Showing Bittersweet (China Bayles) by Susan Wittig Albert

This Thanksgiving, be grateful for the savvy sleuthing * of "New York Times "bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert s China Bayles who teams up with an old friend to solve a case of theft and murder in a South Texas ranching community For Thanksgiving, China is planning to visit her mother, Leatha, and her mother s husband, Sam. She s also looking forward to catching up with a friend, game warden Mackenzie Mack Chambers. But Leatha calls with bad news: Sam has had a heart attack. While Sam recuperates, Leatha does have a helper Sue Ellen Krause. But Sue Ellen who s leaving her husband, the assistant foreman at a trophy game ranch has troubles of her own. Before she can tell China the full story, Sue Ellen is killed in a car crash. When a local veterinarian is shot, Mack believes his murder could be related to fawns stolen from a nearby ranch. And China wonders if Sue Ellen s death may not have been an accident, and if there s a connection to the stolen animals... *"Booklist""