{"product_id":"a-plain-vanilla-murder-china-bayles-mystery-27-china-bayles-mysteries-099823320x","title":"A Plain Vanilla Murder (China Bayles Mystery #27) (China Bayles Mysteries)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 099823320X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Wittig Albert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAMAZON BEST SELLERFrom Susan Wittig Albert, the New York Times best-selling author of Queen Anne's Lace, comes an intriguing new addition to her widely-acclaimed China Bayles Mysteries.China and Ruby Wilcox are presenting their annual ''Not Just Plain Vanilla Workshop,'' always a huge hit with customers at Thyme \u0026amp; Seasons Herb Shop. But someone involved with the workshop is driven by a deadly motive, and China soon finds herself teaming up with the very pregnant Pecan Springs police chief Sheila Dawson to solve a vanilla-flavored murder.Sheila, happy to get out from behind the chief's desk, is investigating the death of a botany professor, a prominent researcher specializing in vanilla orchids. China is trying to help a longtime friend: the dead professor's ex-wife and a prime suspect in his murder.However, there's no shortage of other suspects: a betrayed lover, a disgruntled graduate student, jealous colleagues, and a gang of orchid smugglers. But the lethal roots of this mystery reach back into the dark tropical jungles of Mexico, where the vanilla vine was first cultivated. At stake: a lucrative plant patent, an orchid that is extinct in the wild, and the life of an innocent little girl.A Plain Vanilla Murder is a flavorful blend of mystery and herb lore, present sins and past secrets, and characters who are as real as your next-door neighbors stirred together in an absorbing novel that only Susan Wittig Albert could create.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52092556706080,"sku":"NEW099823320X","price":16.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-plain-vanilla-murder-china-bayles-mystery-27-china-bayles-mysteries-099823320x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}