Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers Season Fall & Autumn "―Publishers Weekly STARRED for Neon

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there are more powerful urges than that for revenge

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Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers Season Fall & Autumn "―Publishers Weekly STARRED for NeonWith 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