βRiggs knows the islandβits flora, fauna, families, legends, customs, and rumorsβso well that every pace she puts her senior sleuth through becomes another delightful discovery.ββBookPage
For ninety-two-year-old poet Victoria Trumbull, Marthaβs Vineyard isnβt just a homeβitβs a way of life. If thereβs anything worth learning about the island, Victoria already knows it. So itβs only natural that when a big-money developer sets his sights on the Vineyard, a local conservation group asks Victoria to search the land for endangered plants in order to keep the bulldozers at bay.
With the help of a precocious eleven-year-old after-school assistant, Victoria keeps an eye out for any likely leaves on her daily walksβand is rewarded by finding a patch of rare cranefly orchids. But the real surprise comes when she discovers one of the developerβs underhanded lawyersβ pushing up daisies. Now Victoria must follow a different trail, a twisted path of family secrets, greed, and unsettled scores. And if sheβs not careful, a killer might take her off the endangered listβand make her extinctβ¦.
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