During a supposedly relaxing retreat at a Texas convent, herbalist China Bayles and her friend Maggie, an ex-nun, investigate the seemingly accidental death of the Mother Superior and uncover a deadly conflict within the walls of the cloister. Reprint. PW. "
Susan Wittig Albert is an American author. She has been a full-time novelist since she left her career as an English professor and university administrator in 1985. She lives with her husband Bill Albert, also an author, in the Texas Hill Country.