Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles series is one of three very well-written, researched, and detailed mystery series that also include the newer Darling Dahlias (1930 Alabama gardening club) and her historical Victorian-Edwardian mysteries written with her husband under the name of Robin Paige (forensics enthusiast Sir Charles Sheridannd his Irish American author-wife Kate).
In Wormwood, China is invited by friend and fellow herbalist Martha Edmond to help with a series of workshops at Mount Zion Shaker Village in Kentucky. After a series of family tragedies, China is grateful to accept her friend's offer to relax and regroup while learning about the Shakers' medicinal and culinary herbs. Of course, China manages to uncover both a murder and some serious financial shenanigans at the village, which is now a spa. Albert cleverly weaves together past and present in two tales of murder, intrigue, and lust for money, using the Shaker settlement and family history as the common threads tying the two stories together. Recipes and various herbal remedies add and extra special something to this already great mystery!
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