The Darling Dahlias and the unlucky clover

The Darling Dahlias and the unlucky clover

Susan Wittig Albert

Book - 2018

It looks like the music has ended for Darling's favorite barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers - just days before the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition. Another unlucky break: a serious foul-up in Darling's telephone system - and not a penny for repairs. And while liquor is legal again, moonshine isn't. Sheriff Buddy Norris needs a little luck when he goes into Briar Swamp to confront Cypress County's most notorious bootlegger. What he finds upends his sense of justice.

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Subjects
Women gardeners > Fiction.
Nineteen thirties > Fiction.
Alabama > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genres
Mystery fiction
Historical fiction
Published
Bertram, TX : Persevero Press [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Susan Wittig Albert (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xii, 260 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780996904032
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In bestseller Albert's sweet seventh mystery set in 1930s Darling, Ala., and featuring the ladies of the local garden club (after 2015's The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady), the town's telephone system is suffering from equipment failures because half-owner Whitney Whitforth won't chip in for repairs. More seriously, the Lucky Four Clovers barbershop quartet is struck by disaster when one of its members is killed before the Regional Barbershop Competition. Was it an accident or murder? Sheriff Buddy Norris is on the case, with a little help from Ophelia Snow, Elizabeth Lacy, and the other Dahlias, who soon find a possible link to local bootlegger Bodeen Pyle. Might there also be a connection to Whitworth's disappearance? Along with a good puzzle, Albert provides details on such matters as Liz Lacy's gardening column for the Darling Dispatch and how people manage when money is scarce. Fans old and new will welcome this charming look at a Depression-era small Southern town. (BookLife) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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