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The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush
Susan Wittig Albert
  • Published: 2 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698144569
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush

  • Susan Wittig Albert



National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert takes readers back in time to small-town Darling, Alabama, in the 1930s—where the Darling Savings and Trust has just closed and the women of the Darling Dahlias’ garden club are betting their bottom dollar there’s going to be trouble…

It’s the spring of 1933 and times are tough all over. The only businessman not struggling is moonshiner Mickey LeDoux, though he still has to steer clear of federal agents. But banks are closing all over the country, and the small town of Darling is no exception. Folks are suddenly caught short on cash and everyone is in a panic.

Desperate to avoid disaster, several town leaders—including Alvin Duffy, the bank’s new vice president—hatch a plan to print Darling Dollars on newspaperman Charlie Dickens’ printing press. The “funny money” can serve as temporary currency so the town can function. But when the first printing of the scrip disappears, the Darling Dahlias set out to discover who made an unauthorized withdrawal.

Meanwhile County Treasurer Verna Tidwell questions whether she can trust Alvin Duffy—and the feelings he stirs up inside her. And Liz Lacy learns her longtime beau may be forced into a shotgun wedding. Seems other troubles don’t just go away when there’s a crisis. There’ll be no pennies from heaven, but if anyone can balance things out, folks can bank on the Darling Dahlias…

Includes Southern-Style Depression-Era Recipes

  • Published: 2 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698144569
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

Praise for The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush

Praise for the Darling Dahlias series:

"Cozy fans will be delighted...another exceptional series." --Booklist (starred review)

"A small Southern town blooms into life in...a new Depression-era mystery series...Albert combines great period detail with surefooted sleuthing that should satisfy fans and attract new ones." --Publishers Weekly

"[Albert] hits all the right notes...The plot's believable, the Southern color brims with authenticity, and the characters are charmingly and realistically drawn...Here's hoping the ladies have many more opportunities to dig into crime." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"The author of the popular China Bayles mysteries brings a small Southern town to life and vividly captures an era and culture--the Depression, segregation, class differences, the role of women in the South--with authentic period details. Her book fairly sizzles with the strength of the women of Darling." --Library Journal

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