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    <body><![CDATA[Hangman's Root is the third in the China Bayles series by Susan Wittig Albert but the only one I've read but I want to read more. It is a cozy mystery in vein of Miss Marple, the Cat Who books and so forth but it manages to avoid being too cute or too depressing.<br/><br/>China Bayles is an ex att...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4412520">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Discovered Susan Wittig Albert, who lives here in central Texas and has a mystery series set in a fictional town a lot like San Marcos.   Her protagonist is a retired attorney who owns a herb shop.  I like mysteries involving strong, smart female characters.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another enjoyable book in the series featuring ex-attorney now herb shop owner,  China Bayles.  Nicely drawn characters, well written, and it kept me guessing until the end.  I'm very much enjoying this series!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Susan Wittig Albert is a great read when I'm wanting to rest my being and enjoy a yarn.  This is the 3rd in her China Bayles mysteries and it looks like I'm up for all of them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This continues the China Bayles series. China is an amateur detective and herb shop owner. The plot has enough twists and turns to keep one reading right along, and China and her friends are a likable group. China's relationship with ex-cop Mike McQuaid give her access to far more information than s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57862044">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Love the catnip info. Makes me want my own herb shop!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hangman's Root - Ok<br/>Albert, Susan Wittig - 3rd in China Bayles series<br/><br/>A prominent animal researcher has been hanged. And suspicion has fallen on the Cat Lady—a local biology professor whose obsession with rescuing strays makes her, in some people's minds, capable of murder in defen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30143238">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sorry I read these books out of sequence, because this one gave me much needed background on the character of China Bayles and why she is the way she is, which was a bit mystifying to me. Finally, 'get it'. Good series. I still have a few left, but enjoyed this one because of the background and the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28630633">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another good book in the China Bayles series. I never would have guessed the murderer in this book. Very good, and now I want to build a cattery! ; ) I read the first handful of books in this series out of order, mainly because I'd pick them up at the library book sale or on clearance at HPB as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10208938">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Third China Bayles mystery. This time a friend of Chinas who is a biology porfessor at the college and who rescues cats is accused of hanging a fellow professor doing questionable research on animals. The title is an alternate name for catnip. An enjoyable series with lots of herbal lore.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What I love most about these books is the herbal information, at the time I began the series I was a novice herb grower and just began herbal studies. And since I love light mystery the books were a great fit. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another good adventure into China Bayles's series. This deals with good input on the hangman's root history and herbal remedies for this good mystery. Very insightful!]]></body>
    
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