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Wormwood

China Bayles seriesbook 17 of 25Next:Holly Blues(2010) →

In a class with sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum, (Publishers Weekly) China Bayles stumbles over old secrets in a Shaker village.Chinas friends and family are urging her to get some restand a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal place for it. At Mount Zion, China can assist with some herbal workshopswhile absorbing all things Shaker, from their furniture to their peaceful ways. But the restored modern version of the village, striving to become a popular tourist attraction, is plagued with misfortune and strife some of it the likely result of sabotage. China and her friend Martha are hoping to get to the bottom of it.However, much like Shaker history itself, the case appears simpler at first than it is. There is tension behind the serene exterior. And after a shocking death occurs during her stay,

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