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    The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover

    Written by Susan Wittig Albert

    Narrated by Peggity Price

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    It looks like the music has ended for Darling's favorite barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers, just days before the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition. Another unlucky break comes when there's a serious foul-up in Darling's telephone system—and not a penny for repairs. And while liquor is legal again, moonshine isn't. Sheriff Buddy Norris needs a little luck when he goes into Briar Swamp to confront Cypress County's most notorious bootlegger—and what he finds upends his sense of justice.

    In the seventh book of this popular series, Susan Wittig Albert once again tells a charming story filled with richly human characters who face the Great Depression with courage and grace. She reminds us that friends offer the best of themselves to each other, that community is what holds us together, and that luck is what you make of it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781974901371
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    Susan Wittig Albert

    Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of over one hundred books. Her work includes four mystery series: China Bayles, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and the Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries. She has also published three award-winning historical novels as well as YA fiction, memoirs, and nonfiction. She and her husband live in Texas Hill Country, where she writes, gardens, and raises an assortment of barnyard creatures.

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    • 4/5
      I absolutely love the Darling Dahlias, and I am glad that Susan decided to add this book to her lovely series. I had heard that she was considering stopping the series. I look forward to more of the Dahlias, and with the way this book ended, I think I can rest easy on that score. The most wonderful thing about this series is the sense of time and place that Ms. Albert puts into every book in the series. We learn about the 1930's southern states and the culture and norms of that time. We learn about Pie dinners, the role that radio played with the people, the barbershop quartets, and even about the business of making moonshine. All built around the wonderful Dahlias. The murder mysteries are always secondary in these books. It's about immersing the reader in the time and the era that the author has created. Love the Dahlias, and loved this book about an accident on Spook Road (don't you love that name?) that may have not been an accident. And we get 1930's recipes to boot! Thank you Susan for giving us the present of the Dahlia's. I look forward to reading more about the Dahlias.
    • 4/5
      This charming little cozy is the 7th in the Darling Dahlias series. It's my first one in the series but certainly won't be my last as I intend to track down, and read, the earlier books.Set in Depression-era, small town Alabama and featuring a number of members of the town's gardening club, the Darling Dahlias, this book reads at a slow pace. I don't mean this as a criticism but it was a quieter, slower time and the book mirrors that. Beyond the interesting mystery involving the death of a member of the town's barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers, the book offered great insights into the times.I absolutely loved it and would encourage fellow cozy fans to take a look at this series, if they haven't already done so.Thanks to Net Galley for giving me a sneak peak on this one.
    • 2/5
      It's 1934 in the small town of Darling, Alabama and economically things are starting to look a bit better. The Darling Dahlias Garden Club members have a strong sense of community and support for each other and work hard for their town. But some things have gone wrong that may not be easy to fix: the Lucky Four Clovers may have to drop out of the Dixie Regional Barbershop Competition, the telephone system and some businesses in Darling are in dire need of repairs and the limited partner who refuses to chip in any money is missing.The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover is the seventh book in the Darling Dahlias series, but the first one I have read. Having read any or all of those books prior to this one would have given me some insight into and backstory on some of the main characters but this story is complete as a stand-alone. The characters and the setting are described in sufficient detail that you don't feel you have missed any significant plot points. The Dahlias are strong women with multiple roles in their lives. There are detailed descriptions of the time and the setting and the food and life in general, from telephones to shopping to dating to making moonshine. It's a trip down memory lane, a glimpse into a world much different - maybe simpler, maybe not - than today's world of fast cars and fast food and social media all around us.For those that have read previous books in the series I imagine this story moved the lives of the main characters along, and the ending left things open to anticipate the next book. Thanks for NetGalley for providing an ARC of The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover.
    • 5/5
      It’s 1934 and the folks of Darling (Alabama) are coping with the effects of the Great Depression with their usual pluck. They’re looking forward to their local barbershop quartet, the Lucky Four Clovers, competing in a regional competition. But the Clovers’ luck seems to be running out. Sheriff Buddy Norris is called into action when the wife of one of the singers, businessman and investor Whitney Whitworth, reports him missing. Also on the case is Lizzy Lacy, president of the Darling Dahlia’s garden club and secretary to attorney Benton Mosely, whom Regina Whitworth has just engaged as her divorce lawyer. While he’s away on businesss, Lizzy serves as his eyes and ears in town.And, of course, the gossip is running fast and furious. Is it possible that Mr. Whitlock was a business partner with the local moonshiner? Was his apparently accidental death actually a murder? And is Mrs. Whitlock having a relationship with her driving instructor?A visit to Darling, Alabama, is a welcome diversion from the real world. Susan Wittig Albert has created a wonderful cast of characters -- and is a terrific storyteller. Plus her writing is just about perfect. The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover is another great entry in this charming cozy series.
    • 4/5
      Very enjoyable listen. Does a great job of creating the life in the south during the depression. The idea of ballistics and matching a bullet to a gun is a new theory. There are a lot of questions left unanswered for the next book.
    • 5/5
      What a lovely book! I love the Darling Dahlias mysteries and I like the personal stories and well as the historical setting and the descriptions of how people lived. This is a good mystery with a little cliffhanger that let hope for a development in book that will come soon.
      Really enjoyed it!
      Tnx to Netgalley and the publisher