Rueful Death

Susan Wittig Albert  grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph. D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Some of her recent titles include  Widow’ s Tears,   Cat’ s Claw,   The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, and  The Tale of Castle Cottage. She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as  Death at Glamis Castle  and  Death at Whitechapel.