Bittersweet
by Susan Wittig Albert

This Thanksgiving, be grateful for the “savvy
sleuthing”* of New York Times bestselling
author Susan Wittig Albert’s China Bayles—who
teams up with an old friend to solve a case of theft and
murder in a South Texas ranching community…

For Thanksgiving, China is planning to visit her mother,
Leatha, and her mother’s husband, Sam. She’s
also looking forward to catching up with a friend, game
warden Mackenzie “Mack” Chambers. But Leatha
calls with bad news: Sam has had a heart attack.

While Sam recuperates, Leatha does have a helper—Sue
Ellen Krause. But Sue Ellen—who’s leaving her
husband, the assistant foreman at a trophy game
ranch—has troubles of her own. Before she can tell
China the full story, Sue Ellen is killed in a car crash.

When a local veterinarian is shot, Mack believes his murder
could be related to fawns stolen from a nearby ranch. And
China wonders if Sue Ellen’s death may not have been
an accident, and if there’s a connection to the stolen
animals...

*Booklist

Originally published April 2015 in hardcover.

Other Books by Susan Wittig Albert

A Plain Vanilla Murder
China Bayles Mystery Book 27

Blood Orange
A China Bayles Mystery #24

The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush
The Darling Dahlias #5

The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady
The Darling Dahlias #6

Bittersweet
A China Bayles Mystery #23

Death Come Quickly
A China Bayles Mystery #22

The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star
The Darling Dahlias #4

The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush
The Darling Dahlias #5

Widow's Tears
A China Bayles Mystery #21

Death Come Quickly
A China Bayles Mystery #22

The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose
The Darling Dahlias #3

The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star
The Darling Dahlias #4

Cat's Claw
A Pecan Springs Mystery #1

Widow's Tears
A China Bayles Mystery #20

Susan Wittig Albert's Bio

As a writer, I work in three genres, mystery, historical fiction, and memoir. My mysteries include the China Bayles Herbal Mysteries and The Darling Dahlias, about a Southern garden club in the 1930s, as well as an eight-book series, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and the 12-book series that my husband Bill Albert and I coauthored under the pseudonym of Robin Paige. My historical fiction includes LOVING ELEANOR, about the intimate friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok and A WILDER ROSE, about the mother-daughter team that produced the Little House books. A WILDER ROSE is currently under film option with ThinkFactory Media.

Bill and I live in the Hill Country of Central Texas, where I write, garden, raise chickens, and practice the fiber arts. You can find out more in my two memoirs: TOGETHER, ALONE: A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE AND PLACE; and AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF ORDINARY DAYS.