Widow's tears / Susan Wittig Albert.
After losing her husband, five children, housekeeper, and beautiful home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her home, and later died there, having been driven mad with grief. In present-day Texas, Claire, the grand niece of Rachel’s caretaker, has inherited the house and wants to turn it into a bed and breakfast. But she is concerned that it’s haunted, so she calls in her friend Ruby—who has the gift of extrasensory perception—to check it out. While Ruby is ghost-hunting, China Bayles walks into a storm of trouble in nearby Pecan Springs. A half hour before she is to make her nightly deposit, the Pecan Springs bank is robbed and a teller is shot and killed. Before she can discover the identity of the killers, China follows Ruby to the Blackwood house to discuss urgent business. As she is drawn into the mystery of the haunted house, China opens the door on some very real danger.
Record details
- ISBN: 042525464X
- ISBN: 0425255727
- ISBN: 9780425254646
- ISBN: 9780425255728
- Physical Description: ix, 292 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2013.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 281).
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- Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F ALB (Text) | 34621704663544 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Albert (Text) | 31010000424160 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F ALBERT (Text) | 39493107308282 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | M Albert (Text) | 34269001100263 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F ALB (Text) | 50503300282078 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | MFIC ALB (Text) | 31111002519401 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F ALB (Text) | 39488200856849 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | F A (Text) | 25908005628040 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Fletcher Branch | ALB (Text) | 33258007646644 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
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Summary:
After losing her husband, five children, housekeeper, and beautiful home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her home, and later died there, having been driven mad with grief. In present-day Texas, Claire, the grand niece of Rachel’s caretaker, has inherited the house and wants to turn it into a bed and breakfast. But she is concerned that it’s haunted, so she calls in her friend Ruby—who has the gift of extrasensory perception—to check it out. While Ruby is ghost-hunting, China Bayles walks into a storm of trouble in nearby Pecan Springs. A half hour before she is to make her nightly deposit, the Pecan Springs bank is robbed and a teller is shot and killed. Before she can discover the identity of the killers, China follows Ruby to the Blackwood house to discuss urgent business. As she is drawn into the mystery of the haunted house, China opens the door on some very real danger.
