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The Darling Dahlias
May. 8th, 2013 08:55 pmThe Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree
The description on the CD case says in part: But when a treasure trove of sterling silver is found buried under the town's famous Cucumber Tree, two of the Dahlias claim ownership, which leads to some very unladylike behavior
The silver is found until the very end, and there is no unladylike behavior.
A better description is: The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees in full bloom. But life in Darling is not all garden parties and rosemary lemonade. When local blond bombshell Bunny Scott is found in a suspicious car wreck, the Dahlias decide to dig into the town's buried secrets, and club members Lizzy, Ophelia, and Verna soon find leads sprouting up faster than weeds. The town is all abuzz with news of an escaped convict from the prison farm, rumors of trouble at the bank, and tales of a ghost heard digging around the cucumber tree. If anyone can get to the root of these mysteries, it's the Darling Dahlias.
It is a good mystery. It does a good job of capturing the time. I liked all the characters. It was interesting to learn about Further Chronicles of Avonlea and the lawsuit. I hadn't know about that.
I like that one of the ladies decides to read Nancy Drew even though the librarian tries to dissuade her because it is a children's book
The description on the CD case says in part: But when a treasure trove of sterling silver is found buried under the town's famous Cucumber Tree, two of the Dahlias claim ownership, which leads to some very unladylike behavior
The silver is found until the very end, and there is no unladylike behavior.
A better description is: The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees in full bloom. But life in Darling is not all garden parties and rosemary lemonade. When local blond bombshell Bunny Scott is found in a suspicious car wreck, the Dahlias decide to dig into the town's buried secrets, and club members Lizzy, Ophelia, and Verna soon find leads sprouting up faster than weeds. The town is all abuzz with news of an escaped convict from the prison farm, rumors of trouble at the bank, and tales of a ghost heard digging around the cucumber tree. If anyone can get to the root of these mysteries, it's the Darling Dahlias.
It is a good mystery. It does a good job of capturing the time. I liked all the characters. It was interesting to learn about Further Chronicles of Avonlea and the lawsuit. I hadn't know about that.
I like that one of the ladies decides to read Nancy Drew even though the librarian tries to dissuade her because it is a children's book
