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Title	:	The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (The Darling Dahlias #1)
Author	:	Susan Wittig Albert
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 290 pages
Published	:	July 6th 2010 by Berkley Pub Group (first published 2010)
Categories	:	Mystery. Cozy Mystery. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction

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I love Susan Wittig Albert. First, there is something rather endearing about her author photo; she's kind of unglamorous and apparently doesn’t give a hoot about it.

And second, she’s made me realize that I may, after all, be a person who likes “cozy mysteries.” I had no idea! I picked this up from my library’s new book shelf and brought it home--despite the fact that it’s a mystery-- because it takes place during the Depression and in a small southern town and involves ladies who garden. I didn’t really care about the mystery that much--I just liked the characters and the town. There is a slight flavor of “Fried Green Tomatoes” (with the subtly hinted-at lesbian couple who run the local café) and a little bit of a tease in that the protagonists spend some time in nearby Monroeville (home of Harper Lee, and of course, this book takes place in the same time period as TKAM.)

The website associated with this new series has a map of the town which was fun to look at, although I hope the publisher will consider printing the map right in the future books in this series. I can't believe it, non-mystery-reader that I am--but I'm looking forward to the next adventures of the Darling Dahlias.

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ISBN:	0425234452 (ISBN13: 9780425234457)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Darling Dahlias #1
Setting:	Darling, Alabama(United States)

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Susan Wittig Albert is well-known for her cozy mystery series featuring China Bayles with titles such as Thyme of Death and Rosemary Remembered. She also writes a Victorian series with her husband, Bill Albert, under the pseudonym Robin Paige. If you are a cozy fan and have read any of these you will be delighted to know she has started a new series, taking place during the depression, in a fictional town in Alabama (probably based on Monroeville) called Darling, "which has 4 churches, 907 good

VERY good read! I admit, in the beginning I thought "what a lot of gossip" ... but very quickly learned to laugh at all the gossip as it truly is just like that in small towns around the country. Each character is well developed, and well introduced so I feel I know them, though there are quite a few and it's hard to keep them straight. (I'm sure a few more books will remedy that!) I know people just like many of these ladies. The historic references to the Civil War, the depression, the run on

If you enjoy Susan Wittig Albert's books, you will probably enjoy this one. Somewhere between her China Bayles series and her Beatrix Potter series, this one is a fairly light hearted romp into a different world and time.The Dahlias are a gardening club in the small (fictional) town of Darling, Alabama. When a friend of two of the members is discovered dead, they decide to investigate the unusual circumstances surrounding it- and the funny goings-on at the bank at the same time.The book is well

I definitely liked the great depression backdrop. It was very interesting to see how average families were able to get by. The actual mystery (mysteries) is kinda convoluted. Some of them are very interesting while others are just kinda confusing. The characters themselves are kinda bland and perhaps a bit too sweet at times, I kept confusing them. Still, not a bad quick mystery.

This is a fun series, not high literature, but enjoyable. I do like that the author does not sugarcoat the fact that this is set in the post-confederate South. We may not like some of the actions and words of the characters, but it is true to the time frame it is set in. Fact is, it was a lot worse at the time than she depicts -- but race has little to do with her plots, so I forgive her that. As a Southern woman, I feel it is important we never forget where we were, to remind us how far we have

Usually I like Alberts cozies but this one just didnt do it for me. I hate giving up on books and I did this one. Its not in my book count for the year. This was just so incredibly slow. I think some of it was intentional, to give it that slow southern feel. The basic plot, its 1930, the Dahlias, a gardening club, just got a house bequeathed to them (much to the consternation of the nephew who was expecting his aunt to give it to him). I figure hell end up dead or cause them problems or

Kinda like if we got to see Mayberry from the perspective of Aunt Bea and all her friends rather than Opie and Andy Griffith and Barney Fife. Oh, and if there was violent crime and truly scandalous behavior.