{"product_id":"hemlock-susan-wittig-albert-9781952558153","title":"Hemlock","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Susan Wittig Albert, the New York Times bestselling author of A Plain Vanilla Murder, comes a tightly crafted novel that juxtaposes the disappearance of a rare, remarkably illustrated 18th-century herbal with the true and all-too-human story of its gifted creator, Elizabeth Blackwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerbalist China Bayles' latest adventure takes her to the mountains of North Carolina, where her friend Dorothea Harper serves as the director and curator of the Hemlock House Library, a priceless collection of rare gardening books housed in a haunted mountainside mansion that once belonged to Sunny Carswell, a reclusive heiress. But the most valuable book-\u003cem\u003eA Curious Herbal\u003c\/em\u003e, created by Elizabeth Blackwell in the 1730s-is missing and Dorothea is under suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina's search for the thief takes on a new urgency when she discovers Miss Carswell's bookseller, the victim of an attempted murder. Is his shooting connected with the theft? And there are other urgent questions: What is the Hemlock Guild? Who owns Socrates.com? Did Sunny Carswell really kill herself, or does her ghost have a different story to tell? And what is the real truth behind the many tantalizing mysteries of \u003cem\u003eA Curious Herbal\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHemlock\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling mix of mystery and herb lore, past secrets and present sins, and characters who are as real as your friends and neighbors-in an absorbing novel that only Susan Wittig Albert could create.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Wittig Albert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952558158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952558153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Persevero Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Susan Wittig Albert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053373616383,"sku":"9781952558153","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0394cf5-6bfc-44da-a223-43e1cd0a7fdc.jpg?v=1685023982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hemlock-susan-wittig-albert-9781952558153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}