The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
ONE - The Naked Ladies
TWO - Lizzy’s Key
THREE - Verna Is Rebuffed
FOUR - Saturday Night in Darling, or Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
FIVE - The Roof Falls In
SIX - The Dahlias in Full Bloom
SEVEN - The Skeleton in Bessie Bloodworth’s Closet
EIGHT - Verna Has a Visitor
NINE - Beulah’s New Customer
TEN - Bessie Bloodworth Learns a Thing or Two
ELEVEN - Lizzy Goes to Work
TWELVE - Verna Makes a Phone Call
THIRTEEN - Verna Works the Switchboard
FOURTEEN - Buddy Norris Collars a Crook
FIFTEEN - Lizzy Faces the Lion in His Den
SIXTEEN - “The Game Is Afoot!”
SEVENTEEN - THE GARDEN GATE
EIGHTEEN - Bessie Bloodworth Pays a Call
NINETEEN - Lizzy Lays Down the Law
TWENTY - The Dahlias Score
TWENTY-ONE - Mr. Moseley Clears Up a Mystery
TWENTY-TWO - Bessie Solves a Mystery, Myra May’s Car Breaks Down, and Violet ...
TWENTY-THREE - Showtime!
The Dahlias’ “Dirty Dozen” Housecleaning Tips
Glossary
Recipes
Reading List
China Bayles Mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert
THYME OF DEATH
WITCHES’ BANE
HANGMAN’S ROOT
ROSEMARY REMEMBERED
RUEFUL DEATH
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
CHILE DEATH
LAVENDER LIES
MISTLETOE MAN
BLOODROOT
INDIGO DYING
A DILLY OF A DEATH
DEAD MAN’S BONES
BLEEDING HEARTS
SPANISH DAGGER
NIGHTSHADE
WORMWOOD
HOLLY BLUES
MOURNING GLORIA
AN UNTHYMELY DEATH
CHINA BAYLES’ BOOK OF DAYS
With her husband, Bill Albert, writing as Robin Paige
DEATH AT BISHOP’S KEEP
DEATH AT GALLOWS GREEN
DEATH AT DAISY’S FOLLY
DEATH AT DEVIL’S BRIDGE
DEATH AT ROTTINGDEAN
DEATH AT WHITECHAPEL
DEATH AT EPSOM DOWNS
DEATH AT DARTMOOR
DEATH AT GLAMIS CASTLE
DEATH IN HYDE PARK
DEATH AT BLENHEIM PALACE
DEATH ON THE LIZARD
The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert
THE TALE OF HILL TOP FARM
THE TALE OF HOLLY HOW
THE TALE OF CUCKOO BROW WOOD
THE TALE OF HAWTHORN HOUSE
THE TALE OF BRIAR BANK
THE TALE OF APPLEBECK ORCHARD
THE TALE OF OAT CAKE CRAG
THE TALE OF CASTLE COTTAGE
The Darling Dahlias Mysteries by Susan Wittig Albert
THE DARLING DAHLIAS AND THE CUCUMBER TREE
THE DARLING DAHLIAS AND THE NAKED LADIES
Nonfiction books by Susan Wittig Albert
WRITING FROM LIFE
WORK OF HER OWN
TOGETHER, ALONE: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND PLACE
AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF ORDINARY DAYS
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