This book is dangerous.
Meet plant-obsessed detectives and spooky groundskeeper suspects, witness toxic teas served in foul play, and tour the gardens--both real<.
From the cozy to the hardboiled, the literary to the pulp, and the classic to the contemporary, Gardening Can Be Murder is the first book to explore the Mystery genre\'s many surprising horticultural connections.
Now, Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the genre, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest Mystery writers, from Edgar Allen Poe to authors on today\'s bestseller lists, Have found inspiration in the Sinister side of gardens.
But the outsize influence that Gardens and Gardening Have had on the Mystery genre has been underappreciated.
With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, Gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder.
This fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising influence that Gardens and Gardening Have had on Mystery novels and their authors.
A New York Times bestselling author herself, Mcdowell also introduces us to some of today\'s top Writers who consider Gardening integral to their craft, assuring that horticultural themes will remain a staple of the genre for countless twisting plots to come.
Meet plant-obsessed detectives and spooky groundskeeper suspects, witness toxic teas served in foul play, and tour the gardens--both real and imagined--that Have been the settings for fiction\'s ghastliest misdeeds.
From the cozy to the hardboiled, the literary to the pulp, and the classic to the contemporary, Gardening Can Be Murder is the first book to explore the Mystery genre\'s many surprising horticultural connections.
Now, Marta McDowell, a writer and gardener with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the genre, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest Mystery writers, from Edgar Allen Poe to authors on today\'s bestseller lists, Have found inspiration in the Sinister side of gardens.
But the outsize influence that Gardens and Gardening Have had on the Mystery genre has been underappreciated. --Vicki Lane, author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, Gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder.
A veritable cornucopia of crime fiction and Gardening lore, it faces the reader with multiple temptations--books to seek out, plants to obtain, garden tours to book.
This book is dangerous
