Then mosey over for a tea break at Thyme for Tea, China's latest venture with partner and best friend, Ruby Wilcox. While sipping tea, enjoy Mrs. Kendall's quiche. Retail businesses rarely run smoothly, and friendships can abruptly take off on a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows fueled by communication glitches. But the town gets a surprise when a native son dies. The grapevine reverberates with speculation of an accident, or maybe murder.
China decides to find out.
You can bet the Fletcher sisters and their weird Aunt Velma know more than they're telling. Albert's popular herbal series features snippets of information about the herb of choice at the beginning of each chapter. These mistletoe tidbits intrude as the suspense heats up and the clues and action start percolating. The intrusion caused this reader consternation over what to read first. But the frustration underlines Albert's ability to write a compelling story with action and characters that intrigue and confound.