Berkley Prime Crime
September 2015
On Sale: September 1, 2015
286 pages ISBN: 0425260615 EAN: 9780425260616 Kindle: B00IOE4OZQ Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
National bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert takes readers back in time to small-town Darling, Alabama, in the 1930sโwhere the Darling Savings and Trust has just closed and the women of the Darling Dahliasโ garden club are betting their bottom dollar thereโs going to be troubleโฆ
Itโs the spring of 1933 and times are tough all over. The only businessman not struggling is moonshiner Mickey LeDoux, though he still has to steer clear of federal agents. But banks are closing all over the country, and the small town of Darling is no exception. Folks are suddenly caught short on cash and everyone is in a panic.
Desperate to avoid disaster, several town leadersโincluding Alvin Duffy, the bankโs new vice presidentโhatch a plan to print Darling Dollars on newspaperman Charlie Dickensโ printing press. The โfunny moneyโ can serve as temporary currency so the town can function. But when the first printing of the scrip disappears, the Darling Dahlias set out to discover who made an unauthorized withdrawal.
Meanwhile County Treasurer Verna Tidwell questions whether she can trust Alvin Duffyโand the feelings he stirs up inside her. And Liz Lacy learns her longtime beau may be forced into a shotgun wedding. Seems other troubles donโt just go away when thereโs a crisis. Thereโll be no pennies from heaven, but if anyone can balance things out, folks can bank on the Darling Dahliasโฆ
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