Lavender Lies (China Bayles Mysteries)
by By Albert, Susan Wittig
Category: Fiction , Mystery & Detective , Women Sleuths

"Good riddance" is the response of every Pecan Springs resident to the murder of Edgar Coleman, a local real estate shark found shot to death in his garage. With the small-town gossip mill running full tilt, it doesn't take long for China to learn that Coleman was having numerous affairs and was blackmailing City Council members for their votes on a bad land development deal.With her fiance, interim police chief Mike McQuaid, immersed in the murder investigation - and the suspect list growing longer by the minute - China can forget about a honeymoon, unless she can find the killer. As China investigates, she starts digging up dirt on people she knows - and unearthing secrets best left six feet under...