Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers Season Fall & Autumn and the burning desire to

and the burning desire to make all the academic trauma mean anything

there are more powerful urges than that for revenge

The Montbeaus and Capelthornes have feuded for years

another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place

the fierce beauty stands before him

Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers Season Fall & Autumn and the burning desire toWith their deadly plants, razor sharp shears, shady corners, and ready made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. In Gardening Can Be Murder 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 todays bestseller lists, have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardens. From the cozy to