan Springs. I've started #15 in the series (my library doesn't have #14 as a downloadable), but after that I think I'll take another break from the China Bayles books for a while.
August 28, 2008
Not a great mystery....figured out the plot by half way through... Liked the writing style though.
April 25, 2011
I enjoy the China Bayles books. This one isn't the best one I've read, but it was a fun read.
August 9, 2011
More predictable than most of the series, but still enjoyable.
November 16, 2019
This is one of the best China Bayles mysteries that I have read, so far. I enjoy all of the connections to herbs.
June 22, 2022
Not her best. Too many subplots with ragged and open endings.
January 9, 2020
I really enjoy reading Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles mysteries! I like the main characters: China Bayles, Ruby Wilcox, Mike McQuaid, Brian McQuaid, Blackie Blackwell, and Sheila Dawson. They live in Pecan Springs, Texas. China and Ruby run Thyme and Seasons herb shop and Crystal Cave a New Age shop. McQuaid has been hired to do PI work and Brian just discovered a male skeleton while working on a cave dig at Mistletoe Springs Cave. In this installment, the 2 elderly Obermann sisters have donated funds and property for the Pecan Springs Community Theater Association. Ruby is the female lead in the first production, A Man for All Reasons, written by Jane Obermann. The premiere cast party ends when local handyman, Hank Dixon, is shot dead in the Obermann's estate. (Hank's father, Gabriel was the Obermann's long time family servant). China and Ruby do some investigating and things don't turn out to be as they seem. What I like about this series is that I can't wait to start a new book, but then I hate to get to the end! I always want to know what happens next! Five stars for Dead Man's Bones!
December 2, 2022
"When China's teenage son finds some skeletal remains during a local cave dig -- remains that show a not-so-accidental death -- it's a disturbing development. But China doesn't let it distract her from the opening of the new community theater donated by the elderly Obermann sisters. Unfortunately, the haughty, bullying Jan Obermann -- and her frail, frightened younger sister -- made the donation with a condition: that the first production be a play written by Jane about their aristocratic family history.
"The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne'er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave -- a clue from the past that could help China solve a mystery in the present . . ."
~~front pages
A nice little mystery -- unfortunately, the solution became quite obvious long before the end of the book.
"The premiere party ends with a bang when a ne'er-do-well local handyman is shot dead by Jane while breaking into the Obermann estate. It seems like a clear-cut case of self-defense. But China senses something else going on behind the scenes. Now, the key to catching a killer might be the mysterious bones in the cave -- a clue from the past that could help China solve a mystery in the present . . ."
~~front pages
A nice little mystery -- unfortunately, the solution became quite obvious long before the end of the book.
June 2, 2021
Susan Wittig Albert's point of view really captures white feminism and this book is a particularly intense example. Every non-white character is portrayed from a shockingly white perspective, not to mention the gross voice narration of Latina and Black characters in the audiobooks. Wittig Albert makes it abundantly clear that she thinks it is positive for white women to talk about white women's issues but never for WOC to mention any issues that affect WOC. In this book she calls a Latina prof's voicing of racism as a "sensitivity" that will hold her back in life. No criticism for the racist society that makes it that way. Just blame on the WOC for voicing it. China Bayles is of course portrayed as strong and liberal for speaking up about sexism (as it affects white women), though. I like mysteries and plants but geez these books are often unreadable because of the racism and perspective.
January 21, 2019
Much better than her last entry in the series but Albert telegraphs the plot throughout the book. I knew right off who the body in the cave would turn out to be and I knew who the murderer would turn out to be. I enjoyed the book a lot, but, I have to say Albert has a bad habit of creating characters that are stereotypes. And, please, goodness me, stop with the nicknames! Smart Cookie, Big Red Mamma. We are not in kindergarten! Don't write to the lowest common denominator! The earlier books weren't such weak sisters as the latter ones have turned out to be. Albert can do so much better than what she is doing now. Or, is she having to kowtow to publisher's demands of dumbing down the series in order to keep it going?
October 31, 2022
China Bayles (rhymes with nails) is one of my favorite characters. She's smart. She's honest. She loves her husband McQuaid and her (step)son Brian. She grows herbs and writes about them. And she can piece together a wide range of clues.
Brian is participating in an archeological dig and finds a skeleton in a cave. Identity unknown. Another man is shot. Did it happen the way the killer said it did?
A forensic anthropologist has a secret. Should China have stopped to listen to her?
Ruby is dating someone new. But who is he really?
What's up with the sisters who build a new playhouse for the community theater group?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Mystery lovers, enjoy this one.
Brian is participating in an archeological dig and finds a skeleton in a cave. Identity unknown. Another man is shot. Did it happen the way the killer said it did?
A forensic anthropologist has a secret. Should China have stopped to listen to her?
Ruby is dating someone new. But who is he really?
What's up with the sisters who build a new playhouse for the community theater group?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Mystery lovers, enjoy this one.
November 24, 2018
Chyna Bales #13, Read by Julia Gibson. 2005. Chyna Bales, previously a lawyer, owns an herbal shop in Texas Hill Country. Her step-son discovers a skeleton in a cave. It appears the skull was crushed by a fallen rock, but was it? Meantime, the Obermann sisters have donated a building to be used as a community theatre. However, there are stipulations. The first play must be hers, a written account of her wonderful father, Dr. Obermann. Jane, the disagreeable sister, likes nothing that is happening to the building renovation and nothing about the direction the play has taken. As all this occurs, there are a couple of murders. Is there any relationship?
December 23, 2019
*Spoiler*It seems like every time we meet a new resident of Pecan Springs, they are involved in some kind of murder. In this case, the Oberman sisters - well one of the sisters actually. Jane Oberman is a crabby old bag with a lot of money and she has a habit of holding it over the heads of the rest of the town to get what she wants - which in this case is... I'm not sure actually.
China connects a long-dead corpse to Mrs. O just when she strikes again - killing her sister and the town's handy man.
There are some other intriguing tidbits here too - like Ruby's new mystery man and the additional questions of why Sheila and her man called it quits.
China connects a long-dead corpse to Mrs. O just when she strikes again - killing her sister and the town's handy man.
There are some other intriguing tidbits here too - like Ruby's new mystery man and the additional questions of why Sheila and her man called it quits.
December 24, 2020
Didn’t finish it. I’m normally very patient with cozy mysteries and don’t mind when they’re slow, but this was particularly slow and the main character wasn’t especially engaging. I still planned to finish it, and then I encountered China’s condescending attitude toward Latina forensic scientist Alana Montoya. How dare that Mexican-born brown lady with an accent imply that Texans are racist, amirite?
Maybe China goes through a character arc and realizes that her prejudice isn’t fair, but it was ugly and nothing she’d done in the book so far made me like her enough to want to find out.
Maybe China goes through a character arc and realizes that her prejudice isn’t fair, but it was ugly and nothing she’d done in the book so far made me like her enough to want to find out.
January 23, 2021
China is busy with her store, Thyme and Seasons, the tea room, Thyme for Tea, that she runs with her best friend, Ruby, and the catering service they run together, along with Janet, the cook who makes the wonderful food in Thyme for Tea. But disturbances from the past are going to show up, in the form a skeleton found in a cave, by China's step-son, Brian, and a murder of a burglar, by a prominant Pecan Springs resident. But things are not what they seem, and there are long past connections to all these current events.
February 19, 2018
I really enjoyed this installment of the China Bayles mystery series.
I was somewhat different from the others in that her son discovered the first dead body/mystery and things built from there. Of course, all the usual suspects turned up and the Bayles crew had to sift through them without disturbing the delicate balance of local, county and Texas officials involved.
Was fast read and I recommend it to any mystery fan.
I was somewhat different from the others in that her son discovered the first dead body/mystery and things built from there. Of course, all the usual suspects turned up and the Bayles crew had to sift through them without disturbing the delicate balance of local, county and Texas officials involved.
Was fast read and I recommend it to any mystery fan.
November 9, 2019
This is the 13th book in the China Bayles Series. Some bones are discovered in a cave and turn out to be Indians from thousands of years ago. Then a skeleton is found which is from the 1970s. How China discovers who the body belongs to and the murderer makes for a very entertaining and interesting read. Good character development and good editing. Really enjoyed reading this one and found it highly interesting.
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