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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425144060
ISBN number: 0425144062
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: September 01, 1994
Publishing house: Berkley
Sale Popularity Level: 170085
Studio: Berkley
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When a holiday prank culminates in a brutal murder, China Bayles's friend Ruby becomes a prime suspect after being accused of practicing witchcraft by a mudslinging minister. Reissue. AB.
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Like a lot of modern mysteries, this one falls prey to what I call "Angela Landsbury syndrome." It's chock full of great characters, interesting information, fun little character bits, and some great scenes, but the mystery that enfolds all thse fantastic elements is strictly by the numbers, right down to the killer who is revealed because she blurts out some details that no one but the cops and the protagonist know.
The identity of the killer becomes so blatantly obvious at one point that I actually had to dream up an alternative in order to keep my interest. Surely something so clearly spelled out had to be the mother of all blue herrings. I kept waiting to have the tables turned on me and the real, hitherto unsuspected, killer revealed, but, alas, it was not to be.
Still, the author's deft handling of her characters, her setting, and the herbalism schtick that ties the series together did make for a fun read, even if the ending was telegraphed far too early.
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his was a very light read, and I'll read more in the series, but the
mystery lacked oomph for me. I had it figured out long before the final
reveal and there were several times when I wanted to reach into the book and
slap some sense into China and tell her, "Look at this! What is the matter
with you?!?" LOL The book held my interest to the end because I was
waiting to see when China would have an epiphany and realize whodunit. I'll
admit that I don't often figure out the mystery before the protagonist does,
so maybe this was a fluke. I'll rate it a 3 and see what the other books in
the series are like.
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I found this book in a bag of books which was given to me. I was so pleasantly surprised that I am eager to go back and read the very first of the series. The plot was fun and lively and really kept moving. The characters were interesting and no one (except the boyfriend, occasionally) was a whiner (my pet peeve.) The tidbits of knowledge about herbs was just the right amount to keep it interesting without bogging down the storyline. A bit difficult, at times to keep all the characters squared away, but overall, I enjoyed it very much. Read if you like quick fun mysteries that are light, yet intelligent.
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I loved every page of "Witches Bane" and look forward to reading more in the China Bayles series. The characters were fun, the story moved along at a brisk pace, lots of humour was tossed in, clue gradually built toward solving the mystery, making this a very enjoyable book.
In this one, China's friend Ruby starts a Tarot class that gets the group accused of being witches, one member is bruatally murdered and the crime is pinned on Ruby's boyfriend Andrew, mysterious ritual killings involving chickens and goats take place around the same time, and it's up to China to sort things out.
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"Witch's Bane" is definitely not the best of the China Bayles series but also not the worst. The book has a nice autumn, Halloween feel, but I found the mystery pretty boring. I think that one of the strong points of this series is the explanation of herbs by China.
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