China Bayles is in a pickle.
She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as Death at Glamis Castle and Death at Whitechapel..
Some of her recent titles include Widow\'s Tears, Cat\'s Claw, The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, and The Tale of Castle Cottage.
A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. at the University of California at Berkeley.
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About the Author: Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.
It\'s up to Mc Quaid and China to search for the Pickle Queen - and for clues in a case that promises to leave a very sour taste.
Some say she sold her business and split; others think the answer may lie with her missing boyfriend.
But just days before the festival starts, the Pickle Queen disappears.
According to Phoebe, her plant manager is embezzling, and she wants Mc Quaid to follow the money." Meanwhile, Pecan Springs is hosting the annual Picklefest - and this year, China and Ruby are on the planning committee, along with Phoebe.
His first client is Phoebe the Pickle Queen, owner of the biggest little pickle business in Texas.
But the title does have a nice, official ring to it.
There aren\'t actually any "associates" - unless you count Ruby and China, of course.
Mike Mc Quaid and Associates.
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And her otherwise sensible husband has announced that he\'s bored with teaching and ready for a career change." "Say "hello" to P.
The daughter of her best friend, Ruby, has turned up on her doorstep, pregnant and in need of a place to live.
China Bayles is in a pickle
