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When a prominent animal researcher is murdered, the Cat Lady, an aggressive animal rights activist and friend to China Bayles, is held for questioning, and it is up to China to find out who the true killer really is. Reprint. PW.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Texas Hill Country mystery, Jun 6 2004

By	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

China Bayles becomes disillusioned with her career as an attorney so she moves to the small town of Pecan Springs in the Texas Hill Country and opens an herb shop. In this third book of the series, China's good friend, Dottie Riddle, a biology professor at the university in Pecan Springs, is being accused of murdering one of the other faculty members, Miles Harwick. Harwick's animal experiments have galvanized opposition from animal rights groups, but Dottie has personal as well as professional problems with Harwick. A piece of physical evidence is all it takes for Dottie to be arrested. As China does some investigating, she discovers that other people have a motive to murder Harwick as well. Just as she thinks that she has the mystery solved, yet another possible suspect appears on the scene. The setting of the Texas Hill Country is a great place for a mystery and the characters surrounding China, especially her boyfriend Mike McQuaid just add to the fun.

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3.0 out of 5 stars So So China Bayles mystery, Feb 21 2002

By	Moe811 (New York USA) - See all my reviews

China is considering moving in with McQuaid, stressful enough, and then her friend, known as the cat lady is accused of the murder of a fellow professor. The professor has alot of skeletons in his closet, everything from abusing animals to children, but who killed him?

This is a pretty good mystery, but others of the series are much better.

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3.0 out of 5 stars China Bayles - amateur slueth, Jul 11 2001

By	"bibliofiend" (USA) - See all my reviews

As much as I enjoy this series, I feel like something is lacking, I just can't figure out what it is. I like the closeness of the characters, but have a hard time looking at them realistically. China is off on another investigation, this time trying to free her friend and animal rights activist, Dr. Riddle, from a murder charge. China owns an herb shop, but can always seem to find someone to 'mind the store' anytime of day whenever she needs to go nosing around on a case. This is the third in the series, and I'm not seeing any character development at all. The storylines are fun and good for a quick read, and I'm hoping the author will bring China out of her shell a little bit in future books and make her more enthusiastic toward her relationship with McQuaid.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can Someone Give Me Directions to Pecan Springs, Texas?
I was talking to a friend the other day who's read this series and we both agreed that we'd love to live in Pecan Springs, Texas and be one of China's quirky friends! Read more

Published on Jun 3 2001 by Marion

3.0 out of 5 stars ready to give up on series
This is my third China Bayles book and I am not impressed with the character. She is not very likeable and the story lines are barely enough to keep me from putting the book... Read more

Published on April 30 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Continue on with China
I really like this series, and this, the third book in the series is just as good as the others. In this book China takes on a challenging case to try to absolve her friend of a... Read more

Published on Mar 15 2001 by S. Schwartz