rosemary remembered
By now you know that two of my favorite things are plants and the Texas Hill Country. What I haven’t told you before is that I also have a thing for mystery novels. I started out reading Hardy Boys mysteries when I was in grade school and have been addicted ever sense. Yes, I know it’s not the most intellectual thing to read, but …
Anyway with that set of interests it is somewhat surprising that I didn’t discover before now the China Bayles series of mysteries. They are about a former big city lawyer who resettles in the mythical town of Pecan Springs in the Hill Country to run an herb shop and get mixed up in the local crime scene in typical Murder She Wrote style.
The author of these books is Susan Wittig Albert, who also has a fine blog called Lifescapes, which you may have noticed before on my blogroll. I found the blog first. She is a gardener too and often writes about plants and about the local landscape. I have been meaning for months to read one of her novels and one finally fell into my lap. It is one of the earlier ones in the series called Rosemary Remembered. (They all have some kind of herb in the title).
I can’t say anything about the rest of the series, but this one at least is sprinkled with references to herbs and gardening. I’m just getting into it but it’s engrossing and I already know that I am going to want to read every one in the series.
February 27th, 2004 @ 5:59 am
Pinetree Garden Seeds carries them and that’s how I found out about them. I love them all. I thought you must know about them because I found out about her blog through your site. Tried to get her to activate her RSS feed but she wouldn’t do it.
February 27th, 2004 @ 11:11 am
I’m Glad you said that…she is the next author I plan on reading. I tend to find an author and then read all they write at once. I knew she had quite a few out there.
I just finished Laura Child’s series on The Indigo Teas Shop. Fun little mysteries!!! Takes place in a tea shop in the historical District in Charleston, SC. DEATH BY DARJEELING, GUNPOWDER GREEN, ENGLISH BREAKFAST MURDERS, and one with EARL GREY in the title. Fun.
February 28th, 2004 @ 12:54 am
Thank you so much for the inspiration, Bill. Her books sound like something I would really enjoy but more importantly, I found a link on her site for knitting afghans for Afghans. I’ve been trying to think of something along that line to suggest to the knitters and crocheters at the lodge and now I’ve found it!