What representations of domestic service in literature reveal about various Progressive Era cultural narratives

Korine McFaile, her partner Janey Bascom, and Janey's husband, J.J., visit historic Savannah for the twelth annual Small Landscapers Convention. Korine is stuck rooming with Dodie Halloran, who seems determined to make Korine's life miserable. When Dodie is murdered, Korine becomes suspect. Further complicating matters, Korine's son, Chaz, has a problem he cannot, or will not, discuss with her. In order to deal with her son's dilemma, Korine must face her own secret from the past, which in turn leads her to the reason for Dodie's violent death.

Professional landscaping company, Three Dirty Women, unearths more than they bargain for when Amilou Whittier finds her philandering husband buried under a client's azaleas.

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This is the third book in the popular Agatha Award nominated series featuring Korine, Amilou, and Janey, owners of Three Dirty Women Landscaping. This time it’s Korine’s life that is turned upside down as she comes to the defense of her paranoid mother-in-law, who may have accidentally killed an old friend at Shady Acres Nursing Home.

"A Dirty Woman" is a story of one eighteen-year-old, shy, and illiterate Muslim girl, Salma, who lived in a remote village of West Bengal, India. She was born in one of the poorest families, with three brothers and sister. The family had been struggling to survive, where daily two square meals were a dream. One day, one young bank officer, Aninda Roy, came to her life. It didn't last long, and Aninda disappeared from her life one day. Salma was trafficked and sold like an animal several times by the human traffickers. She was bought by one big man who made her a sex slave in his house for several years. Finally, Salma met Aninda one day. Aninda set her free. They lived under one roof but in two different worlds. Salma could not reconcile herself being thought as a dirty woman. Her fate brought her to a dream city, New York, in America, with Aninda. She didn't confine herself within four walls but immersed in the ocean of learning. Aninda was her mentor, who constantly guided and inspired her. She was a changed lady when she returned back to her native village after many years. Her final journey started there. She formed hundreds of self-help groups with those ill-fated and poor women who were victims of human trafficking and social injustices and living the most distressful life. It was a war of Salma for women empowerment. Did she get success? Did she take her revenge to those human traffickers? What happened to Aninda, her savior?

A team of international contributors give new insights into the key issues surrounding women's health, social anthropology and midwifery. They examine bodies, leakage and boundaries, illuminating the contradictions and dilemmas in women’s healthcare.