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    The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
    The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
    The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
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    The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies

    Written by Susan Wittig Albert

    Narrated by Peggity Price

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    As Darling's town librarian is fond of saying: "Naked Ladies is not a respectable name for a plant." A lily by any other name would certainly smell as sweet-and look just as beautiful as the Naked Ladies decorating Miss Hamer's lawn. It seems Miss Hamer's house may also be home to naked ladies of a different sort. Rumors sprout that the elderly recluse's visiting niece and her friend are actually the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfield Frolic, known for dancing nearly naked. When a well-dressed man from Chicago arrives, asking about the mysterious ladies, the Dahlias begin to suspect it may be more than modesty that's causing both women to lie low. Someone is covering up something sinister.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 18, 2012
    ISBN9781464036064
    The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies
    Author

    Susan Wittig Albert

    Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of over one hundred books. Her work includes four mystery series: China Bayles, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and the Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries. She has also published three award-winning historical novels as well as YA fiction, memoirs, and nonfiction. She and her husband live in Texas Hill Country, where she writes, gardens, and raises an assortment of barnyard creatures.

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    • 4/5
      Loved this book. Can't wait to read more in the series. The characters are so fiesty and fun and the setting is very familiar to someone who knows southern Alabama. Love the time period of Depression-era 1930s. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      I love the Dahlias! They are smart, funny, and brave! What an easy read.
    • 5/5
      It’s October 1930 and the Darling Dahlias gardening club has lots of work to do; but that doesn’t stop them from checking out two newcomers to their town of Darling, Alabama. The new arrivals have arrived to help an elderly recluse, Miss Hamer. But Verna Tidwell recognizes Miss Hamer’s niece, Nona Jean Jamison, from a most unlikely place – a burlesque house in The Big Apple. Verna swears the woman’s stage name was Lorelei LaMotte and she was one half of the Naughty and Nice Sisters, a vaudeville dancing duo. When a stranger with a northern accent arrives in Darling and starts nosing around, asking about Nona, the Dahlias are suspicious. Might he be a federal agent … or something more sinister?Lizzy Lacy, president of the Darling Dahlias has another worry that hits closer to home. Her domineering mother is about to lose her home to foreclosure – it seems she gambled away all her late husband left her on the stock market -- and wants to move in with Lizzy. Lizzy can’t believe her lovely little house, purchased to get her away from Mommie Dearest, will be invaded by her meddling mother. Can she figure out a way to keep that from happening without her mother winding up on the street.The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies is second in a series by the popular and prolific mystery writer Susan Wittig Albert, who is at the top of my list of all-time favorite mystery writers. And this is a sweet series, cozy to the nth degree. These are not mysteries with blood and guts or sad endings. They’re light, well written and not too taxing – and just perfect for a relaxing few hours at the end of a grueling day, week or season. Brew up some herb tea, put on your comfiest sweats and curl up with the Dahlias.
    • 4/5
      I am a long-term lover of the China Bayles series, so I when I heard about Ms. Albert's new depression-era series set in Alabama, I had to try it. This is actually the second book in this series, so now I have to read the first one because I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love the ladies in the book and I love the setting. As in the China Bayles' series there is lots about plants and cooking in this book, but these delightful topics are intermingled with murder, mayhem and in this case gangsters. The book appears to be really authentic with the correct depression lingo and slang, and these ladies are a hoot! If you want a few hours to escape into a delightful new world, hurry and try this series.
    • 4/5
      I wasn't sure that I was going to enjoy this new series by Susan Wittig Albert. The Great Depression does not seem like a particularly entertaining time period, but I agree with the author that this period of our own history has a particular relevance and inspiration for the current day. The way people responded to economic downturn is motivating, illuminating, and gives you pride in the American spirit, at least at a point in history when that spirit was distinctly less whiny. Many of the methods and habits of that time period are becoming popular again, and, as always, the author portrays the work of the garden, home, kitchen, and community with dignity and appeal. The mystery in this one is fun, and draws on one of the more colorful periods of Chicago's history, even though the story does not take place in Chicago. I don't want to say more and spoil the story! What I particularly appreciate about this book and Susan Albert Wittig's work in general is her portrayal of women - smart, strong, hard-wording, flawed, loving, and deeply feminine. She creates characters that are women's women, not men's women or women pretending to be men, and they are compelling and a joy to know.