gardening mysteries

Florist Bretta Solomon searches for the brutal killer of a harmless young man in this newest instalment of the Gardening Mystery series. (Also from this series: Lilies That Fester, 2001)

No rain means profits are wilting at The Potting Shed, so Peggy Lee joins her mother on a 'bone harvest' expedition for the local historical society. But she stumbles upon a perplexing mystery - how a fellow volunteer became a corpse with curiously red lips. (If you want to start at the beginning of the Peggy Lee Garden Mystery series: Pretty Poison, 2005 )

The hunt for an ancient Chinese rose turns deadly in this latest English Garden Mystery featuring Dr. Lawrence Kingston. A plant-hunting expedition haunted by tragedy leads to a perilous trail of greed, larceny, and deceit. Has Peter Mayhew, the man who plunged to his death on a mountain in China, come back to life? Which of the expedition members is hiding an explosive secret? Why are some being targeted for murder? Once again, Dr. Lawrence Kingston, retired professor of botany and reluctant sleuth, finds himself at the centre of a baffling case like none he has ever encountered.