Mourning Gloria

China Bayles the ex-lawyer and current herbalist must stop a killer whose evil is burning through Texas...

MOURNING GLORIA

This spring China is busy selling her wares at Pecan Springs' Farmers' Market and enjoying the additional customers the market's bringing to her herb shop, Thyme and Seasons. But as the town bustles back to life in the warmth of the season, China happens upon a burning house trailer and hears a woman screaming for help. The evidence leaves no doubt that it's an arson-homicide—but who would commit such a ghastly crime?

China's friend Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. Drawn into the case by its similarity to her own tragic loss, she soon finds herself deeply involved—and in danger. And when Jessica disappears, China is determined to help find her before she becomes a headline herself...