Indigo Dying

Written by Susan Wittig Albert

Narrated by Julia Gibson

National best-selling author and resident of Texas, Susan Wittig Albert pens a quirky, but chilling mystery. When Casey Ford threatens to sell his property to a strip mining company, the townsfolk fear that Indigo will be lost forever. Protecting the town is important-so important that someone is willing to kill Casey to keep their home from being ruined. Now, in addition to running the town's cultural crusade, China Bayles must find Casey's murderer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 25, 2008
• ISBN: 9781436136211

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.

Reviews for Indigo Dying

[jbarringer-2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I wished there was more information about mordants and dye-craft at the end of this book the way this author appends similar info to her other novels. Still, this was a fun book, with a murder mystery that was not immediately apparent. This was not my favorite book by this author, and not just because I still dislike China Bayles, but it's a decently solid, fun read.

[mmoj_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Ms. Albert does it again, a solid story made more interesting with the herbology added in. I knew who did it very quickly which is why I gave the story a three but WHY the killer did it was a surprise as was the story of one of the murder victims. China Bayles and Ruby, her friend and business partner, are in Indigo, Texas to participate in one the town's festivals. While there China co-teaches a dying workshop with a friend from college. While there China and Ruby, along with China's husband and step-son, become involved in a town drama - and not the playing performed at the newly opened theater. A little slow start to the story but once it got going it kept up until the end.

[drled_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Synopsis: China and Ruby are learning to use plants for dyes. Their teacher/friend, Allie, is going through some trying times. Her uncle is selling the mineral rights to a mining company, which spells the end of Allie's farm and the town of Indigo. He is such a bully that when he's murdered the townspeople make an effort to hide the identity of the murderer. On top of this, Allie's boyfriend seems to have a secret, an investigative reporter descends on Pecan Springs and Brian returns from visiting his mother with suspicious bruising. Review: The information about dying fibers was interesting although it was only marginally associated with the story. This tale had a back story that played a pivotal point in understanding 'who done it'; however, there were ample clues for the reader to identify the murder.

[madamejeanie · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

China Bayles and her friend and business partner Ruby Wilcox are attending a craft festival in nearby Indigo, Texas, and helping in a natural dyeing workshop with China's good friend, Allison Selby. But they find the whole town in turmoil because Allison's uncle, Casey Ford, as sold the mining rights to most of the ground under Indigo to a company set to begin strip mining almost immediately. All of the merchants rent buildings from Casey Ford and they are helpless to stop this. But the day after Casey made his announcement to the whole town, he is shot by his own shotgun in a building he booby trapped himself. But, why would he walk right into his own booby trap? It's another murder for China and company to unravel.Another comfy visit with a character I've come to think of as an old friend. I knew whodunit before I was halfway through the book, but that didn't matter because the writing is good enough to keep me interested. 4